Random Rants

goosehd

@SKT “long time and well liked” is discussion for options in either moving it or letting you know before hand when they are going to have a fire. Gives you time to shut your windows or to offer you a beer and to come on over.

SKT

Hmm. One problem is our house is old and still has single pane windows so even when they’re closed the smoke gets it. And it comes in through the attic. I may have to ask him to move it ultimately. Ugh.

goosehd

@SKT Next question is how frequently does he have fires? If it’s only occasionally, then you may need to just accept it. Only escalate the issue as much as you need to. Approach him with a beer and ask to chat. Explain your concerns and work together to come up with solutions.

Jett129

@SKT You might also suggest that he comes into your house when the fire pit is in use,so he can experience,first hand, what the problem is.

SKT

Thanks guys. First step is honest dialogue I think. He doesn’t know if he doesn’t know. I just hate being perceived as a “complainer” but it’s enough of a problem that my whole family suffers a bit. @goosehd its not with a lot of frequency yet…they just put it in last fall

Walery Smirnoff

In our suburban microdistrict it is strictly forbidden to light fires. Only barbecues. First the district manager will come and make a remark. Then the police will come.

Mizmazzle

@SKT we had a very similar problem a couple winters ago with our neighbors. They installed a new wood burning stove and chimney pipe. The smokes came straight off the pipe and flowed directly into the side of our house, would swirl off our house and build up a thick cloud of smoke in our driveway. I took video of it. You could see the swirling thick plumes just going straight from their stove pipe to our house. The result was my truck reeked of smoke inside the cab and literal smoke and smell filled our house.
I called the neighbors over to see what was happening. It was a bit uncomfortable because we like those neighbors (not our other shitty dog neighbors) and knew how excited they were for their new wood burning stove. It went on for an about 1.5 years that I’d have to keep letting them know the problem wasn’t resolving. But communicating with them finally led to them getting the chimney pipe adjusted and greatly reducing the issue.

SKT

@Mizmazzle thanks man, that sounds very similar to our situation. We’ve spent most of today airing everything out and it still smells so it’s definitely a problem. I think I’ll just get together with him, outline the issue and see if we can come up with a solution together. That being said, he didn’t even put the fire out last night and it literally burned all night which to me is just a freaking safety issue. I’m officially entering grumpy old man territory

Jett129

If you can’t get the smell out of something that’s washable this stuff works really good. I was given a free sample,tried it and then bought it.

SKT

@Jett129 ahh good to know. We might need it

mclaincausey

To add to the tired rant topic of flying…

Interesting flight home last night.

People behind us were grabbing and wrenching our headrests every time they got up or sat down, and they couldn’t seem to decide what they wanted out of their bags in the overhead compartment. This interrupted my slumber multiple times.

Person behind my wife was aggressively playing a screen tap based video game built into the back of her seat. Whoever came up and allowed the idea of embedding tap-based games with timing and urgency built into the interactions into your neighbor’s seat back is extremely stupid—this is a patently obvious outcome and problem with that decision. Passengers could just watch or listen to content, sleep, read (they should really add books and periodicals to these screens), raw dog it, or if they must have games they could design them not to encourage hammering on the seat in front of you.

One of the flight attendants was wearing a cologne that smelled like bug spray, and so much of it that it made you cough and your eyes water whenever he was coming down the aisle. This individual skipped us when delivering snacks, and skipped me when we politely summoned him back to take care of my wife and child. I just wanted his cologne out of my sinuses so I let it go.

Giles

Not sure about this either, bottom level is right in the farting lane.....

Bridger

People have all sorts of fetishes these days. Japan has had used underwear vending machines for decades.

mclaincausey

@Giles a direct fart to face lane for the person behind me would have been welcome last night

jordanscollected

@Giles I've always wondered why airports have silent bathrooms. They need some fans or music and fragrances present. Most people have been holding in gas for however long their flight time is, the bathrooms are absolute fart festivals at the airport.