"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:13:03 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
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> 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.
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>>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.

But I was responding to a post about workers in the yard, read for
comprehension you silly goose.

Cheri