the "Bristol pong"

[gentlegreen]

it's a whole new kettle of fish.....that's what it is

Seems to be a whole lot of Wilhelm Reich new-age quackery

 

[FruitandNut]

it's a whole new kettle of fish.....that's what it is

Sounds (smells?) more like a bucket of old ling guts. I'm coming down your way next month, I'll have to give Frenchay a sniff.

 

[Zaskar]

More Suff here http://control-alt-delete.ca/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?p=26309&

My theory is it's all the cars. As any cyclist will tell you cars with catalytic convertors often pong, especially when the car hasnt run for long. Lots of cars, lots of short journeys, qed big pong.

 

[Velouria]

No to mention the BRISTOL HUM, has anyone else witnessed this weird noise late at night / early morning ? ?

Everybody hears a hum at 3am ...

 

[gentlegreen]

More Suff here http://control-alt-delete.ca/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?p=26309&

My theory is it's all the cars. As any cyclist will tell you cars with catalytic convertors often pong, especially when the car hasnt run for long. Lots of cars, lots of short journeys, qed big pong.

There was a smell I'd been noticing as a cyclist and I'd assumed it was due to the excessive wear of brake pads and clutch plates caused by the poor driving I frequently witness ... but that turns out to be the high friction surfaces "Shellcoat" they've been painting on the roads.

Interesting link, but I think we might first seek a slightly less "tin foil hat" explanation.

This smell (to my nose) was organic in nature - very much like sour milk when at its strongest - a smell I'm very sensitive to as a long-term avoider of dairy products - I've googled for this but all I can find mentioned as a waste product from catalytic convertors is hydrogen sulphide.

I'd go with manure spreading as the windiness on that day should have reduced road traffic pollution I would have thought ...

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[munkeeunit]

I would go for a comination of most of the above. Muck spreading has caused an intermittment stink over the years for as long as I can remember, but it never smelt quite as bad, or as toxic as this.

Maybe the muck they spread is itself shittier than it used to be, but I think it's also the steady increase in diesel. I find it violently toxic at the best of times, which is exactly what diesel is, and combined with the stink of muck it's just becomes putrid.

Sometimes on Cheltenham Rd, by the Arches, the rotton stink of sulphur from the traffic, and onions from the takeaways makes my eyes water, along my nose, throat and ears. It seems similar to that, but on a grander scale.

 

[munkeeunit]

PS: On another forum I saw someone put it down to an increase in ghost activity! Not sure if they were joking or not.

 

[fat hamster]

@ gentlegreen & munkeeunit

 

[gentlegreen]

@ gentlegreen & munkeeunit
http://www.mninter.net/~richard/Please do not feed the trolls.jpg

I was a bit sarky in my response though

 

[fat hamster]

Trolls aren't fussy what they eat - if you keep replying to them, they'll keep posting here.

 

[MysteryGuest]

I just thought the smell was the people who live there.

 

[gentlegreen]

I just thought the smell was the people who live there.

 

[MysteryGuest]

No to mention the BRISTOL HUM, has anyone else witnessed this weird noise late at night / early morning ? ?

the hummadruz

 

[munkeeunit]

No to mention the BRISTOL HUM, has anyone else witnessed this weird noise late at night / early morning ? ?

the hummadruz

Not quite sure what you mean. Sometimes there is a weird electric hum at night that I hear sometimes. Low level, but quite annoying once you become aware of it. I've even tried turning off all the plugs in my room to see if that's it, but that's not it.

Could be a lot of things. We are surrounded by electrical appliances more than ever, so a low level background hum might not be unreasonable to expect.

Electrical appliances are like spiders in that you are never more than 6ft away from one, it seems.

Or it might be tinnitus.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I just thought the smell was the people who live there.

but milesy doesn't live here