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June 29, 2014October 5, 2015 / nativeson49 / Leave a comment

Just my opinion, but I think that “Seedless Watermelons” should be re-labeled as “Essentially Seedless”.

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I started out life as a small child in East Tennessee. Like most everyone else, the DNA roulette wheel stopped at my conception and I am of mixed ethnicity. When egg and sperm had their rendezvous in early 1949, my genes landed on 45% English, 45% German, and 10% Mediterranean. And, we all know about the unpredictability of that Mediterranean influence. Additionally, I am 18 % Neanderthal which helps to both explain and defend some of my inherent behavioral complexities. READ MORE ยป

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