One of my two cable boxes is not working. I did not know it, but my child actually had an antenna that they'd been given. I wanted to try it, so I did.

It's been showing shows I watched 20 years ago, and some older?! Designing Women, Coach, It's a Living, Alice... it's been enjoyable, but I would be sad if it was all I ever had. Yeah it's free, but dang. Very fun to watch for the moment.

ETA: It's a Living

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0080233/

Always. It seems I'm continually finding things from the past to amuse myself and bring back memories.

I had a spell where I was watching vintage TV commercial compilations on YouTube. There are a number of channels doing that. My fave is FredFlix - he also makes TV show lineups from different years and various other nostalgia videos for those of us who were kids in the 60s/70s.

Things from the 80s remind me of when my son was little ❤️

Almost forgot to mention I think we had King's Quest in the 90s.

Sometimes scents or aromas take me back to former days. The aromas of lilacs, roast beef and cabbage rolls remind me of DM; and crayons and freshly sharpened pencils remind me of school days. I have some books from my early years at school and looking at the pictures reminds me very vividly how I felt when I first saw them. Watching old B&W movies takes me back to a favorite aunt's home where I always enjoyed myself immensely.

Marilyn _c ,you and Jody were quite a beautiful couple, love the way you were looking over at Jody. Thanks for postings ,knew you were a beautiful lady , should have known a handsome man was there beside you. May he Rest In Peace now. You are a strong hardworking lady.

aromas ... baking bread, cookies, brownies come to mind, along with liver and onions ...

Commercials...mostly the ones with old songs....music always brings back old memories for me.

Been a lot used in commercials lately, it seems. Quite often I am singing along, and have

no clue what the ads are even for. And, that's ok, too. ;) Been singing "Build Me Up Buttercup"

for days....memories of a crazy summer at the Lake.

The smell of cut grass. School exam season.

For me, it's smells and sounds. I can still remember what my first family home smelled like, and remembering that takes me back instantly. The way certain buildings at my university smelled , and I can still hear my sneakers squeaking on a shiny floor in an old lab. Just thinking of that takes me back 30 years.....

It's funny - I can look at old pictures and they are a nice memory, but they never provoke that same visceral reaction as me just thinking about old sights and sounds.

I was recently thinking about my coworkers (and employer) from 30 years ago and definitely felt some strong nostalgia - those were some of my happiest working years.

Hearing just a few particular songs from the 80s will do it too - tied in to those same years.

Things like TV shows, commercials, foods, scents don't trigger those feelings, neither do most of my photos - but thinking about my grandparents does.

When doing my ancestry research I can find myself feeling rather nostalgic for some of the people, and their eras, that I never had the opportunity to know - strange (even to me) but there it is.

My psychiatrist told me that olfactory memories are the strongest that we have and trigger the strongest nostalgic feelings. He told me this after I told him how I felt transported to another place and time when smelling cut grass.

Pleasant nostalgic feelings for me are triggered more by music. I remember distinctly when I heard certain songs, such as "Controversy" by Prince, which I first heard in Vancouver and "Get Stupid" by Aston Merrygold, which I first heard in Rome. In fact I never heard that song anywhere but Italy until I found it on YouTube.

Not to sidetrack this fun thread, but I guess I will anyways. Forgive me.

hallingarden wrote: Marilyn _c ,you and Jody were a quite a beautiful couple, love the way you were looking over at Jody. Thanks for postings ,knew you were a beautiful lady , should have known a handsome man was there beside you. May he Rest In Peace now. You are a strong hardworking lady.

I smiled not only at Marilyn's photo above, but hallingarden's comment made me think about how there was a time on here a while back Marilyn posted a photo of herself saying something to effect that it was taken a couple years back, she may have been at a laundromat of all places (not sure if I remembered that correct or not), but I said, Wow! When I grow up, I want to look like Marilyn. Very pretty lady. My condolences to Marilyn. Hugs.

Back on track, and thanks to Lars for the memory trigger regarding olfactory; when I smell guava or day old white bread or leftover spaghetti, it brings right back to my beloved nursery school. We must of had lots of those things to eat there. It's like being snapped up into a time machine.

As regards smell and memories, after being transported back to memories of Paris by a smell, I realized that the smell was of vehicle exhaust...not very poetic, I'm afraid, but evocative for me all the same.

The smell of red Dentyne Gum or Sen-Sen brings back memories of my dear old dad. He always smelled of one or the other.

My mom was never one for perfume but she did use Jergen's hand lotion, the original cherry-almond scent. Smelling it brings me back to the living room of my childhood house, in the evening, waiting for Mom to join us for tv after her shower.

Old Spice men's cologne makes me think of my dad and Chanel #5 makes me think of my mom.

Coty perfume reminds me of my mother. Mennen's skin bracer ,my father.

Yes.

Going through Netflix recently , I decided to re-watch all the old X-Files episodes from the beginning. I loved that show when it first came out.

The opening credits spark a very strong sense of nostalgia. Hard to explain...a real longing for being back in that time. Don’t know why...other old shows don’t do that.

But that opening sequence and music is quite distinctive. Maybe that’s why.