weird things you like the smell of

[The patriot]

Not so weird things:

A young woman. Brass pole optional. For some reason, women with a belly ring smell better.

A well marinated steak on the grill.

A forest after the rain.

Cedar/ tobacco shop smell.

A good cigar.

Gunpowder... any brand will do.

Hoppes, brings back memories from my childhood.

Woodchips.

Jack Daniels.

A good breakfast.



Weird things:

New tire smell.



Eric

 

[bighammer]

OK, I give up. What's Hoppes #9 and what have I been missing out on?



My list:



Baking bread/cookies

A wood fire

Wood shop/construction site

Garlic

Onion

New leather

Acres of freshly turned soil

A successful harvest (beans, corn, wheat, etc)

A pot of chili or my pasta sauce simmering

 

[thejeepdude]

Originally posted by bighammer

OK, I give up. What's Hoppes #9 and what have I been missing out on?



My list:



Baking bread/cookies

A wood fire

Wood shop/construction site

Garlic

Onion

New leather

Acres of freshly turned soil

A successful harvest (beans, corn, wheat, etc)

A pot of chili or my pasta sauce simmering

Wait a second. . i thought these were "WEIRD THINGS that you like the smell of"...



of course everyone likes the smell of fresh baking bread and cookies and a lot of outdoorsy people like us love the smell of fire and nature... but WEIRD they are not



as for weird. . I love the smell of:



clothes dryer exhaust... especially with downy sheets. . used to spend hours by the dryer vent when i was a kid



band-aids... when you first put them on. . it's like the 'ah, it's gonna stop bleeding now' smell... even though i usually just end up wrapping the knuckle-busters in a greasy paper towel instead



the smell of a hot exhaust being submerged in muddy water... very unique and the smell changes depending on the kind of environment you're in (swamp mud which has a nasty fishy smell, mountain mud which smells like pine needles, etc)



i'll think of more...

 

[The patriot]

Originally posted by thejeepdude





clothes dryer exhaust... especially with downy sheets. . used to spend hours by the dryer vent when i was a kid

Yea, there's one I forgot.



I can ad the leather to my "not so weird" #1 choice, but we'll keep it PG rated.

Eric

 

[The patriot]

Originally posted by bighammer

OK, I give up. What's Hoppes #9 and what have I been missing out on?

Nitro solvent... . gun cleaner. It's the brand. Hoppes.

It comes in a yellow bottle. It has a smell you will never forget.

I'm told that it's been reformulated, but it still smells like I always remembered it.

Eric

 

[MCummings]

How About Power Service Fuel Additive?. . boy that's a strong smellin' son of a gun!



Merrick

 

[Sageair]

Puppies

Sagebrush

The desert in general after a summer rain

Jet A exhaust from a Pratt&Whitney PT-6

Old Cockpits

Pine sawdust

Wine

My wifes hair.

 

[NETim]

Hoppe's #9 has been around for about a thousand years now I 'spose. I am instantly transported back to the farm every time I smell it. Cool, crisp fall days in the oak timber just over the hill.



It comes bottled in a little brown glass bottle with a yellow lid.



It's not nearly as effective as the new stuff, but the new stuff is just too "chemical" I guess.



Another great smell (I'll call it weird for the purposes of this thread) is the odor of the old two stroke oil fog early in the morning on a misty Minnesota lake. Again, the "old" stuff is great... . the new stuff just don't cut it.



I think those old outboards ran a 24:1 mix.



Ah, the good ol' days!



Tim

 

[Sageair]

Tent canvas

 

[jtisdale]

Play Dough™

 

[waterdonkey]

Lacquer

Lacquer thinner

Linseed oil

Asphalt trucks

My truck after an oil change

The first whiff you get when you open your door at a truck stop, DIESEL EXHAUST

Musty antique stores

Old houses

Bee's wax

Toluene

Wet asphalt

The first time you run the furnace or wood stove after it has sat all summer

Pipe tobacco

 

[Jff24Gordn]

For those who like the smell of burnin tires... .

http://www.smokintire.com/index.html