Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Alain" <aze### [at] qwertyorg> schreef in bericht 
> news:4a907307$1@news.povray.org...
>> Conserning hay feever and other alergies, there is a possible corelation 
>> with the general hygien levels and the use and over use of cleaning.
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> 
> That seems indeed to be true. It is often adviced nowadays (to children 
> *and* adults) not to be afraid too much of a little dirt... especially in 
> the cities. Country people are far less subject to allergies and such. They 
> have acquired a better resistance.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
Judging from personal experience, and comparing notes with another "old 
F***", in our families the allergies are few.  He has none, sharing this 
with most of his family, I have two, blueberries and penicillin.  Both 
of us were raised in basically a farm environment, he being raised on 
the family farm, me being raised next to several farms.  This included 
going into the old barns with floors of dirt and "other things", with no 
ill effects that we know of.  I go one step further than he, I have no 
sensitivity to poison oak, ivy or sumac.  However I am aware that if I 
expose myself too much, I could develop that.

And we both can remember the black smoke of steam trains, but I seem to 
remember that the first diesels we saw were also pouring black smoke. 
At that time, no coal, just oil burning for the steamers.

Rich.

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