Re: OT: Weather (was: Re: questions)

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>     As for oder: when wet, walking down a street lined with them is
>like taking a tour through a bottle of Vicks Vapo-Rub (for those who
>haven't had the pleasure: it's a _very_ potent  greasy gell, rubbed on
>the chest and around the nose [ usually before bed-time] to open up
>even the worst case of blocked nasal passages and congested bronchial
>tubes.)
>The main contributory factor to its extremely sharp smell is an oil derived
>from
>eucalyptus leaves. After a serious rain (however it's idiomatically
>described  ;-)  )
>the smell is something that you just can't miss! :-)
Even after a serious rain, I can't smell gum trees. The only time I can is
when the burn. Burning eucalyptus leaves is the nicest smell... It might be
because of the fact that I've had more Eucalyts around me all my life then
you. I just need to look out my window and I can see the bush, for example.
('Bush' in the sense of 'Australian forest': full of gum trees). But I have
no trouble smelling Vicks, even with a blocked nose.

Tristan

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