Or a dead mouse wouldn't surprise me. My only concern, is I am very allergic to fabric mold, and break out in nasty hives. But it hasn't happened yet, so perhaps that is what it is and we have enough "crawl" spaces in this old house. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:51 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: bad smells in house Shelley Possibly what you smelled was a dead/decaying rat. We had that in our house. Called an exterminator but they don't do rats. My husband was on the roof and in the crawl spaces and looking all over but could not find either where the rat might have entered or where the body was. The only thing to do, we were told, was wait and eventually the smell goes away. We put a bucket of coal in the room, which is supposed to absorb such odors, and it did help, and stayed out of that room for a while. Eventually the smell did go away. We were also told not to put out rat poison, because the rats eat and and fo somewhere else, like attacks or into walls, to die. The old-fashioned mouse/rat trap is the thing to use. We've gone back to that in the garage, but so far no more rats. Cindy R (I see Cindy W is unsubscribing, at least from the bookshare list. I hope it's not for anything I've said.) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.13/463 - Release Date: 10/4/2006 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.