Disturbing Implications of Land Rising into the Sky

[robkelk]

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Yes, my beloved Peggy is a little bit neurotic about a few things. Her allergies are real (tobacco smoke and cats are the two big ones) although just how severe they actually are is unclear to me; although she's had some bad reactions -- including one nearly-disastrous one caused by an attempted program of desensitization by an allergist -- in general I've noticed that the severity of her "usual" attacks tends to be inversely proportional to how distracted or involved with something else she is at the time.

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Wow... I thought for the longest time that I was the only person on Earth allergic to tobacco. (I'm told that the allergist's nurse freaked out when I reacted as if in a grand mal seizure when I was tested for it. I remember nothing of the event.)  One reason I finally ended up working with computers is that people aren't allowed to smoke in computer rooms.

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Knowing how she thinks, I don't believe it is too improbable that she would (consciously or not) reason "(ship = indoors) + smoking = bad allergic reaction" and react accordingly.

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When you're that allergic to tobacco smoke (or any other airborne agent, for that matter), this is a survival trait. Trust me on this one.