On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:13:03 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> wrote in message
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>> On Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 9:28:53 PM UTC-6, Cheri wrote:
>>>
>>> "Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> > That's one thing I don't permit, no smoking on my property... even
>>> > outdoors that smoke wafts into the house and I don't want cigarette
>>> > butts tossed in my yard... those filters last forever and mowing a
>>> > filter fluffs it up like mowing a tampax. I even despise that some
>>> > people nearby use wood burning stoves, they're foul smelling because
>>> > they burn all kinds of illegal crap... if they get caught burning
>>> > trash, treated lumber, painted wood, plywood, etc. the fine is huge...
>>> > the laws have changed, can't burn leaves either.
>>>
>>> Doesn't bother me at all. I have a nice table and chairs on the patio and
>>> a
>>> large ashtray. I have never had anyone throw a butt on the ground, you
>>> should find a better class of friends, or at least some friends.
>>>
>>> Cheri
>>>
>>>
>> I had an addition built onto the back of my house 9 years ago.
>> Some of the workers were smokers and threw their butts on the
>> ground. I didn't think anything of it until for two years
>> after the job was complete I was STILL picking up butts out
>> of my yard. Darn things never disintegrate and if I knew I'd
>> be spending my free time picking them up I'd certainly have
>> offered them ashtrays or at least buckets of sand.
>
>I don't doubt it, people used to throw their cigarette butts everywhere. If
>I saw them, they would definitely be picking them up.
>
>Cheri

But you just said it doesn't bother you at all... and implied that
your friends are too classy to toss cigarette butts.
Once being a smoker myself I know very well that when smokers are
outdoors they automatically unconciously toss their butts on the
ground even if there's an ash tray right in front of them. Most
smokers don't bother to use their car ash tray, they flick ashes and
butts out the window onto the road. Once a week before I mow I walk
over a thousand feet of road shoulder picking up butts, paper,
bottles, cans, and assorted trash, especially fast food wrappings... I
mow both sides of the road in front of my house.