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With the temperatures soaring into the 90’s this week I decided to cool off in my neighbor’s pool. As I stepped into the pool I noticed something floating on the far end. I got out to take a closer look and found this guy:<\/p>\n

\"Skunky<\/p>\n

As I fished him out of the pool I was surprised by how heavy he was and how little he actually smelled. He still had the skunk smell but nothing like what I would have imagined. After double bagging him I washed up and went back in the pool. No skunk is going to ruin my day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With the temperatures soaring into the 90’s this week I decided to cool off in my neighbor’s pool. As I stepped into the pool I noticed something floating on the far end. I got out to take a closer look and found this guy: As I fished him out of the pool I was surprised … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-john_beck","wp-image-borders"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6XpZy-1Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":166,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=166","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":0},"title":"Favorite TV shows of the week: March 14th to March 20th","author":"John Beck","date":"March 21, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"1) 24 - \u201cDay 8: 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM\u201d No Change2) Parenthood - \u201cThe Deep End of the Pool\u201d +13) House - \u201cBlack Hole\" +14) The Office - \u201cNew Leads\" -25) Chuck - \u201cChuck Versus the Tic Tac\" No Change6) 30 Rock - \u201cDon Geiss, America and Hope\" +17)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Favorite TV Shows"","block_context":{"text":"Favorite TV Shows","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?cat=6"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":344,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?p=344","url_meta":{"origin":114,"position":1},"title":"Monday","author":"John Beck","date":"December 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Mike Murray was flying into Atlantic City Airport today and I had asked him if he would like me to pick him up. 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