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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts) Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:07 PM Oct 2021

of that source floating in the air! I used to think the smell outdoors on the patio of a neighbor's Downy dryer sheets was a good thing

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Wish I hadn't learned that a smell was actually particulates [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 OP

awareness sometimes sucks Shellback Squid Oct 2021 #1

Yup. So there's nothing in between? Knowing too much and Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #5

But on the bright side, now you've passed that information along to others Clash City Rocker Oct 2021 #2

win! stopdiggin Oct 2021 #4

Great emojis Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #8

? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #7

So when you go to your garden and smell cat poop... padfun Oct 2021 #3

Maybe a biologist needs to chime in. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #6

It kills me that anti-vaxxers KT2000 Oct 2021 #9

You made me think of an interview I saw quite a few years ago Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #13

Not to question noted health authority Sheryl Crow Effete Snob Oct 2021 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #31

Her book explains how to tell if the bottle has been heated previously? Effete Snob Oct 2021 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #37

These aren't books? Effete Snob Oct 2021 #38

I know right?! Once you realize that you can never go back!! n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #10

There have to be receptors in the brain, nose, mouth etc Akakoji Oct 2021 #11

So some people can't smell particulates? That's interesting. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #14

Sorry MF!!! Haven't talked to you in so long how you feeling? Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #23

Wow what a kind thing to say!!!! Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #26

I remember. I stupidly didn't realize you had to go Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #30

I try to buy unscented products whenever possible. Snarkoleptic Oct 2021 #16

Have you ever smelled "dead"? nocoincidences Oct 2021 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #24

Not just a human baby. nocoincidences Oct 2021 #29

Huh? Never really thought about the toothbrush. Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Oct 2021 #35

Balls. Wool Balls. Ziggysmom Oct 2021 #20

I had no idea and will be looking into that. yonder Oct 2021 #32

Um. Depends on what you're smelling. Most smells are volatile compounds. eppur_se_muova Oct 2021 #33

Don't tell my wife. n/t Harker Oct 2021 #34