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Air pollution vs. noise pollution

Which one is worse?  Here is why I ask - I have a-hole neighbors who smoke constantly on their rear patio.  Because of this I can't open my windows without getting lungfuls of smoke and making the house smell like a bar.  Don't get me wrong here - I've got nothing against smokers, I have a few friends who smoke and I do go to the bars now and then.  I just don't want my house or myself to smell smokey 24/7.  So recently we've decided to stop being so courteous with music volume.  I like my music loud and so does everyone else I live with.  The neighbors?  Not at all, in fact, they called the cops one night.  We didn't get a ticket or anything because it has to be 60 dB measured from the street to be considered an annoyance and worty of a citation.  So my question to the board is what else can I do to end the battle?  I've tried reasoning with them, asking them to smoke away from the building.  I've complained to the landlord who does nothing.  My only solution is to enjoy my heavy metal without hesitation to annoy them equally.  I did have one piece of advice that was pretty funny - Call the fire department whenever they smoke.  "I thought the place was burning!"  Feel free to list some ideas, genuine or otherwise to help me deal with my neighbors
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Reply #2
Quote from: Innes
noise wont kill you though.


Neither will second hand smoke.

Just give me their address, I'll see what I can do :evilgrin:

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Reply #3
Just make it clear how selfish they are by not considering others.  I'm a smoker myself however my habit shouldn't be a burdon on others. 

Other than that you can check out the anarchist cookbook.  They have plenty of solutions to your problem.  However none are legal.
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Reply #4
I don't really have any ideas.  I mean they are out there on their own patio.  If there's not a law to prevent it, then there's not a whole lot of options for you aside from not opening the windows when they're out there.
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Reply #5
Smoke is always attracted to the non-smoker, unfortunately.

If it were me...I'd put a smoke detector on the outside of your place. That would bug the living  out of them. A loud noise on your property that they trigger, and can do nothing to stop--except to stop smoking there. ;)

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Reply #6
Hey, that's a cool idea, a smoke detector on your property. How about taking it one step further? Install the smoke detector and wire it to your stereo? Then not only will the smoking that YOU don't like trigger the detector, but it will trigger the loud music that THEY don't like.
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Reply #7
Ugh, I feel for you, I really do. My dad is a smoker, I can't stand it and it always seems to head straight for me no matter where I move.

Although I really like Eric's idea, I don't think that they would generate enough smoke to trip the detector.

I don't know. Depending on your location and what you can physically put outside, maybe get some plants or mini trees up as a blocker. Even if they are in planters maybe they'll help. :dunno:

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Reply #8
Umm...unless they are like 6 inches away from the detector blowing smoke directly into it that detector isnt going to do squat but waste your money.

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Reply #9
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Neither will second hand smoke.

Actually, it can...but that's beside the point here.

If you call the fire department, you could get in trouble for it and it could cost you.
Maybe you could pick up some of those foul smelling smoke bombs, and light one up (on your property) everytime they light up on thiers... after a few times they'll figure it out, and there is nothing they can do about it, as long as the things you get are legal.

You could also print out some horrendous pictures of what smoking does to your lungs, etc. Laminate them and put them in clear view of your neighbors so everytime they light up, they'll see them. :D

My husband smokes, but he does go outside to do it. Of course, we are in the boonies, so it's not a big deal here.
:cougarsmily:~Karen~

 

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Reply #10
krazy glue their chairs down

heh :)