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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists' Harvest Ball September 21-23, 2012 [View all]AnneD
(15,774 posts)73. Because of a quirk in anatomy...
Many of those working on sky scrapers were native americans. A doc once told me that some of my ear problems were due to what he described to me as an open eustacatian tube. Bad for infection but gives one great balance and lack of vertigo. I could walk on a balance beam like I was walking on the ground and walk on roofs as a kid. Narrow steep paths are a piece of cake-if I can walk it on the ground I can walk it off the ground.
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