16 Oct 20
@divegeester saidOne olfactory stimulant which used to trigger a negative reaction in me was the smell of neat gin.
Yes smell seems to trigger good memories. I’ve not known anyone who said that smell triggered bad memories.
As youngsters a friend and myself collaborated to buy a bottle of Hogarth’s Gin at what I remember as being £3.79 at that time. We took it out to the local park and sat in the middle of the vast expanse of grass and drank enough of it to make us vomit.
I couldn’t touch gin for about 15 years but nowadays I seem to have no problem with that delicious aroma.
16 Oct 20
@divegeester saidI manage to do a similar thing with Whisky in my early twenties. After avoiding it ever after, I discovered I liked it on a trip to Scotland two years ago. Perhaps I could have been okay after 15 years? Is there a standard recovery time? Anybody else got an example of this phenomenon?
One olfactory stimulant which used to trigger a negative reaction in me was the smell of neat gin.
As youngsters a friend and myself collaborated to buy a bottle of Hogarth’s Gin at what I remember as being £3.79 at that time. We took it out to the local park and sat in the middle of the vast expanse of grass and drank enough of it to make us vomit.
I couldn’t touch gin for about 15 years but nowadays I seem to have no problem with that delicious aroma.
16 Oct 20
@petewxyz saidMy 15 years was somewhat apocryphal and merely indicative of a long period of ginlessness.
I manage to do a similar thing with Whisky in my early twenties. After avoiding it ever after, I discovered I liked it on a trip to Scotland two years ago. Perhaps I could have been okay after 15 years? Is there a standard recovery time? Anybody else got an example of this phenomenon?
A bit like "40 years" is used in the Bible.
16 Oct 20
@divegeester saidI don't realise there were binge drinking sessions in the bible?! What would the drink have been they were recovering from?
My 15 years was somewhat apocryphal and merely indicative of a long period of ginlessness.
A bit like "40 years" is used in the Bible.
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16 Oct 20
@petewxyz saidWater to wine?
I don't realise there were binge drinking sessions in the bible?! What would the drink have been they were recovering from?
16 Oct 20
@ghost-of-a-duke saidDo you believe everthing you read goad?
Noah had quite a session on the ark.
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16 Oct 20
@very-rusty saidTo clarify, you are asking a known atheist if he beliefs what he read in the Bible?
Do you believe everthing you read goad?
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16 Oct 20
@ghost-of-a-duke saidBeing as I rarely go to the "Spirituality Forum" except once and a while how would you expect me to know you're and atheist?
To clarify, you are asking a known atheist if he beliefs what he read in the Bible?
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Yet somehow you think you know all about Noah, interesting!
16 Oct 20
@very-rusty saidDid Noah actually have a drinking session? Surely this isn't based on real knowledge of the story of Noah??
Being as I rarely go to the "Spirituality Forum" except once and a while how would you expect me to know you're and atheist?
Yet somehow you think you know all about Noah, interesting!
16 Oct 20
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@petewxyz saidThat should have been directed towards goad, I am not the one who mentioned Noah goad was. 🙂
Did Noah actually have a drinking session? Surely this isn't based on real knowledge of the story of Noah??
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Water to wine?
goad said: Noah had quite a session on the ark.
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@petewxyz saidThe drunkenness of Noah is quite a significant episode in the Bible that had ramifications. (Especially in regards to how his sons dealt with the episode).
Did Noah actually have a drinking session? Surely this isn't based on real knowledge of the story of Noah??