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Re: Smells from the past.. northern_dave #5709636 10/13/11 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14,337 Southern California G Greyghost Campfire Outfitter Greyghost Campfire Outfitter G Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 14,337 Southern California You didn't say smells that bring back pleasant memory's and after the last couple decades we've had I would think there would be quite a few that could generalize it by just saying the smells of war. Phil

Re: Smells from the past.. northern_dave #5709641 10/13/11 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa Anyone remember the smell of a canvas tent that was waterproofed with wax and gasoline?

Re: Smells from the past.. 5sdad #5709646 10/13/11 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,742 NW okok Campfire Outfitter okok Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 14,742 NW My Dads baseball glove. My Cousins tack room. Smelling the end of my capgun. My uncles pipe tobacco. Jed York does not own the 49ers; Russell Wilson does.

Re: Smells from the past.. blanket #5709651 10/13/11 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 265 Pennsylvania B Bighorn75 Campfire Member Bighorn75 Campfire Member B Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 265 Pennsylvania One smell from the past I hope to never smell again is hog fat being rendered into lard. One smell I keep with me each year is Hoppes #9 "The peasants may be conned by every pitchman that introduces a new super magnum, but the members of the cognoscenti stick with classic calibers." Jack O'Conner

Re: Smells from the past.. Bighorn75 #5709655 10/13/11 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa Originally Posted by Bighorn75 One smell from the past I hope to never smell again is hog fat being rendered into lard. One smell I keep with me each year is Hoppes #9 How about the smell and taste of the cracklins

Re: Smells from the past.. okok #5709662 10/13/11 Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856 E eyeball Campfire 'Bwana eyeball Campfire 'Bwana E Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 33,856 Mellorine at granddads. Also, pine forests and Christmas trees The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time by the blood of patriots and tyrants. If being stupid allows me to believe in Him, I'd wish to be a retard. Eisenhower and G Washington should be good company.

Re: Smells from the past.. blanket #5709669 10/13/11 Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 265 Pennsylvania B Bighorn75 Campfire Member Bighorn75 Campfire Member B Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 265 Pennsylvania As I recall, if you smell them you also taste them. "The peasants may be conned by every pitchman that introduces a new super magnum, but the members of the cognoscenti stick with classic calibers." Jack O'Conner

Re: Smells from the past.. Bighorn75 #5709677 10/13/11 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,648 Likes: 6 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,648 Likes: 6 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by Bighorn75 One smell I keep with me each year is Hoppes #9 +1. I still smell it every day at work and each time it transports me back to Grandpa Marvin's shed by the range where he taught me how toshoot and clean my firearms! BN Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Smells from the past.. blanket #5709689 10/13/11 Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC byc Campfire 'Bwana byc Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 33,971 VA 2 SC Originally Posted by blanket Originally Posted by Bighorn75 One smell from the past I hope to never smell again is hog fat being rendered into lard. One smell I keep with me each year is Hoppes #9 How about the smell and taste of the cracklins Lady that kept us kids during the day used to fry hog chitterlings. UGH!! Proud to be a true Sandlapper!! Go Nats!!!!

Re: Smells from the past.. byc #5709694 10/13/11 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,860 Galt's Gulch Colorado D Dess Campfire Tracker Dess Campfire Tracker D Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 4,860 Galt's Gulch Colorado Puppy breath. Reminds me of the dog's I've been blessed with over the years. For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Re: Smells from the past.. byc #5709696 10/13/11 Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa B blanket Campfire Outfitter blanket Campfire Outfitter B Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 9,920 Likes: 1 SE, Iowa they kind of coat your mouth too

Re: Smells from the past.. kaywoodie #5709705 10/13/11 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger OrangeOkie Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 23,319 Oklahoma The smell of fresh, raw cow's milk in the pail The smell of a freshly spent shotgun shell The smell of a skunk when I cross the Oklahoma border at night after working out of state for months "All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government, as originally organized, should be administered in purity and truth." – Robert E. Lee

Re: Smells from the past.. OrangeOkie #5709712 10/13/11 Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,330 Likes: 43 Flyover Country Teal Campfire 'Bwana Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,330 Likes: 43 Flyover Country Burned 700x Me

Re: Smells from the past.. FlyboyFlem #5709732 10/13/11 Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,277 Likes: 2 Oklahoma G gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana gunner500 Campfire 'Bwana G Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 46,277 Likes: 2 Oklahoma Papaws big cedar gun cabinet, and holiday cooking at Mamaws, WD-40 Hoppes #9 Old Spice after shave The smell of a Winchester 30-30 after you fire one that has been lubed with 3 in 1 oil Gunner Trump Won!

Re: Smells from the past.. Teal #5709734 10/13/11 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Deerwhacker444 Campfire Ranger Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 18,215 OK Vitalis... Grandpa used it in his hair. You could catch a faint whiff of Vitalis from the bed pillows for years after he passed.

Re: Smells from the past.. Deerwhacker444 #5709743 10/13/11 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,851 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,851 South East Missouri A freshly opened condom pack....wish I was 18 again! Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: Smells from the past.. blanket #5709750 10/13/11 Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,845 Likes: 2 Dakota Territory P P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P_Weed Campfire Outfitter P Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 13,845 Likes: 2 Dakota Territory Bore cleaner and creamy thighs.

Re: Smells from the past.. Deerwhacker444 #5709761 10/13/11 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,514 rice county,mn whipholt_wahoo Campfire Outfitter whipholt_wahoo Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 8,514 rice county,mn hoppes #9. my wife hates it. My mom and I,it would take us back to the late 1960's.Used to be a common smell in our house then. ********************** [the member formerly known as fluffy}

Re: Smells from the past.. Deerwhacker444 #5709762 10/13/11 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,933 Likes: 11 South of Minnesota 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana 5sdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 38,933 Likes: 11 South of Minnesota Originally Posted by Deerwhacker444 Vitalis... Grandpa used it in his hair. You could catch a faint whiff of Vitalis from the bed pillows for years after he passed. Oh, yeah! I think that Dad was their biggest customer. There was probably enough in the sweat bands of his hats so that he could have gone at least a year without a new application. Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile. Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe) Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.

Re: Smells from the past.. P_Weed #5709764 10/13/11 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,242 Yakima WA Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Kenlguy Campfire Tracker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 5,242 Yakima WA Fresh cut alfalfa. Takes me back to the ten years of custom harvesting I was into. Wouldn't take a million dollars for the memory and wouldn't take a million to do it again. I could wish a lot of things on my worst enemy but neuropathy ain't one of them.