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this,
Are you quite sure about that?
Quicklime (Calcium Oxide), rather than slaked line (calcium hydroxide) is the stuff of legend, used to minimize putrefaction (but NOT to “burn bodies” or hasten degradation)
https://spartanideas.msu.edu/2013/08/08/new-morbid-terminology-quicklime/
Apparently you can also use the hydroxide to retard putrefaction, too, but you get the added bonus of heat from the reaction of Quicklime with water
Heh, you are drinking, aren’t you? 
My gf texted me with a decomp update (how romantic). The hay I tossed over the deer has been cleared away by a group of turkey vultures who are “feasting”.
I’m having cheese and roast beef sandwich for lunch.
I was pleasantly toasted last night, yet no hangover today!!
What?!
That’s how nearly anyone not born there who’s spent any time there refers to it. It’s the perfectly cromulent nickname; one of the very best of all US major cities.
@kayaker even spelled it the professional correct way. Amateurs sometimes start it with an “F” and that’s Just Not Right.
I spent four years in Philly. Other than the cheesesteaks I didn’t really care for the place. The surekill expressway was awful and I never did find the Liberty Bell, giving up after negotiating with all the one-way streets.
They were light years ahead wrt food trucks, though.
Downtown has had a pretty good resurgence the last few years and can be a lot of fun in the warmer weather without COVID. But in general I agree Philly has little to recommend it.
If not menthol, I’m sure they have Vicks Vapo Rub, which would probably do just as well.
I’ve been using the same method for years. I just make sure I’m still alive when I wake up in the morning and it won’t be a problem today. Even if I wake up dead tomorrow I’m hoping the preservatives in all the bacon I eat will slow the process down.
Well, discussion of Vapo Rub brings us closer to what I though this thread was going to be about - dealing with our own bodies falling apart.
Dang. I didn’t try to sound it out. Yes, that seems a great alternate spelling!
I was looking for Beethoven.
He really didn’t want to be remembered for those symphonies.
Vicks Vapo-Rub is what paramedics, etc. use. Peppermint oil also works, to a point.
Something else to keep in the glove-box. Thanks!
Turkey vultures seem like a win, though.
I’d be interested in hearing if the vultures completely cleaned the carcass, and, if so, how long it took.
And I just ran across this interesting factoid:
A group of vultures is called either kettle, committee or wake depending upon what they are doing.
The vultures in flight is called kettle.
The vultures resting on the ground or in trees is called committee.
And a group of vultures that are feeding is called a wake.
The best part about vultures clearing the carcass is that while they’re fully involved in eating they’re not real wary. So you can readily walk into range, blast them with a shotgun while they’re occupied, and have the fixin’s for a nice fresh flavorful vulture pot pie. 
And if they haven’t quite finished the deer when you blast 'em, that’s no problem. There will be more vultures there tomorrow so you can make another pie.
My gf is just back from checking on things. She thinks maybe coyotes (or the bear) did some tearing up along with the vultures. That and rain overnight has helped immensely with odor!
Very clever of you to keep sending her out to check on it rather than doing so yourself. I admire that in a man!