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Outpourings / Re: Finding my spark and joy odyssey
« Last post by Diane CBPFC on September 17, 2026, 12:55:18 AM »I will have to think on it, I think of it more as a pain and a sucking of the air out of the lungs than a particular scent.
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« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 14, 2026, 08:29:51 PM »Wow! I hope never to experience the effect of that. Sounds like something Putin might be developing. But graphic as it is, Diane, I'm afraid it doesn't quite answer my question. I'm need to know the (for want of a better word) fragrance - is it comparable to any that I might know? I don't like the smell of rotting fish for example... or blue cheese... or milk on the turn... wet dogs... I'm guessing none of these do it justice, but I'm still curious.
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on September 14, 2026, 05:59:29 PM »Happy to help Tarqs,
t is a slimy smell that sticks and if you have a headache coming on already, it will single out that part of your brain and burrow in. It puddles on the top of your lungs attempting to choke you with the weight of its odor. Your eyes will sting.
I was at a beach once and thought I smelled skunk but it turned out to be teenagers smoking pot. I think skunk is another slang term for pot?
t is a slimy smell that sticks and if you have a headache coming on already, it will single out that part of your brain and burrow in. It puddles on the top of your lungs attempting to choke you with the weight of its odor. Your eyes will sting.
I was at a beach once and thought I smelled skunk but it turned out to be teenagers smoking pot. I think skunk is another slang term for pot?
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Outpourings / Re: Inspirational Speeches of Star Trek
« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 14, 2026, 04:46:48 PM »I've always regarded football as pissing about on a field rather than sport.
Have you ever actually sat through a whole football match?
It's the very epitome of what all sport should be. Competitive combat between two teams of supreme finely-honed athletes giving their all in the pursuit of victory. Although I admit it may have lost a little of that since the days Roger and I used to play regularly for DC Thomson comic sides.
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Outpourings / Re: Inspirational Speeches of Star Trek
« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 14, 2026, 04:38:50 PM »The original Star Trek was more science fiction than the later next generation episodes, which had omnipotent beings, psychic powers and reality manipulation. At least the original, even if it could not give a technological answer, presumed there was one. Star Wars is more science fantasy with the force.
The original? You mean the one with the Tribbles and the alien rock?
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Outpourings / Re: Finding my spark and joy odyssey
« Last post by Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on September 14, 2026, 04:35:43 PM »Lovely thread, this.
But it conjures up a question I've always wanted to know the answer to... okay, I'm embarrassed to admit it's a question I've never actually thought to ask once in my more-than six decades of curiosity. Namely, what does a skunk actually smell like when under threat, or whatever it is that convinces it to go on the defensive? "Bad" I know, but is there a better comparative description than that? Something a sommelier might get their teeth into (not literally) perhaps. What's the nearest equivalent that the uneducated (me) might understand? Feel free to add in "notes of burning rubber" and the like if it helps.
Sorry, Diane - the floor is all yours on this one, being the only one I can think of who might actually know. I'm now desperate to be enlightened having spent my life with zero interest in the answer.
But it conjures up a question I've always wanted to know the answer to... okay, I'm embarrassed to admit it's a question I've never actually thought to ask once in my more-than six decades of curiosity. Namely, what does a skunk actually smell like when under threat, or whatever it is that convinces it to go on the defensive? "Bad" I know, but is there a better comparative description than that? Something a sommelier might get their teeth into (not literally) perhaps. What's the nearest equivalent that the uneducated (me) might understand? Feel free to add in "notes of burning rubber" and the like if it helps.
Sorry, Diane - the floor is all yours on this one, being the only one I can think of who might actually know. I'm now desperate to be enlightened having spent my life with zero interest in the answer.
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on September 14, 2026, 03:55:15 PM »Canada is under threat from Trump - we could lose up to 20% of our cattle income this fall with the tariffs. The pain is real to us.
I wouldn't risk crossing the border in my old hippy van especially travelling on my own - it would be stripped - I could be whisked off to an ICE detention centre especially if they read my Facebook posts LOL
And yes skunk smells do cross both space and time.
I wouldn't risk crossing the border in my old hippy van especially travelling on my own - it would be stripped - I could be whisked off to an ICE detention centre especially if they read my Facebook posts LOL
And yes skunk smells do cross both space and time.
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Outpourings / Re: Finding my spark and joy odyssey
« Last post by Roger Kettle on September 12, 2026, 05:58:56 PM »Diane, on my six trips to Montana and the surrounding States, I never encountered even the slightest hint of trouble. Everywhere we went, we were greeted with genuine warmth. Without exception, the locals were extremely friendly and welcoming. Even the city panhandlers were ridiculously polite!
As for the wildlife, well, it was pretty spectacular in Yellowstone park. Hundreds of bison, deer and elk. We learned one interesting fact while travelling on the highway---even if you drive round a dead skunk in the middle of the road, there is still a powerful odour!
As for the wildlife, well, it was pretty spectacular in Yellowstone park. Hundreds of bison, deer and elk. We learned one interesting fact while travelling on the highway---even if you drive round a dead skunk in the middle of the road, there is still a powerful odour!
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« Last post by Diane CBPFC on September 10, 2026, 05:14:57 AM »Its funny but I have seen more wildlife in our own garden than I have in the Rockies.
It didn't used to be this way, there was wildlife at the side of the roads 40 years ago and huddles of cars would stop and take pictures, but they built fantastic wildlife overpasses and put up high metal fences next to the main roads and there are strict fines for feeding any wildlife in the National Parks.
You would probably have been the one to save the footballer player with your cheeky wit had anything happened.
It didn't used to be this way, there was wildlife at the side of the roads 40 years ago and huddles of cars would stop and take pictures, but they built fantastic wildlife overpasses and put up high metal fences next to the main roads and there are strict fines for feeding any wildlife in the National Parks.
You would probably have been the one to save the footballer player with your cheeky wit had anything happened.
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« Last post by Roger Kettle on August 30, 2026, 10:12:44 AM »I think you're very brave to take on a trip like that on your own. On my trips to the Rockies in Wyoming and Montana, I was accompanied by a 6' 4" former footballer. Nothing ever happened but it was comforting to know I had someone to hide behind.