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sdfernando

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15. yeah, that would happen...but there will also be a lot of

Reply to Plucketeer (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 13, 2018, 03:26 PM

Feb 2018

unwanted germs there too...germs that could be really bad like salmonella and E. Coli. Granted soil can also contain those but are much much less likely to.

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I ate dirt as well. sdfernando Feb 2018 #10

I don't think I ever actually ATE dirt Plucketeer Feb 2018 #11

Well the food enhanced carpet in a restaurant is not the same thing, sdfernando Feb 2018 #12

Yes, but... Plucketeer Feb 2018 #13

yeah, that would happen...but there will also be a lot of sdfernando Feb 2018 #15

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