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[hollydolly]

Were your lesson periods 45 minutes like ours ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Weren't some subjects longer than others?

 

[mike4lorie]

Which ones were longer?

 

[StarSong]

Did your daily school schedule have one period longer than the others to accommodate staggered lunch times?

 

[Rosemarie]

Am I right in thinking it was sports and cookery which were longer?

 

[Kaila]

Am I right in thinking this was all so very long ago, that it seems like another lifetime?

 

[StarSong]

Isn't it surprising how many of these long ago details still come to mind though?

 

[hollydolly]

Are you always surprised at how an aroma, or similar can set off a long forgotten memory ?

 

[StarSong]

And how sometimes you know it's familiar but you just can't capture why?

 

[Rosemarie]

Do you find that different towns have their own atmosphere?

 

[StarSong]

Of course; don't you?

 

[Rosemarie]

Is the atmosphere caused by the mindset of the people who live there, or is it the geology?

 

[StarSong]

Both, plus maybe the size and age of the town, don't you think?

 

[Rosemarie]

Don't you find it applies to buildings too?

 

[hollydolly]

Do you love the smell of old buidlings , particualrly libraries and museums .. ?

 

[mike4lorie]

Do a lot of them not smell musty?

 

[Rosemarie]

Don't you find old establishments smell of dirty carpets and dust?

 

[hollydolly]

Would you not find anything that smells of dirt and dust offensive ?

 

[Rosemarie]

Does the amount of dust indicate the dirtiness of the atmosphere? (I am rather alarmed at how dirty my window-sills get, it shows how much dirt I'm breathing in).

 

[hollydolly]

My window sills really don't get dirty very much, so would you suspect those that do get dirty are more likely in a built up area or with a lot of passing traffic ?

 

[StarSong]

Do you find that when it's very windy out your sills get a bit dirtier from the microscopic dust that gets blown in?

 

[Rosemarie]

Could the fact that there are new houses being built nearby have anything to do with it?

 

[tinytn]

It could also be from the sand pit down the road ?

 

[Kaila]

I get it in my window edges, too; Is the whole world a sand pit?

 

[hollydolly]

In Spain we get the red rain from the Sahara dust, does anyone else here who lives in a hot area get that ?