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Its an itch I had to scratch.

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Kandor

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I remember as a kid always seeming to have 'Heatlumps'
There were little red spots that itched like hell, my Mom used to rub Calamine lotion into them but it never seemed to help much, and regardless of the time of year (usually Spring though) we were covered in them...hmmmm, hate to think they were fleabites....
J's brother once gave some of us Scabies, now these little swines REALLY were itchy, especially between the fingers and parts certain beers couldn't reach.
Mom used to make us rub Sulphur powder over the infected areas (Where did that come from then?)
She even made us eat the powder, didn't taste good or bad really, just sort of non descript...
Mom made me eat that much damned Sulphur I wanted to change my name to Beelzebub Robinson.
Cured it though...
 
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