Very interesting, FF, yes it will acclimate them for those haunted bedposts

at the White House....

I cant remember the name of that Hotel i stayed in Washington, but it was almost across the White House and there...gulp...i saw my first ghost!!!!!

I opened my eyes to this old lady whith a cream color shirt and a tacky polka dot turqoise skirt, the dots were cream color. She wore a hard purse on her arm, she was blonde and i would guess about 80 years old and she was watching me sleep being the baby that i am, i ran into the hallway and started screaming and asked to be put in another room.
They moved me and they werent too surprised by my tantrum either

Anyhow, good post.

To me though, this isn't as much news as if it said, "Obama and family refuse to stay at hotel inhabited by previous presidental ghosts".

Maybe he'll call a meeting and ask how they did it when they were in office? I wonder what the ghosts would say... "Try the bacon and eggs breakfast here, it's to die for!"

I think our Western society views things a little differently. In ancient China, if you told them the spirit of their ancestors were in that room, they'd be bidding the highest coin to stay there. Maybe Western ghosts are just in a bad mood and unwilling to help.

It's common for old homes made of wood to release scent into the air with changes of humidity. Things like perfume and smoke tend to get into the wood and are released under conditions such as cleaning. Oil was often used to preserve wood which preserves scents. Today we use methyl alcohol based cleaners with dries and can releases smells into the air. It's not mysterious and can be replicated. Here in America we don't have many homes that are that old, relatively, to produce the effect.

Finally, if a ghost asked me what I wanted, I'd likely answer (heaven knows I don't get that good of service at fast food places) but would be more interested in knowing what she wanted.

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Washington DC has a huge homeless problem. It's been like that since I was a kid. I remember 40 years ago seeing the exact same thing that I see each time I go into the city now. Homeless people - lots of them - and they are all hungry. I see them a lot around the Natural History Smithsonean of all places.