Funny how an image or some text can trigger memories

[mattl]

I was going through the Modern Living thread and as I scrolled over this image I had a quick flashback to eating tomato vegetable soup out of a thermos in my school lunch box.  Wild.  Had not thought of that for decades.

 

Kind of relates to this story I read the other day.  Go through the list in the link and I bet you can conjure up most of the smells described.

 

 

36 Manly Smells

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in September 2017. Smells can conjure up powerful memories. The smell of...

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[frigilux]

Photos of really old refrigerators trigger sense-memories for me---unfortunately, they're repulsive ones. Don't know if some early childhood experience with an old refrigerator rattled me or something, but I shudder at the sight and smell of old refrigerators. The olfactory memory is especially vivid. It's as if the computer screen had an unplugged antique refrigerator-scented scratch-and-sniff card.

I have no such negative sense memories for old washers, dryers, dishwashers or ranges. Go figure!

[this post was last edited: 9/13/2017-06:45]

 

[rolls_rapide]

"olfactory memory"

I get that with seeing pictures of salt, or thinking if salt, even if it is dishwasher salt. I always end up with a salty taste! Lol