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  • 30 August 2021 at 7:49 pm #443
    Roderick
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    I am so open to trying new things.  I think snuffers are very similar in that ideology.  About 20 years ago my wife and I were in China town in London when we spotted a fruit I had never seen before.  A Durian.  The seller explained it was the king of fruits and incredibly delicious.  So we bought one.

    Ten minutes into our journey home was all it took for us to pull the car to the side of the road.  We quickly realised it was the Durian and not the car.  My wife drove and I held the Durian out the window.  When we got home we put the Durian in the shed as the smell was so bad.

    The next day we invited friends to dinner and told them dessert was being served outside.  We all held our noses and tried the Durian.  It was ok, I’m not sure I would have called it the King of fruits but 20 years on and I bought another one.  I made Durian pancakes and Durian ice cream.

    The point of this story is as a snuffer I have learned to control my nose. I can shut my nostrils at will, I can control the air going through my nose and when eating not smell the putrid stench of the Durian.  My snuffing has opened the door to new worlds.  Has your snuffing opened any new doors for you?

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    30 August 2021 at 11:20 pm #445
    tompanepinto
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    As a professional brass player (I play the french horn) I’m was more naturally inclined to be a mouth breather, totally bypassing the nose most the time. To really fill the lungs with air, in a quick second, the mouth is the way. Snuffing taught me to chill and slow down my breathing, and use my nose more in daily life, when not playing the horn. The various scents of snuff brought about an awareness of scent,  and wanting to truly smell things again assisted in my desire to quit smoking. I now feel like a hound dog with a nose built for sensing even the faintest scents.

    31 August 2021 at 2:29 am #446
    Picklefist
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    I love trying new foods. Especially stinky cheese, the worst of which I haven’t tried, yet. Ethnic foods from around the world, I love trying. As for my nose? Nah. It’s shite. I think it’s more the discernment of scents. Things that aren’t greatly obvious often elude me. I know it’s there, I just can’t register what it is, sometimes.

    31 August 2021 at 7:09 pm #456
    Roderick
    Keymaster

    It is amazing how stopping smoking changes your sense of smell.

     

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