My haunted house

[Nirvana]

A sign of mental illness, the ability to manifest odoriferous emanations...
oh wait that might mean crapping one's self.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Tulip

No one in here believes in ghosts?

I've got one, although it may be had one, because I haven't heard her for almost two years. I'd be working in the cellar and I'd hear the front door, then footsteps. Rug, hardwood, rug, hardwood, rug, stop... women's high heels. My buddy heard it a couple times when he was down their carving while I was at work. I hadn't said anything about so he wasn't primed. But the best is, twice the dog was down there with me, and he looked up at the ceiling as soon as I heard the door. This went on for 20 years, but she didn't drink any of my beer, so no harm done.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

If it's an old house, and had heavy smokers for previous owners, there could be drafts occasionally passing through areas that haven't aired out completely yet. Cigarette odor can hang on for years.

That's what I have thought, but as some of you remember I've torn out all the exterior walls and about 85% of the interior walls (plaster, lathe, etc) I've replaced floors, etc. But I think that must be the answer because there are some interior walls that are intact, and a number of floors on sleepers creating a small space.

On a lot of construction jobs we'd leave little time capsules in the walls, mostly an empty bottle or can or a note, guys who smoked would often leave their butts. However this house was built 150 years ago. We've had it for 10 years, The previous owner (25 years) didn't smoke.

It happens at random times and I've tried to tie it to the boiler, or other things, but it's been happening since we bought the place.

Then again, it could be a ghost.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

On a lot of construction jobs we'd leave little time capsules in the walls, guys would often leave their butts.

For Sheldon perhaps?

[Shawnee123]

I'm hard of smelling: I'd never notice the "stale smoke." Of course, most of my smoke is nice and fresh.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

It happens at random times and I've tried to tie it to the boiler, or other things, but it's been happening since we bought the place.

Then again, it could be a ghost.

Hey! You didn't answer my question. Are you the only one who smells it? I ask because hallucinated smells--especially subtle, but distinctive smells, that are the same every time--can be a sign that you're having a partial temporal lobe seizure.

[footfootfoot]

Ahh. I will check into that partial temporal lobe seizure, but I am pretty sure Mrs. Foot smells it too, but she is hard of smelling too, so she might have just been humoring me.

Though I would think that ten years of partial temporal lobe seizures might have had other noticeable effects on me.

See, one of the things is, in summer I have gone outside and seen cig butts on the sidewalk about 50 feet from the house. Considering the muggy air and the windows open I figured that is it, but in winter, with all the windows closed (new windows) and no one on the streets smoking, I still smell it.

[footfootfoot]

This is interesting to me.
My grandmother had some form of Epilepsy, FWIW

Bold below, mine. I often have what I call "brain crushing Deja Vus" They are intense and incorporate everything I am doing, eating, saying, and or listening to. I also have these very clear specific memories of a time and place I've never been. The memory is always the same. This is very interesting.

Symptoms

The symptoms felt by the person, and the signs observable by others, during seizures which begin in the temporal lobe depend upon the specific regions of the temporal lobe and neighboring brain areas affected by the seizure. The International Classification of Epileptic Seizures published in 1981 by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) recognizes three types of seizures which persons with TLE may experience.[24]

1. Simple Partial Seizures (SPS) involve small areas of the temporal lobe such as the amygdala or the hippocampus. The term "simple" means that consciousness is not altered. In temporal lobe epilepsy SPS usually only cause sensations. These sensations may be mnestic such as déjà vu (a feeling of familiarity), jamais vu (a feeling of unfamiliarity), a specific single or set of memories, or amnesia. The sensations may be auditory such as a sound or tune, gustatory such as a taste, or olfactory such as a smell that is not physically present. Sensations can also be visual, involve feelings on the skin or in the internal organs. The latter feelings may seem to move over the body. Psychic sensations can occur such as an out-of-body feeling. Dysphoric or euphoric feelings, fear, anger, and other sensations can also occur during SPS. Often, it is hard for persons with SPS of TLE to describe the feeling. SPS are often called "auras" by lay persons who mistake them for a warning sign of a subsequent seizure. In fact, they are indeed seizures. Persons experiencing only SPS may not recognize what they are or seek medical advice about them. SPS may or may not progress to the seizure types listed below.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Though I would think that ten years of partial temporal lobe seizures might have had other noticeable effects on me.

Nah, I've been having them since I was 16, and look how unaffected I am!

[Lamplighter]

Beware !

From the last section entitled: "The Bad"

It's an experience similar to what medical students go through, dubbed sophomore syndrome.

[Clodfobble]

Well, I'm pretty sure I didn't fake my EEG. But I wouldn't put it past foot, that sneaky bastard!

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Well, I'm pretty sure I didn't fake my EEG. But I wouldn't put it past foot, that sneaky bastard!

What else would you expect from a guy who routinely fakes his orgasms?

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Beware !

From the last section entitled: "The Bad"

I had that experience during master gardener training. At a certain point in the training you spend two entire sessions on all the insects and diseases that plants can get. At the end of that I was like "Fuck it. There's no way this is going to work. All of my plants will die."

I got over it, but it was a lot of doom and gloom to take at once, that's all I could see.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by plthijinx

are you saying you do? meet me at midnight memorial drive! bwahahahahahahahahahaha! oh sorry. laughing for effect.

Which part of Memorial Drive?? Never heard of a haunting there. Or we can just have dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse in downtown. I saw in a show once that it's haunted. They even brought all those ghostbuster gadgets and picked up alot of activity with their machines. Apparently, someone died in the elevator shaft that's by the entrance that is now closed off.

[Tulip]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

It's weird I read about your haunted house just now...

Last night I was sitting on the couch watching Jethro, Tony, McGeek and Ziva, and toking on a stogie, at my best friend's house, alone. (He gives me the run of the place whether he's there or not.) I'm halfway through a nice stogie, when all of a sudden, the recliner Friendigr always sits in just decides to kick itself back up to 'half-recline' from 'full-recline' where he leaves it when he gets up. The recliner is two feet from me.

I about shit myself.

Yeah, that would cause a scare but it ain't a ghost.