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This one is related to another recently reported railroad related smell...It happened many years ago, but it made an impression that I've never forgotten.
My grandfather as president of the Rock Port Langdon and Northern Railway Company belonged to the American Short Line Railroad Association...I think that organization still exists under, perhaps, a different name.
They held their annual convention in Chicago and I went along with my GF sometime back in the 1940's to the meeting which was held at the Palmer House. One of Chicago's finest hotels..My GF always stayed there and I presume we were staying there also.
The meeting opened with a noontime luncheon held in one of the elegant Grand Ballrooms. We stood around outside the room for awhile while my GF kibitzed with all his friends and acquaintences prior to the meeting. Finally the doors opened and we went into the area set up for dining.
As we found our place at the table I noticed that the entire room (at least it seemed like it was everywhere) smelled just like a a men's public restroom. I didn't say anything to my GF, but thought "it doesn't smell like a real appetizing place to have lunch here"...I was probably 7-8 years old.
We sat down at the the table and the waiters all began bringing out what was to be the primary luncheon item..I noticed that the smell I had detected earlier got stronger and I certainly wasn't getting any hungrier.
The waiter began to set before us what, if you had been in a normal restaurant, appeared to be some form of "Pot Pie"..ie Chicken--Turkey etc. ...some combination of something wrapped in a baked shell which looked somewhat normal.
I don't know whether I opened mine up or asked my GF or if it was announced that the "delicacy" was..."KIDNEY PIE"...Well, it smelled to me like the "pies" hadn't been drained of all the material that had passed through what was the main element of the concoction...It was awful......I'm sure I didn't eat any of the stuff, and have no expanded memory of what I did do, but I'll never forget that odor and the fact that it was connected to something you were supposed to eat made it all the worse.
Pete
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