What is that smell!!!

deecom

Don t know what it is, but its driving me mad, the smell of what seems to be like burning rubber in the city tonight. any ideas cos its bloody every where!

gonker

probably the tarmac melting on the roads from the heat. the same smell is down here in the ass hole of nowhere in laois. Half the road is gone from trucks digging up the melted tarmac.
gonk

aidan_dunne

I think gonker's right about it being the tarmac heating up too much and melting. I'm in Laois too and for the past two days or so everywhere you go there seems to be this strange, acrid, almost burning kind of smell so it probably is the tarmac melting in the heat. It's a real pain in the arse because if you leave your windows closed at night, it's too warm. Leave them open and you've got this rotten smell coming in. That and the bloody midgets, moths and daddy longlegs. I've killed more moths the past two nights than I think I ever have. So, regarding the windows, it seems your damned if you do and damned if you don't!

Bring on winter, I say!

Redshift

I drove to Carlow and back today and along the road between Carlow and Castledermot there seemed to be like pools of melted Tar along the sides of the road you could see where it had been dragged along the roads like a big black streak. maybe Charlie can use this as an excuse to jack up the road tax:rolleyes:

Gordon

Ah, thanks for answering that - it's been bugging me not knowing what that burning smell was.

Dustaz

Are you referring to the smell in Dublin city yesterday?

Im pretty sure that was the liffey at its very best. The mist insulated the smell and made sure it didnt go anywhere.


Smelled like really bad farts.

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by aidan_dunne
the bloody midgets, moths and daddy longlegs. I've killed more moths the past two nights than I think I ever have.

the solution to this problem is one of those see through screens to cover the open window. i don't know what they're called but they are very popular in warm places like Australia, Africa etc.

Victor

Originally posted by Mossy Monk
the solution to this problem is one of those see through screens to cover the open window. i don't know what they're called but they are very popular in warm places like Australia, Africa etc.

Would this be like the commonly usd glass? Or a fly / insect screen?

Mossy Monk

Originally posted by Victor
Or a fly / insect screen?

that's the one, i think. i've seen them in green