When I got out of the service, and headed back home, I suddenly developed allergies to things that had never bothered me in the past. I mowed my dad's lawn for him when I first got out, and 15 minutes in I couldn't see, was sneezing all over the place, and my mouth itched like crazy. That blew me away, as I mowed lawns for spending money starting when I was 10. I don't appear to have any life-threatening food allergies, but I do notice some things seem to affect me differently than others.
When I was a kid, mother decided I was allergic to strawberries because I got a rash once after drinking a red cola that was named “strawberry”. Not that it had any strawberry in it but more than likely the red dye #whatever caused the rash. Well, I wasn’t allowed to eat strawberries. Snort, I eat them all the time.
I used to have sneezing fits when crossing the county line because that’s where the cedar trees started. For some reason I wasn’t allergic to cedar trees on the family farm or the cedar trees we cut for Christmas trees. I’m guessing it wasn’t the cedar that caused by sneezing but whatever it was, it happened every time. I’ve lived within that county line now for 20+ years and have less and less allergic fits. Well, “cedar” fits are almost nonexistent but fits over demonrats are on a high.