----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Scouted: Environmentalism is Evil and Must Be Destroyed
At 11:28 AM 12/21/03, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >*Note: Not a defense of smoking* >[You may now return to the discussion which is already in progress] > >Do any of you who get "ill" (Not sarcastic quote marks, I use them to mark >the difference between actual sickness and the kind of illness I am >positing) >around tobacco smoke get ill around other types of smoke? Yes. I had asthma as a child, though I eventually outgrew it. I still have allergies to various inhaled irritants. There have been numerous occasions when I went into a room and my nose and sinuses start running, my eyes start itching, swell, turn red, tear up, and close to the point I just about can't see at all, etc., and only then when I look for the cause do I discover that someone is or has been smoking in the room. The same thing happens _some_ cats, rabbits, and other furry animals: if I handled such an animal, I would get the above symptoms, plus itchy hives on my face and neck, and would have to take my allergy medication, then take a hot bath and put on clean clothes. Fortunately, I have gotten less sensitive to fur-Midnight was on my lap when I started typing this reply-though sometimes I still get a bit of irritation when I play with some cats (no obvious pattern as to whether they are mostly indoor or outdoor, long-haired or short-haired, etc.) Sometimes I have had a similar reaction when going into a fabric store. Some types of pollen and dust cause me misery as well. Other things do bother me as well, although it does seem that, like the furry animals, I have gotten less sensitive to some of them as I have gotten older. ___________________________________________________ **************************************************************************** Two of my younger brothers had serious allergies. And one of them seemed to be allergic to everything. I used to suffer seasonally from hay fever so bad that my face would swell and I had terrible headaches. The funny thing is, when I started smoking that all ceased. I never get "bad" allergies anymore. I suppose the smoke is keeping my system distracted.<G> xponent Weird Science Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
