Like when I smell vinegar I recall dying easter eggs with my Mom.
And perfumes can trigger things too.
I went over a friends house a few weeks ago and when I stepped into
their bathroom, I suddenly was "transported" back in time to when I
was little and I remember being in a particular house at a friend of
my parent's.
Has this happened recently to anyone?
Dave
M. Conner
Definetly!!,every time I smell coal burning,I instantly think of my
gramma & grampas house,which they heated with coal.
-M4AS
Every time I smell hair gel, to this day, I think of the time I got into my
aunt's Dippity Do and did some artwork on her dresser mirror and walls. I
was impressed, but everyone else at Grandma's gave more critical reviews
that day.
Dixon "It holds...and holds...and holds" Hayes
I got the same effect when I went to the church I used to go to when I
was a child. The smell just brought me back to 1976. I could just hear
that old piano playing "Amazing Grace" and even the voices of some of
the people. I nearly cried when I found an old super 8mm film that was
recorded around 1978 of a Christmas party at that old church. Funny
thing was, I recognized all the people!
It's amazing how things look alot smaller than they were when you were a
child.
Scent is attached to memory; it's the only scent that is not driven by
anything except nerves and is totally primitve.
I have a really sensitive sense of smell and a very vivid memory, so that
type of sensory recall happens to me a lot. OFten I'll remember things I
had totally forgotten. To this day, when it rains in the summer, afterward
the smell of wet trees always reminds me of summer camp. One memory is of
going back to our bunk after a rainy night in the rec hall watching a
movie, and I can still see the counselor leading our way with flashlights.
Whenever I smell coffee grinding I think of the A&P and the little red
coffee grinding machines that made 8o'clock Coffee.
Rose
Michelle Conner wrote:
> Dave,
> I experience this all the time. I have three kids and when I enter their
> school I am instantly transported back to elementary. I believe this
> phenomenon has been studied quite extensively. Science considers sense of
> smell the biggest memory trigger.
> Another one for me is BenGay. It reminds me of my grandmother
>
> M. Conner
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> The smell that so vividly brings back elementary school is the smell of
> mimeograph ink. It isn't a smell I smell often (which I think is a part of the
> trick) but it definitely does the trick!
>
>
WOW! If I even THINK of mimeograph ink I can ALMOST smell it- so evocative
and vivid! The same goes for other scents- they are so evocative that I can
almost conjure up the smell by remembering them. One such smell is that of
the waffles and ice cream sandwiches I used to love. We only got them in
the summer at the amusement park- vanilla ice cream between two hot
waffles. If I think about those waffles I can almost smell that hot,
buttery smell. You could smell it from across the park.
I don't even think schools use that anymore (esp. after laser printers
came out in the 80's). My elementary school used one in the office.
(gee.. I remember when there were NO computers.). I remember learning
how to use one in high school early 80's. YOu would type the document
on a stencil (do NOT make a mistake). then you would 'carefully' place
it on the the roller. Turn the crank manually to prime the ink. Hit
the switch and it's off. It did crank out like 20 ppm. After all
that. My HS got computers and a HP Laserjet II. WOW!!!!!!
When photocopiers got cheap, I'd imagine most schools, etc.
dumped their mimeograph machines.
I also remember early photocopies, that used sludgy-feeling
coated paper and didn't have much contrast (they were
grey, instead of white). And they had a chemical smell
that I can still remember to this day. . .
>The smell that so vividly brings back elementary school is the smell of
>mimeograph ink. It isn't a smell I smell often (which I think is a part of the
>trick) but it definitely does the trick!
Ah yes. The teacher would hand out freshly mimeo'd sheets and
everyone would take a whiff as they passed them back or sideways.
Didn't they do a scene of that in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"? Do
they even HAVE mimeographs anymore??
Deedz
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The first legal high......
James Martinez <mart...@jcave.com> wrote in article
<34D96832...@jcave.com>...
> The smell that so vividly brings back elementary school is the smell of
> mimeograph ink. It isn't a smell I smell often (which I think is a part
of the
> trick) but it definitely does the trick!
Yeah, me too. BTW, when's the last time ANYONE saw one of those
mimeographed pages with the purple ink? Remember passing the principal's
office and seeing the teacher hand-cranking tomorrow's test? No kidding,
that smell does bring back some memories, that and the refinery-type smell
coming from the janitor's room...
So the teacher would pass them out and we would all drive her crazy by
sniffing the papers at once. And then it was hard to write on the worksheet
because it was still wet from the fluid.
Dixon "yeah, I popped a few worksheets in my time" Hayes
M. Conner
I did it because it was fun, and fun is good.
Theodor Geisel
(Dr. Seuss)
YES I do remember the old Xeroxes. My grandpa had one at his work. I
was so fascinated by it. I had to stand on a chair to press the
button. And I do remember that chemical smell.
Those were the "fluid" machines. They used a blue ink. The quality
wasn't as good as the Mimeograph (and the noise it made wasn't as cool).
I can relate to that!In 1972 my family drove from Ohio to California,to
visit an Aunt and all the way out there and back we would hear "Ventura
Highway" and "Song Sung Blue".Now whenever I hear either of those songs
I am transported to the backseat of our '69 Impala,with my two brothers
and my sister(4 of us in the back seat together for 2,000 miles!!)
-M4AS
Vinyl? Vinyl? We had no stinkin' vinyl in my days, buddy. We had
TOWELS that we brought from home. Thin, worn, WELL-USED towels that
moms wouldn't dry their bodies off with, but would give to their 5
year olds to take to school to put on the cold, hard, linoleum floor
to sleep on. Let me tell you, bud. There wasn't too much napping
going on in Mrs. Cobbs' p.m. kindergarten class. Not much at all.
So I take it you're into fingerpaints and vinyl??
Deedz
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Candles and champagne, myself
ARRRGGHHH!!!!!! On occasion, I use BenGay. I can't believe I smell like
someone's grandmother!!!!!!
I'll be throwing that tube out tonight! BenGay is now banned from my
household!!!!
I'm getting the urge to put that in someone's shower head, just thinking about
the smell takes me back...
Doesn't it smell minty, like toothpaste? Looks like it too,
for that matter. . .
In junior high, we used to say "You're so dumb, you probably
would brush your teeth with Ben-Gay!"
James Martinez wrote:
> The smell that so vividly brings back elementary school is the smell of
> mimeograph ink. It isn't a smell I smell often (which I think is a part of the
> trick) but it definitely does the trick!
>
> Michelle Conner wrote:
>
> > Dave,
> > I experience this all the time. I have three kids and when I enter their
> > school I am instantly transported back to elementary. I believe this
> > phenomenon has been studied quite extensively. Science considers sense of
> > smell the biggest memory trigger.
> > Another one for me is BenGay. It reminds me of my grandmother
> >
> > M. Conner
>
>
Is that the bay rum as in.. "shave and a haircut,Bay-Rum!"??It's a
little before my time,but I remember my Grampa saying that little ditty
from time to time.
-M4AS
.."life is short,don't be a dick!"..