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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95
That's right unkut. Dirt was never a health problem but peanuts these days sure are. I saw a kid who basically had to live in a bubble because he could not even smell them without breaking into an allergic reaction. Heck, I used to play in dirt all day as a kid in the 80's and hardly ever thought about washing my hands when I went inside to get a snack. The only time I washed my hands was before dinner only because dad made us.
You were a kid in the 80's??? You're STILL a kid!
They STILL had dirt lots around you in the 80's?? I'm surprised!
I was a kid in the 50/60's..... and playing in dirt lots was EXPECTED!
No one I KNOW of contracted any illness, or died from it! There is a major "sea change" happening with the new generation. Something in the WATER, or in the FOOD! Todays' kids are not only WUSSES.... they are somehow vulnerable to the WORST illnesses ever invented by BIG BUSINESS! :roll:
Wait a minute.... maybe God's good DIRT was a cure-all for what ails ya! It is the fact that recent generations spend all their time playing XBox or something, instead of "tackle football" that has made them all WUSSES!!
We're all "joking" about this.... but I can't help but believe that there is a RELATIONSHIP between the lack of "interaction" with the environment.... and the "intolerance" of it! It's the IMMUNE SYSTEM people! You get
Immune to something by facing and beating it! When you crawl inside your homes and play video games.... you LOSE that immunity!