| Mar 27, 2006 @ 11:24 AM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Our senses are some of the most powerful things. From them we can hear, feel, smell, taste, and even see with our eyes. Sometimes our senses remind us of things. One I'm thinking of in particular is smell. Sometimes I may just be doing something and suddenly smell something ,yet the smell really isn't there. Like one morning I smelled bacon cooking..when I got up, there was no bacon! And many times I smell something that reminds me of something that happened, it may be a period of time or even remind me of an event that happened before. I'm sure everyone has experienced this, whenever it happens to me I stop to think, and smile upon that memory. Although some smells remind me of negative things, but for the most part they are good. So what kind of smell reminds you of something? Tell tell!! I'd love to hear... 
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:27 PM |
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Lunaymar37
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Baby powder for me of course, it reminds me of when my child was a baby and it brings back beautiful memories.
Another one is spanish spices when they're first put into the frying pan, reminds me of the comfort of my home (my moms' home).
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:42 PM |
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definitelydi
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Tink, do you have a dog and does it eat Beggin' Strips? It may explain that bacon scent!
Although I've only been a handful of times, the smell of the ocean reminds me of the happy times I shared with my ex by the water.
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:44 PM |
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vicryder
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When I smell honeysuckle at night, It reminds me of home in Sandy Ridge, North Carolina.
When I'm cooking pasta, and I throw salt into the simmering water, it reminds of the seashore, (without the dead fish undertones).
Rain, the way it smells in a hardwood forest after it stops. The way it smells on hot asphalt when it starts.
I better stop before get carried away here.
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:50 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Tink, do you have a dog and does it eat Beggin' Strips? It may explain that bacon scent!
No dog Di 
I`ll recall what that smell reminds me of one of these days...having a blonde moment now..
The smell of baby powder that too reminds me of the time when my kids were babies...
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 12:57 PM |
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grumblebear
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Smell is one of my favorite senses...
On the motorcycle driving through town the smells of the different neighborhoods.... laudry being done in the suburbs, the grills searing meat in the evenings....
One of the funniest, and yet soon to be just a memory, the Stockyards of South Saint Paul... as a child I recall driving through that part of town, and all the cries of "Eww"... The local Paper announced the stockyards will be permanently closing in 2008....
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 1:14 PM |
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Cupcake43130
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The smell of vanilla takes me back to my childhood when my grandma would take me to the 5 & Dime soda fountain where we would get vanilla Coke and fish sandwiches for lunch follwed by a trip to the candy section where I was allowed to pick out 1 type of candy and get $.25 worth in a small paper bag. It was our "special" time together. (My mother continues a similar tradition by taking my daughter to Dairy Queen for a Moo-Latte...LOL. ) 
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 4:00 PM |
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kykykiss4u2
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I, too, have smelled bacon cooking first thing in the morning when there was none. It was not pleasant, but, a very strong rancid odor; almost sickening. I have also detected strong perfume odors and other types of food/cooking smells when none were actually present.
I later learned from my doctor that these were olfactory hallucinations that could be brought on by migraine headaches, seizures, brain tumors, etc. I am not all that familiar with this type of sensory disorder, other than having experienced it a few times, but I can say that it is not enjoyable.
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 5:05 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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I later learned from my doctor that these were olfactory hallucinations that could be brought on by migraine headaches, seizures, brain tumors
 I don`t get migranes,I dont have a brain tumor..brain-dead sometimes but no tumor and i don`t have seizures..so there must be some other explanation...
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 5:44 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Tink, it might just have been a leftover bacon bit of a dream... 
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 5:47 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Tink, it might just have been a leftover bacon bit of a dream...
I never thought of that..I do have a few cozy dreams about having breakfast cooked for me.. 
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 6:20 PM |
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spongebob777
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I just took a walk in the woods and saw an old shotgun shell laying on the ground. It brought on the remembered scent of gunpowder.
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 6:41 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Little things like that do bring back memories.. 
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 7:29 PM |
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Jankia
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There is a cetain kind of plastic or vinyl that whenever I smell that it immediatly reminds me of the cover of my mattress when a baby.
That is going back aways!
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 7:32 PM |
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altogirl67
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The smell of grapefruit reminds me of my grandmother.
The smell of brewed tea reminds me of my great grandmother.
The smell of baby lotion always makes me happy and calm.
Here's a cool website explaining the physiology of smell and memory...
http://www.macalester.edu/psychology/whathap/UBNRP/Smell/memory.html
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| Mar 27, 2006 @ 7:39 PM |
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TiNkErGrRrRrR
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Isn`t it strange the differant things that can remind us of some happier time in our lives...
gonna check that out alto... 
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| Mar 31, 2006 @ 9:52 AM |
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MICHIGANGIRL11
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For about a year after my aunt passed away I would periodically smell roses. It was very wierd.
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| Apr 1, 2006 @ 8:56 PM |
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Lotus35
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Hi everyone -
Ther is some psychological empirical research studies that suggest smell is the strongest sense that we have. Smell can instantly take us to places that we have been. Migraines, tumors etc can also trigger the senses...
Towels and sheets hanging out on the line reminds me of my grandmother. I sometimes smell her perfume but, she is 1000 miles away...
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| Apr 1, 2006 @ 9:02 PM |
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fineartist
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Fresh cut grass is a smell that reminds me of my childhood. When I was a kid, I was outside 7 days a week, rain or shine. Hmm, everytime I smell fresh cut grass, memories of baseball with my friends on a summer day comes right back. If it's sunny outside, I just have to close my eyes, let the warmth of the light wash over me, inhale the smell of cut grass and it's like I'm back at the old diamond.
I often think of associations connected to things that I smell, feel, hear, see, and taste. There are times when I have recollections of things that I don't immediately remember but there is always an emotion that comes immediately to me.
Our senses help define our perception and our perception helps us define how we experience life. Interesting. :)
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| Apr 1, 2006 @ 9:35 PM |
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Lotus35
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Nice artist....
fresh cut grass....smell of the leather of a baseball glove...friends...
very nice...
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