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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 896415" data-attributes="member: 74969">NECRO ALERT!!&nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#039;s a dope story about a squirrel.&nbsp; [spoiler] [ATTACH=full]244733[/ATTACH][/spoiler]I see them in parks and around trees, but never like this.&nbsp; So, I&#039;m sitting there and I hear a slithering noise and then a soft thud from the area of my window-box air conditioner. The window is blocked off by the AC plus these accordian pleat things on either side that you can&#039;t open.&nbsp; So I go to another window and a squirrel is lying on the sill partially underneath the AC with its head and one foreleg literally hanging off the edge.&nbsp; Its eyes are closed.&nbsp; Now:&nbsp; two things.&nbsp; One:&nbsp; this old brick building is over 70 feet/21.3 meters tall and I live in the middle of that.&nbsp; Two:&nbsp; it&#039;s the middle of a heat wave w/temps in mid 90s F/ 33-34 C.&nbsp; Keep those things in mind.So I see this adult squirrel seemingly lifeless and I&#039;m pretty upset, this animal may be dying from trauma from falling.&nbsp; I cannot open the side panels to rescue it.&nbsp; Then something worse occurs to me:&nbsp; the squirrel dies, it starts rotting in the heat and it&#039;s right under my AC, so I can&#039;t turn it on without putrid rotten air coming in.&nbsp; Yikes!&nbsp; So I go and tap very gently on the window where the squirrel is &quot;lying&quot; and then go back to look.&nbsp; It&#039;s gone.&nbsp; Huh?&nbsp; What?&nbsp; It is moving laterally--SIDEWAYS- in a serpentine motion -on this brick wall toward my next window over, to take a rest on that sill.&nbsp; Then, a couple minutes of rest, same thing to my next window over!&nbsp; Un-freakin&#039;-believable! Each window is about 10 feet/3 meters apart.&nbsp; The sheer strength and power of this animal, to cling to a brick wall and move sideways, not up or down.&nbsp; It must have made its way to a fire escape, I hope, I looked up and down later and it had gone, very hopefully to safety.&nbsp;&nbsp; And very far from death.&nbsp; ☠I was on the bus and saw a paper taped to the door advertising computer virus removal services.&nbsp; All this free software:&nbsp; CCleaner, RogueKiller, AdwCleaner, we all use &#039;em for free for ourselves.&nbsp; But people make livings off of this free stuff.&nbsp; Interesting.&nbsp; A good time to do that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 896415, member: 74969"] NECRO ALERT!! Here's a dope story about a squirrel. [spoiler] [ATTACH=full]244733[/ATTACH][/spoiler] I see them in parks and around trees, but never like this. So, I'm sitting there and I hear a slithering noise and then a soft thud from the area of my window-box air conditioner. The window is blocked off by the AC plus these accordian pleat things on either side that you can't open. So I go to another window and a squirrel is lying on the sill partially underneath the AC with its head and one foreleg literally hanging off the edge. Its eyes are closed. Now: two things. One: this old brick building is over 70 feet/21.3 meters tall and I live in the middle of that. Two: it's the middle of a heat wave w/temps in mid 90s F/ 33-34 C. Keep those things in mind. So I see this adult squirrel seemingly lifeless and I'm pretty upset, this animal may be dying from trauma from falling. I cannot open the side panels to rescue it. Then something worse occurs to me: the squirrel dies, it starts rotting in the heat and it's right under my AC, so I can't turn it on without putrid rotten air coming in. Yikes! So I go and tap very gently on the window where the squirrel is "lying" and then go back to look. It's gone. Huh? What? It is moving laterally--SIDEWAYS- in a serpentine motion -on this brick wall toward my next window over, to take a rest on that sill. Then, a couple minutes of rest, same thing to my next window over! Un-freakin'-believable! Each window is about 10 feet/3 meters apart. The sheer strength and power of this animal, to cling to a brick wall and move sideways, not up or down. It must have made its way to a fire escape, I hope, I looked up and down later and it had gone, very hopefully to safety. And very far from death. ☠ I was on the bus and saw a paper taped to the door advertising computer virus removal services. All this free software: CCleaner, RogueKiller, AdwCleaner, we all use 'em for free for ourselves. But people make livings off of this free stuff. Interesting. A good time to do that. [/QUOTE]

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