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> Oh no! Allergies? Mine are getting a bit wicked this month.
> I don't have a clue what's aggravating my sinuses, but the Kleenex
> folks are making a fortune thanks to me. Do you have what feels
> like a watermelon right between your eyes?

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> Went to my Uncle's 60th birthday party yesterday up in Gold country
> and he had the "green death", a green dust covering everything on his
> large property. He warned everybody that their allergies would kick
> up today and mine started last night on the way home. Stopped for a
> snack on the way home before leaving town and the waitress said
> people she knew who'd never had allergies were reporting them. And
> today I need to go scoop grass and weed cuttings into the compost
> can....

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>^,,^< Miracle

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> So how are you after going outdoors?

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>"Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net> wrote in news:4286fe82$1_1
>@galaxy.uncensored-news.com:
>
>
>Went to my Uncle's 60th birthday party yesterday up in Gold country and he
>had the "green death", a green dust covering everything on his large
>property. He warned everybody that their allergies would kick up today and
>mine started last night on the way home. Stopped for a snack on the way
>home before leaving town and the waitress said people she knew who'd never
>had allergies were reporting them. And today I need to go scoop grass and
>weed cuttings into the compost can....

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> Here it's yellow death. Pine pollen. Vile stuff. I've never been one
> for allergies, but this stuff makes you wish you were dead.

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> On Sun, 15 May 2005 12:40:43 -0500, ScratchMonkey
> <ScratchMonkey.blacklist@sewingwitch.com> wrote:
>
>
> Here it's yellow death. Pine pollen. Vile stuff. I've never been one
> for allergies, but this stuff makes you wish you were dead.
>
> I can empathize.

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>^,,^< Miracle

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>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in
>news:dgni81hq8jvimjo4k23rth7mkh4cca7ulp@4ax.com:
>
>
>I'm guessing ours is pine, as well. Perhaps mixed with cedar. Maybe the
>different color is a property of the species?

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> I developed pine pollen allergies when I was 13 years old. OMG I
>wanted someone to cut off my head. When I finally got to an area with
>almost no pine trees (Arizona) I simmered down until I became sensitive
>to citrus pollens. I was living in the Yuma Valley in the middle of the
>citrus groves!
> But moving up out of that valley once again brought a lot of relief. It's
>only odd times now that something in the wind will bug me. We went into
>town tonight for dinner, but I took a boatload of Sudaphed beforehand.

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> That's the vicious thing my doctor told me. Once you have such a vile
> reaction, you're then sensitized to other allergens. How fair is that?
> 35 years with nary a sniffle, now I'm going to be prone to be allergic
> to things?!

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>^,,^< Miracle

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
> Yep. The worst part is trying to figure out what's
>making your head explode. It took me years to identify one
>source of agony for me- the bottle brush trees here. When
>they're in bloom I don't go near them. AnnieMae even cut down
>the one she had by her front entry for me. I felt so bad- I should
>never have mentioned it, but I never thought she'd take such an
>extreme measure.
>
> /me hands Smeggy a tissue

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>On 18 May 2005 07:49:47 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
>wrote:
>
>
>I'm allegic to PUFFS!

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>On Wed, 18 May 2005 09:10:57 -0500, I heard the following crap spew
>forth from "Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com>:
>
>
>Cocoa puffs?
>
>I go to get allergy tested in less than 2 weeks. I had an extreme
>sensitivity to cats as a young 'un, but it's not been so bad lately.
>I used to have problems with chlorinated pools, too, but again, not so
>much lately. Same with grass - problems when young, not so much now.
>But I'm having constant ear and throat problems that my ENT believes
>to be reflux and allergy related. I'm already taking something for
>the reflux, but won't have anything for the allergies until I get
>tested to find out what still gets me.

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> On 18 May 2005 07:49:47 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
> wrote:
>
> I'm allegic to PUFFS!

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>^,,^< Miracle

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> OMG- you too?!?!?!? No kidding- I buy only Kleenex!!
>
> Now, that is just plain *werid*!!!

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> On 18 May 2005 20:55:22 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> Not just weird, not true at all. It was a joke.

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> BOOGER!! ;)
>
> But I wasn't- I'm allergic to lanolin.

