Smoking in garden

Slinky

All these people saying the neighbour is free to close the window, does the OP give them a couple of minutes notice they are about to light up, or are the neighbours expected to be spying on the OP all evening waiting for him/her to go out into the garden so they can dash upstairs and shut the window?

Murphybear

ReadingTim wrote: »

Appreciate that being shown up as a hypocrite ain't the best, but there's no need to thrown your toys out of the pram when you don't get the answer you wanted to hear. You asked, remember?

What you do with barbed wire in the privacy of your own home is entirely up to you, but a smoking shelter down the bottom of the garden, perhaps with a wall/side which diverts smoke away from blowing back into the houses around isn't a bad idea....

bottom of the garden? What about the fairies :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Lauralou79

I grew up in a smoky household and was constantly ill. I absolutley hate it now. My grandma and mum died from related illnesses and now my dad is sick too. I am very sensitive to the smell so can smell it from open windows very easily and hate it on my clothes etc

With the summer we've had it's not always been easy to close windows, but for neighbourly gestures maybe just move a little further away from the window. Or smoke in your house....

AnotherJoe

catflap11 wrote: »

also I don't want to smoke in my house so that is out.
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Breathtaking chutzpah. You don't want smoke in your house, but object to someone complaining when your smoke goes in their house ?

catflap11 wrote: »

I only have a small area of patio to stand on and the majority of the garden is grass so standing elsewhere isn't an option
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I was on my lawn today and didn't suffer any ill effects at all, and the lawn I am sure will recover.

catflap11 wrote: »

Are we being unreasonable in thinking she is being slightly neurotic and that one or two fags smoked a good 20 feet away from the window outside isn't an issue?

You are being unreasonable and since by your own words you dont want smoke in your house why do you think its OK if its in their house? Unless you think they are just making up the fact they can smell it. If you do agree they can smell it, ("but are just being neurotic") just try to think clearly, by definition that means its in their house.

scd3scd4

Once a neighbour tells me things that don't like me to do in my own home/garden that are legal. I start to notice things they do that I don't like..................for example early mowing on a Saturday/Sunday morning. Their dogs barking............their children throwing toys over the fence or football against my fence.

AnotherJoe

scd3scd4 wrote: »

Once a neighbour tells me things that don't like me to do in my own home/garden that are legal. I start to notice things they do that I don't like..................for example early mowing on a Saturday/Sunday morning. There dogs barking............their children throwing toys over the fence or football against my fence.

And the relevance of that to the OPs whinge is ?

bugslet

scd3scd4 wrote: »

Once a neighbour tells me things that don't like me to do in my own home/garden that are legal. I start to notice things they do that I don't like..................for example early mowing on a Saturday/Sunday morning. There dogs barking............their children throwing toys over the fence or football against my fence.

I think it depends on how people ask. If the neighbour bounces in and starts shouting, 'your f'ing smoke is getting in my room', then it's not going to foster any willingness to move along a bit. On the other hand if the say, 'I'm sorry, but I'm really sensitive to smoke and I know you don't realise etc....', then you immediately feel more amenable.

AnotherJoe

cjdavies wrote: »

However did we cope when you could smoke inside pubs etc?!

We stunk when we got home, and we got cancer, because "that was how it was" and smokers were too inconsiderate to give a stuff about others. How much more pleasant it is nowadays coming back from the pub not stinking of smoke.

Marvel1

AnotherJoe wrote: »

We stunk when we got home, and we got cancer, because "that was how it was" and smokers were too inconsiderate to give a stuff about others. How much more pleasant it is nowadays coming back from the pub not stinking of smoke.

Did we? I don't recall having it.

scd3scd4

AnotherJoe wrote: »

And the relevance of that to the OPs whinge is ?

Sounds like the neighbour is the one crying about a legal activity in another's home/garden..........................ohhh and you too of course. lol