At 06:02 AM 10/1/99 -0000, you wrote:
>Mr. James Cheshire, you wrote " . I myself am immune to it," what are you
>kidding me , oh please stop ROFLMAO !!!!! It's like being "immune" too
>hangovers , it's physiological impossibility. Poison Ivy, oak, sumac and the
>like have leaves that release a oily acid , so unless you have skin that's
>impervious to acid (you don't even how macho you think you are) it will get
>you , now you might have never actually came in contact with the leaves or
>branches but immune , Of course if your an alien , there's a good
>possibility . But then again , lets see your resident alien card .....
>weaseled!!!!
>

I remember vaguely that as a youngster I never was affected by poison ivy
despite land clearing on our property, wandering along creekbeds searching
for animals and chasing neighborhood villians, both real and imaginary,
funning around with young ladies whose names I have long-forgotten, but
remember well.....

Then I turned 25.  My metabolism went awry.  I put on 50 lbs overnight,
started losing my hair, my knees ached..........and began to have reactions
to poison ivy.  Go figure.

Kurt