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Used to always be when a certain odor hit me when I was behind the wheel, my eyes would start searching for the dead skunk in the middle of the road, as the song of my youth that still rattles around my brain courtesy of Loudon Wainwright III heralds.
But now this certified Retired Guy and OG is forcing his brain to become accustomed to changing state laws.
Skunk smells aren’t always from the animal in Central New York.
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More and more of those who do seem to be lighting up in their vehicles, my still-working nose tells me at this red light and that parking lot.
To think half a century ago towels were stuck under dorm room doors. Yeah, one of my roommates would put roadkill critters in our fridge for his taxidermy class.
Mark Bialczak 
Oh yes… we have those smells here in AZ as well!!
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The basic premises of life around me change as I get more and more OG, Nance!
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It was a hard and fast rule among myself and my roommates in school, Mark…leave all roadkill outside of our refrigerator. Of course, none of us were taking taxidermy classes so we had a good chance of abiding by that rule lol.
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My roommate was a good guy, Bruce. Most often he’d leave me a note awaiting my later-than-him return to our room that said “Sub in the fridge,” having left half of his for me to chow down while he slept, retiring earlier than I.
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that’s true, it takes a minute, and then, our olfactory memory kicks in and it all comes back
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Another day at the olfactory, a punch line to a joke I remember, Beth.
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No skunks in the fridge I hope, Bro. Mark. There was a family of skunks living in one of our barns and every morning they walked past our open windows on their way to wherever they spent the day. Did you know the best way to eliminate that odor is to light a match? The Sulphur odor of the match overwhelms the odor even from a family of skunks. Just a bit of useless trivia. None of my kids smoked so no problems there, but my dad looked like a chimney all while I was growing up. No one knew way back then what we all know now.
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I have to keep our dog away from the bottom of our backyard shed at certain times of skunk season, Sis Angie. I’ll remember the match trick!
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It works, but if the dog gets sprayed I hope you have a lot of tomato juice. That is the only thing that will get the smell off her, a more costly solution than lighting the match to clear the air. Good luck Bro. Mark. That is one really vile odor!
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