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demigoddess

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1. My mother was told it was good if I ate dirt as a baby. I am

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Tue Apr 21, 2020, 11:19 AM

Apr 2020

pretty immune to colds and stuff. I have never had the flu. Don't know where that came from. I don't remember my parents having the flu or my siblings. My kids never caught it. And we usually had a cat or dog. Usually picked up off the street or from another family.

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My mother was told it was good if I ate dirt as a baby. I am demigoddess Apr 2020 #1