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> Yipes! Know what would suck? An allergic reaction to cotton. It's
> everywhere.

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>Smeghead wrote:
>
>
> I swear, if I were allergic to cotton, I think I'd
>just go ahead and off myself! Over 90% of my clothes
>are 100% cotton- synthetics make me sweat, and of
>course I'm allergic to wool and wool blends.
> Right, like you *need* wool clothes here in Yuma....
>
> It was 108 when we went into town at 5:30pm.
>
> Gahhhhhhhh......................

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> On 22 May 2005 07:32:50 GMT, "Miracle Smith" <miracle@spamcop.net>
> wrote:
>
>
> I remember when I was doing phone tech support in Texas and we were
> having a heat-wave that made national news. People on the phone get
> inquisitive and almost invariably ask during a lull, "So, where am I
> calling in to? Where are your offices?"
>
> I'd say, "Dallas, Texas".
>
> "Oh man! You guys are getting hammered down there! I hear it's HOT!
> But, at least it's a dry heat, right?"
>
> I'd say, "Hot is hot, sir."
>
> "Yeah, but a dry heat isn't as bad."
>
> "You bake a turkey in dry heat..."
>
> "Oh, yeah... that's true. Hey, you stay cool down there, okay?"
>

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> I remember when I was doing phone tech support in Texas and we were
> having a heat-wave that made national news.

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> People on the phone get
> inquisitive and almost invariably ask during a lull, "So, where am I
> calling in to? Where are your offices?"
>
> I'd say, "Dallas, Texas".
>
> "Oh man! You guys are getting hammered down there! I hear it's HOT!
> But, at least it's a dry heat, right?"
>
> I'd say, "Hot is hot, sir."
>
> "Yeah, but a dry heat isn't as bad."
>
> "You bake a turkey in dry heat..."
>
> "Oh, yeah... that's true. Hey, you stay cool down there, okay?"

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>^,,^< Miracle

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>
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:mf91919dlvju1rtfs6isnbsqkuclle4tfa@4ax.com...
>
>LOL. Was that the time they were putting ice blocks in swimming pools in
>Dallas? Man it was hot that year.

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>The only real difference between heat,
>once you get to those temperatures, is with dry heat the sweat evaporates.
>Here on the coast your shoes just fill up with sweat.

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> On Sun, 22 May 2005 17:41:43 -0500, "Quixote" <quixote@writeme.com>
> wrote:
>
>
> It didn't go below 100f, even at night. If you stood still long enough
> your shoes felt like they were melting into blacktop.
>
>
> And that's why I hate it down here where I'm at now. Humidity is the
> order of the day.
>

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>
>"Smeghead" <tribesfan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:0fk3911q670scffr6r2akmdm284cl3s70l@4ax.com...
>
>Yep. I was here on the coast during that heat wave. It is always a few
>degrees cooler here with the ocean breezes, but always near 100% humidity.
>I hardly notice the humidity anymore though. I do notice when it gets low
>cause I start losing moisture. The worst place in the world I have ever
>been in the summer was Bisbee, Arizona. Resurfacing a parking lot of all
>things, in mid summer. It was so dry you could not drink water fast enough
>to replace what you were losing... I could feel the moisture evaporating
>from my skin and body. I have some killer century plants growing in my
>front yard here now though, a little souvenir from my visit to Hell. :^)

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> Yep. I was here on the coast during that heat wave. It is always a
> few degrees cooler here with the ocean breezes, but always near 100%
> humidity. I hardly notice the humidity anymore though. I do notice
> when it gets low cause I start losing moisture. The worst place in
> the world I have ever been in the summer was Bisbee, Arizona. Resurfacing a parking lot of all
> things, in mid summer. It was so
> dry you could not drink water fast enough to replace what you were
> losing... I could feel the moisture evaporating from my skin and
> body. I have some killer century plants growing in my front yard
> here now though, a little souvenir from my visit to Hell. :^)
> Quixote

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>Quixote wrote:
>
>
> Fact: You can lose a gallon of water in an hour when the
>temp is over 100 and the humidity is low.
> That's 4, 8-ounce glasses every 15 minutes- almost a glass
>every 3 1/2 minutes.
>
> Ish.