[ExI] restoration-ready

[William Flynn Wallace]

> So why aren't my black tires orange?
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> >… so don't tell me you can't afford $4…
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> But it is so annoyin’ to pay that much.  You are a pluto hiding behind a
> prole mask.
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>   Lucky to get hamburger I was.  Randomly rearranging sentences for effect
> I am.
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>  'Younger than Springtime, am I.........'  source?
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> Ja, but why is it so directly wired to our memories?  Grandma’s house for
> instance.  It had that fragrance my entire life.  Every time I went in
> there, even decades later, it evoked those memories, even though the
> visuals had changed. spike
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>  I imagine that the nerve pathways did not change even though the
> reliance on them did.  Remembering that smell of tiger scat was important
> to survival.  We now have large areas devoted to visual memories, as you
> know.  Another curious thing:  you look at the auditory system, the visual
> system, the nerves run rather strictly to various areas, whereas the nerves
> from the nose run all over the brain.  Humans still relied a lot on smell
> to detect, mainly, bitterness, a highlight of poisonous plants.  Also
> remember that once upon a time, sexual interest was (mainly?) evident by
> smell (lacking the rather outrageous means of certain baboons), and still
> is to a certain extent, studies show.  Perfumes and such thus had dual
> purposes:  to cover up a lack of bathing, and to cover up any sexual
> interest.
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All of which doesn't really answer the Grandma's house smell question.

> bill w
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