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Who the hell burns wood at 4 AM?

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NetWareHead said:
Its the weekend, why wouldn't 11 AM be a good time for a fire?

I have a charcoal smoker and 11 AM is a pretty common time to be smoking. I'll start at 9 PM the previous day and smoke the meat (in case of pulled pork; a pork shoulder needs alot of time) for 15 hours to be ready in time for lunch the next day.

When its nice weather, we burn campfires in our backyards all day & night long. Its nice to relax by the fire with friends over some beers and maybe roast some smores. And it keeps the bugs away.

When Im cleaning up the yard, I burn yard waste (branches, brush etc...) as its far easier than bagging it. Then you have to store it and put it curbside for the collection date. Burn it and then the ashes go in my compost.

Not trying to rub it in your face but just as you have a preference, others do too for campfires and outdoor cooking.
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Stay the hell away from me buddy. LOL

Problem is I live in a town and each house is nestled right next to each other. In fact I can hear the neighbors sneeze! Now if your in the country I wouldn't give a crap.

You can't burn leaves here in town. We have recycle bins for that. But I live just on the outside of rural area where you could get away with that. What's so crazy is you can have a horse or chickens in town. I even seen someone with a freaking Ostridge. In fact, someone has a chicken two house down. Colorado is one strange state. I lived in a town in North Dakota with a population of about 100 and you couldn't even have a chicken. The mayor was an asshole. Yet the town 8 miles south you could.

Anyway... I can't imagine this being a smoker since the smell is so perfuse. A smoker wouldn't be so smoky unbless the lid was removed. And this guy lives a few house down I'm sure of it and the whole house smells like smoke? This is got to be an out door fire pit.
 
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John Connor said:
Stay the hell away from me buddy. LOL

Problem is I live in a town and each house is nestled right next to each other. In fact I can hear the neighbors sneeze! Now if your in the country I wouldn't give a crap.

You can't burn leaves here in town. We have recycle bins for that. But I live just on the outside of rural area where you could get away with that. What's so crazy is you can have a horse or chickens in town. I even seen someone with a freaking Ostridge. In fact, someone has a chicken two house down. Colorado is one strange state. I lived in a town in North Dakota with a population of about 100 and you couldn't even have a chicken. The mayor was an asshole. Yet the town 8 miles south you could.
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I live on a 1/3 acre lot with similarly sized lots all around so we are somewhat close to one another but with enough privacy. We are actually in the biggest city in the state in NH and we can burn all we want. We can have chickens too if you have 1/2 acre of larger property. Legally we need a burn permit because when it is too dry, its forbidden but most of the time you dont have to get one. One thign for a small campfire but if I were planning on a huge bonfire I'd definitely get one.

I dont burn leaves, I shred them up and compost them. It's too dangerous IMO because they create lots of burning floating embers.
 
Yeah, leaves do make a lot of embers. Hell, in ND we never even burned leaves nor did anyone else. Went into the garden. This was back when I was around 8 so I don't know for sure.
 
Newell Steamer said:
Who the hell are you to tell someone what to do?
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I don't think that he's even mentioned it to his neighbours never mind told them what to do. He's just kinda whinged on the internet to people who don't give a shit.

OP get off your arse and go and have a polite word with them if it's that much of a problem.
 
WelshBloke said:
I don't think that he's even mentioned it to his neighbours never mind told them what to do. He's just kinda whinged on the internet to people who don't give a shit.

OP get off your arse and go and have a polite word with them if it's that much of a problem.
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He doesn't want to get pointed at and laughed at, he gets enough of that here.
 
I'd actually like to look into getting a wood stove for supplementary heat at some point. Often people give away skids or other scrap wood, so I'd jump on that. Gas prices are always going up, so it would help reduce gas usage by burning wood.

Speaking of people who complain, there's a bylaw here that you can't have a camp fire till past midnight, but usually we do it anyway. Well some asshole decided to complain the other day. Why do people feel the need to rain on people's fun? Suck it up buttercup. They should really change that bylaw though, to at least 2am or something. By midnight, the night has only really begun considering it's only been dark for like an hour and a half.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I'd actually like to look into getting a wood stove for supplementary heat at some point. Often people give away skids or other scrap wood, so I'd jump on that. Gas prices are always going up, so it would help reduce gas usage by burning wood.
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My uncle has a wood burner of some type and uses pellets for it.
 
I really don't give a shit what you do, but when you live feet from one another and stink the place up with a damn outdoor fireplace, which by the way makes absolutely NO SENSE in heat! It becomes a nuisance. How would you like to own a house like mine with no A/C and depend on a whole house fan to cool the house down at night only to have some jack asse's smoke fill your home making it smell like a camp fire? The stuff is strong. Thank god I don't have allergies.

I called the police about it last year and they told me it was perfectly legal so long as their wasn't a fire ban. So what's a suburbanite to do?
 
Ruptga said:
This is the most retarded thing to get angry over, ever. It's pleasant outside, of course people will be grilling and making campfires. If you don't like it get an indoor air filter and stay inside while the rest of us are having fun.
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Bazinga
 
IronWing said:
They don't. Also, the asshole neighbor who is burning can pay for them.
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If they don't work you are clearly doing it wrong.

Also, neighbor is not doing anything illegal, so OP can go buy his own carbon filters.

Or maybe the OP can just stop being poor and buy central AC and decent windows.
 
Of all the things that annoyed OP, I assumed the smell of burning wood would be at the bottom of that list.

In fact, I always thought it was some sort of inhalation sickness, likely brought on by a life-long fascination of camp fires or maybe burning gasoline, that lead to OP's mild form of brain damage.
 
zinfamous said:
Of all the things that annoyed OP, I assumed the smell of burning wood would be at the bottom of that list.

In fact, I always thought it was some sort of inhalation sickness, likely brought on by a life-long fascination of camp fires or maybe burning gasoline, that lead to OP's mild form of brain damage.
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:awe:
:wub: @ zin
 
John Connor said:
I really don't give a shit what you do, but when you live feet from one another and stink the place up with a damn outdoor fireplace, which by the way makes absolutely NO SENSE in heat! It becomes a nuisance. How would you like to own a house like mine with no A/C and depend on a whole house fan to cool the house down at night only to have some jack asse's smoke fill your home making it smell like a camp fire? The stuff is strong. Thank god I don't have allergies.

I called the police about it last year and they told me it was perfectly legal so long as their wasn't a fire ban. So what's a suburbanite to do?
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Get air conditioning, or large filters in the intakes. Your lack of cooling should not be the problem of someone else who just wants to have a good time. 😛
 
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