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Post by ARENA on Aug 9, 2016 8:36:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 8:45:25 GMT
Ah, I this really for me? If so I am overwhelmed. Thank you so much.
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Post by ARENA on Aug 9, 2016 8:58:23 GMT
Yes indeed. I shall award the Grumpy Cup to real good grumpy posts.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 9:07:41 GMT
I feel even more honoured. What a great idea. Love it!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 9:31:32 GMT
My moan of the day just now is not being able to go into my garden because neighbours are besotted with outdoor cooking. Worse, the fact that in spite of shutting all the windows facing the garden the reek of burning fat and smoke somehow penetrates into the house. Sometimes I am sitting in the front of the house when I become aware of the smell and then need to go around shutting windows but too late to stop what to me is a horrible smell all over the house. Am I alone in feeling aggrieved at the loss of my garden? To be able to sit outside enjoying the evening scent of a garden is wonderful and I am no longer able to have this pleasure.  Retaliate! Little incinerator in which you burn some noxious stuff, especially when they have washing out! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 10:25:58 GMT
Sorry, I couldn't do that, I even hesitate to say more than I have in the past. Two wrongs still do not make a right and I don't wish to upset people. The trouble these days is where once this happened only in high summer and not too often, now it is pretty much a daily thing. At least neighbours in the past would come to tell me they were preparing to have a barbeque so I could close the windows. However, the ones now don't and they cook outside all the year round. It was accompanied by loud music but since the arrival of a baby that has lessened. I am grateful for small mercies.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 11:26:55 GMT
My moan of the day just now is not being able to go into my garden because neighbours are besotted with outdoor cooking. Worse, the fact that in spite of shutting all the windows facing the garden the reek of burning fat and smoke somehow penetrates into the house. Sometimes I am sitting in the front of the house when I become aware of the smell and then need to go around shutting windows but too late to stop what to me is a horrible smell all over the house. Am I alone in feeling aggrieved at the loss of my garden? To be able to sit outside enjoying the evening scent of a garden is wonderful and I am no longer able to have this pleasure. Strange isn't it that there are rules about garden bonfires yet people are allowed to barbeque freely, i.e. produce undercooked burnt food. Everywhere you go these days there are barbeques for sale, even in the supermarkets I agree the smell can be quite overpowering but I must confess to loving the smell of bacon and eggs cooking in my camping days
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:34:36 GMT
That is quite another thing. I also have fond memories of cooking bacon, eggs (and baked beans), on a very small spirit stove after a long and happy day on the beach. The smell of burning methylated spirit always reminds me of those special evenings, first with our daughter when a child and then, years later, with her child too. They also have fond memories of these happy times which is good for us all.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:40:46 GMT
And I quite agree about the differing rules for bonfires and barbeques. To me the smell of a garden bonfire is pleasant , redolent of autumn. Far preferable to the reek of a barbeque (to me at least).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:50:44 GMT
And I quite agree about the differing rules for bonfires and barbeques. To me the smell of a garden bonfire is pleasant , redolent of autumn. Far preferable to the reek of a barbeque (to me at least). A garden bonfire always reminds me of Bonfire Night and fireworks, with jacket potatoes roasting in the embers of the fire producing those leathery skins with melt in your mouth buttered and salted potato within. Gosh, I could eat one now |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:52:25 GMT
You have my sympathy. Problem is, once you are sensitive to it, or anything then it is a bit like Pavlov's bell, the effect on you is triggered by even a whiff of their BBQ even if you are upwind of it.
Solution I have none, other than flippant ones, or those that might trigger an all out war with the neighbours! I assume you are pretty well cheek by jowl with them?
Many years ago when I moved into my current house my neighbour liked playing heavy rock music in his garden. We were on quite friendly terms after about a month and I did not want any angst. One afternoon the music was on, loud. I was chatting to him over the fence and said 'How the hell do you put up with that?' what do you mean he said, and I said, the bloody music that kid next door to you is playing. He looked a bit sheepish and said 'no, it's not his, it's mine' I then pretended to be embarrassed and apologised, but the problem was solved with no blood being spilled.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 13:54:21 GMT
And I quite agree about the differing rules for bonfires and barbeques. To me the smell of a garden bonfire is pleasant , redolent of autumn. Far preferable to the reek of a barbeque (to me at least). A garden bonfire always reminds me of Bonfire Night and fireworks, with jacket potatoes roasting in the embers of the fire producing those leathery skins with melt in your mouth buttered and salted potato within. Gosh, I could eat one now Those were the days! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 14:07:33 GMT
You have my sympathy. Problem is, once you are sensitive to it, or anything then it is a bit like Pavlov's bell, the effect on you is triggered by even a whiff of their BBQ even if you are upwind of it. Solution I have none, other than flippant ones, or those that might trigger an all out war with the neighbours! I assume you are pretty well cheek by jowl with them? Many years ago when I moved into my current house my neighbour liked playing heavy rock music in his garden. We were on quite friendly terms after about a month and I did not want any angst. One afternoon the music was on, loud. I was chatting to him over the fence and said 'How the hell do you put up with that?' what do you mean he said, and I said, the bloody music that kid next door to you is playing. He looked a bit sheepish and said 'no, it's not his, it's mine' I then pretended to be embarrassed and apologised, but the problem was solved with no blood being spilled. Yes, as you say, cheek by jowl. It is a house full of young people, they are very friendly and I would like to keep it that way. Your solution was great but not applicable for me. As I said, the noise is not so bad since the baby arrived and perhaps, who knows, their liking for burnt offerings may diminish with age. Sadly for me they have recently extended their cooking capacity by building an enormous brick and metal barbeque quite close to the house so I do not think it will happen soon. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 14:34:35 GMT
You have my sympathy. Problem is, once you are sensitive to it, or anything then it is a bit like Pavlov's bell, the effect on you is triggered by even a whiff of their BBQ even if you are upwind of it. Solution I have none, other than flippant ones, or those that might trigger an all out war with the neighbours! I assume you are pretty well cheek by jowl with them? Many years ago when I moved into my current house my neighbour liked playing heavy rock music in his garden. We were on quite friendly terms after about a month and I did not want any angst. One afternoon the music was on, loud. I was chatting to him over the fence and said 'How the hell do you put up with that?' what do you mean he said, and I said, the bloody music that kid next door to you is playing. He looked a bit sheepish and said 'no, it's not his, it's mine' I then pretended to be embarrassed and apologised, but the problem was solved with no blood being spilled. Yes, as you say, cheek by jowl. It is a house full of young people, they are very friendly and I would like to keep it that way. Your solution was great but not applicable for me. As I said, the noise is not so bad since the baby arrived and perhaps, who knows, their liking for burnt offerings may diminish with age. Sadly for me they have recently extended their cooking capacity by building an enormous brick and metal barbeque quite close to the house so I do not think it will happen soon. "It seems we've stood and talked like this before" |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2016 14:50:48 GMT
Well done! You are only the second person to recognise where the name came from in over 10 years.
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