Hey, Ebbie: You're right on all counts. Drug Stores do smell pretty much the same, although I suspect if my memory was a little sharper I could tell the difference that air conditioning makes. I think they stopped making tooth powder many years ago. Ask Dr. Lyons. Wow! What corner of my brain did that come out of.

"The Forties smelled like Cod Liver oil, too. That's another smell you'll never forget. Cod Liver oil was the first wonder drug. It cured everything from stomach aches to "Irregularities" and everything in between. If you showed any indication of not feeling well, out came the Cod Liver oil. "No, Ma, I'm starting to feel better now, Honest!!!!!!!" As newer medicines came out, Cod Live oil became "Old Fashioned" and every Cod breathed a deep sigh of relief. Now, all these years later there is increasing evidence that fish oil helps promote heart circulation. It's loaded with Omega-3, which is good for the heart. If I get nostalgic about Cod Live oil and want to smell it (which isn't likely) I can just take a couple of soft gels of "Marine Lipid Concentrate" out of the bottle sitting in the kitchen and go back to those golden days of yesteryear. Funny thing is, there's a subtle Cod-Liver-oilish aftertaste from the capsules. Like radishes, you keep tasting them long after you swallow them."

Jerry