The first night in forever it's been cool enough to open the windows, a dead animal stinks up the whole neighborhood (and my house) - eviltoast

For the first time in 6 or 7 weeks, it was cool enough last night to open the windows instead of running the A/C. Before bed, I opened up all the windows downstairs and upstairs to make sure there was good circulation.

That part was successful; house was 72 degrees when I got up this morning and very comfortable. Maybe I’ll even weep a little less when I open this month’s power bill. Except, what’s that horrible smell?

Nearly gagging, I think, “Aww, man. Did one of the dogs have an accident?” The smell is omnipresent throughout the house, but after checking everywhere, no obvious source could be found.

As I stepped outside with the dogs, the stink became much thicker, and I realized what I smelled inside was coming from outside. The whole neighborhood reeks of dead animal, and now so does my whole house.

Update: Just called animal control, and they’re going to come out and try to find/remove it.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgOP
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    4 months ago

    I never used to care about cigarette smoke either before or after I started smoking myself. After I quit, though, I absolutely cannot stand the smell, and it makes me want to vomit.

    • Broken_Monitor@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The fact that we are catching downvotes for this sure is something. Seems like we have some disgruntled smokers around here.