Backyard Barbeques

So far no comments have been posted. I might like to add that any time someone burns something in the back of a building, he or she is risking a fire, especially when the fire is too close to the building.

@hhusted sometimes in my kitchen I get the smell of cigarette smoke.. I know its one of my neighbors who is out on the landing having a puff or two .. maybe he/she is not allowed to smoke indoors and thus heads out to landing ..who knows ?

@Uptowngirl: Even in that situation, your neighbor has to be careful. Because if your neighbor throws the butt toward the building, it may land where it shouldn't and start a fire.

@hhusted what you say makes sense because just under the landing is a garbage dump and if she/he is not careful it could spark a flame.. thankfully till now the person seems to have been careful but I must admit the cigarette smoke sometimes bothers me. Neither me or my husband smokes and the cigarette ban covering nearly all of NYC we hardly come across smokers ..actually its quite a relief to come back from a bar/restaurant and not to reek of cigarette smoke don't you think?

Indeed! I don't mind it but my boyfriend hate hate hates smokers and smoking, and gets visibly peeved when anyone lights up around him. I quite like the smell, actually.

@uptowngirl Wow... I know my roommate smokes in her room, but I can never smell even a trace of cigarette smoke! I think I would be upset if my neighbors' nasty habits were infiltrating my kitchen, especially if I lived in a co-op!

@ajadedidealist Does it remind you of something you are nostalgic for? I can deal with the scent of cigars, but not cigs...

@Ajadedidealist: I can't even stand the smell of smoke, either from cigarettes, pipes, or cigars. The smoke smells horrible and makes me gag. That's why I never smoked and I hate to see people smoke. They don't seem to realize how dangerous it is to their health.

hhusted: I think smokers realize how bad it is. They're not dumb. Everybody does things that are bad for them / potentially lethal (i.e. sunbathing, eating sugar, drinking, reading in the dark, whatever).

I read in the dark all the time and know I'm playing with my own life.

Yeah... as an on-again, off-again smoker, I have to say I realize how bad it is. I grew up knowing how bad it is. It's a fact that's rather impossible to escape.

@Uraniumfish That's living on the edge...

@Uraniumfish I am guilty of that crime as well :)

@Uraniumfish Can we get you help with this? Some numbers you can call?

Ahahahaha! Uraniumfish, I just laughed out loud when I read that, you butthead.

I was trying to make a joke about the smoking: smokers know it's bad, they're not mongaloids. And, you totally one upped me and moded me at the same time! I'm still laughing.

@JenMac: If smokers know it is bad, why don't they stop. Possibly because they are so addicted to it that they rather give in to their habit and face the possibility of death than to quit and live a longer life span.

@JenMac Yeah, to your point, a close friend who's a doctor smokes, and another one who's a dentist is a pretty heavy drinker (and for dentists shaky hands can be the end of a career). Obviously they both know they shouldn't be doing what they're doing, but it's hard to lecture an adult.