That us certainly the cheapest solution @philippasmith2 … the smell will soon fade as the remains desiccate … and in the meantime a few pots of Neutradol around the place will deal with any odour. That’s certainly what we did when a family of mice expired beneath our bedroom floorboards when I was a child. It would’ve cost a fortune to take up the floorboards to find the deceased.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you all for your suggestions. Perhaps the solution is to put the oven on and then go out... the pong today was indescribably revolting. Cooked gone-off rodent is not my favourite smell.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Too much of a good thing? Dual carriageways and roundabouts are absolutely rammed with daffodils. I would prefer to see them dotted about in a less is more sort of way. Is it just me? Edit To add to my point, they'll soon look absolute rubbish for a couple of months until they die down
I'm pretty sure it's no bigger than a mouse, @KT53 . No rat droppings, and I doubt anything bigger than a mouse could get into the housing for the oven. The awful pong was due to the heat from the oven causing - er - rapid decomposition of the creature, I think, with the smell propelled into the kitchen by the oven's fan. Plus we'd been chasing a mouse round the house for a week beforehand, and it's now disappeared...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Prisons are crumbling and not fit for purpose. Men and women are locked up for most of the day. They leave prison having learnt nothing that will enable them to earn an honest living. Why not train the inmates as plumbers, bticklayers, painters,tilers - whatever.?They could prefect their skills doing up the prison. Win win win. Improved environment, something better to do that look at walls, transferrable skill learnt.
Silly girl @B3. That would be far too sensible and practical, not to mention short-term expensive. Can't possibly expect politicians and accountants to look to long term benefits and cost savings as they'll happen after the next lot are voted in.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I'm not suggesting some kind of slavery. I think it's a practical solution to a multiple problems.@Stulti. I'm sure that any inmate who wishes to stare at four walls all day could be accommodated as it is unlikely that there would be enough work for everyone.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dual carriageways and roundabouts are absolutely rammed with daffodils. I would prefer to see them dotted about in a less is more sort of way. Is it just me?
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To add to my point, they'll soon look absolute rubbish for a couple of months until they die down
Men and women are locked up for most of the day.
They leave prison having learnt nothing that will enable them to earn an honest living.
Why not train the inmates as plumbers, bticklayers, painters,tilers - whatever.?They could prefect their skills doing up the prison. Win win win. Improved environment, something better to do that look at walls, transferrable skill learnt.