01-08-15 14:42 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re:Animals, male or   
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    HG> @MSGID: <54B4544C.13726.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    HG> In a message dated 01-06-15, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> Hi Ed,   
   Howdy! Holger,   
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    EV> I lived in the city most of my life, except for 7 years when my QTH   
    EV> was in a rural area.   
      
    HG> While a child I was living each summer (3 months) on different   
    HG> locations on the countryside fishing and harvesting hay and   
    HG> crops and caring about cows, horses, sheep, Swines/pigs and   
    HG> whatever was raised on the host farms.   
      
   I didn't do any farm type stuff those 7 years, I lived there because   
   it was close to the Lock and Dam that I worked at.   
   I could drive 3.5 Miles going to and from work instead of 32 Miles.   
      
    HG> That may also be a reason that I have never been hit by any   
    HG> allergical reactions having been used to all kinds of dust from   
    HG> hay/crops, animals and such.   
      
   Glad to hear that You ain't bothered with allergies.   
      
   My QTH is across the Ohio River from a metropolitan area and when there   
   is a Temperature Inversion I get to experience "The Ohio Valley Crud"   
   as SMOG is known by in these parts.   
      
    HG> Todays youngsters ar very sensitive to all those allergy   
    HG> causing things.   
      
   I once was tested for allergies and the results were that I was   
   allergic to: Staph & Strep, House Dust and Inhalant Fungi which is   
   another name for moisture in the air.   
      
   I was still working at a Lock and Dam where there was lots of moisture   
   in the air, and on the night shift had to do house cleaning chores.   
   And then there were all those chemical barges that came through the   
   Lock, some of them had "interesting odors".   
      
   But I've been away from the job 18 years now but am still living here,   
   near the river.   
   73   
      
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