Re: [Phys-l] Burning wood... was Glaze Ice

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Rick!

Have you considered suing the leaf burners for assault?

And why haven't the city bar props. lobbied the sups to ban smoking in the county?

bc lives in a state where such smoking is outlawed statewide.


p.s. read recently where the the ABC* prosecuted a bar for smoking, and accused the city of lax enforcement.

* alcoholic beverage control

On 2010, Feb 04, , at 08:42, Dr. Richard Tarara wrote:

> I like the smell too, but I would rather breathe (which I have trouble doing 
> with leaf-smoke in the air).  One of the problems in my area is that city 
> laws and country laws are different.  I live in the city--but near the edge. 
> With various annexations there are small pockets of county property land 
> locked inside the city--but they can burn their leaves.  That's so a mere 
> 300 meters from me.  It is also true that one such pocket (where burning is 
> very prevalent) is right next door to a nursing home (which is in the city). 
> Guess this helps lower the cost of dying.  The same thing occurs with 
> smoking bans--city has one, country doesn't so the complaint of bar owners 
> is real that they do lose considerable business when forced to ban smoking 
> (something I'm all for). ;-)
>
> Rick