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In article >,
flitterbit > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > flitterbit > wrote:
> >
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> flitterbit > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Chances are, if her food storage practices and lack of food safety
> >>>> knowledge haven't made her sick yet -- I'm guessing this has been going
> >>>> on for years -- they are aren't going to any time soon.

>
> >>> She's probably built up quite an immunity. <g>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> To be sure! I remember reading a while back that there seems to be a
> >> strong correlation between living in a squeaky-clean environment and
> >> higher frequency of allergies, colds and other respiratory illnesses,
> >> etc., than seen in people living in less sterile conditions.

> >
> > I've read the same info.
> > It's why you should not worry about your kids eating mud pies. <g>
> >
> >

> My grandma used to tell her kids, "you'll eat a peck of dirt before you
> die!"


Spiders too! <eg>
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