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Teefus
Teefus Posts: 1,208
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The nanny state has made it illegal to use your Egg. An air-quality burn ban is in effect for King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties as smoke from British Columbia wildfires blankets the region.

• No charcoal barbecues
• No fire pits, chimineas, fire bowls or similar free-standing devices
• No campfires or bonfires
• No fireplaces, uncertified wood stoves, or uncertified inserts*

"The purpose of the burn ban is to reduce any additional harm to sensitive populations from excess air pollution and is in addition to existing fire safety burn bans. The Clean Air Agency will continue to closely monitor the situation for purposes of air quality burn bans."

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/dont-light-up-charcoal-grill-burn-ban-in-effect-amid-seattles-smoky-haze/
Michiana, South of the border.
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  • RedSkip
    RedSkip Posts: 1,400
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    Convert it to propane...
    Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,188
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    We had a grill ban last year due to the extreme drought. #nobigdeal #beresponsible
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,776
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    there should be a law in seatle making grills illegal =)=)=)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • NPHuskerFL
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    DoubleEgger said:
    We had a grill ban last year due to the extreme drought. #nobigdeal #beresponsible
    +1

    It's just until air quality doesn't pose a health risk to the majority. Does it suck? Sure. Is it a permanent ban? No. We had the same when the wildfires took over Florida and Georgia earlier this year. Not a huge issue or surprise imho. 
    LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
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  • HeavyG
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    The Seattle area is having a rough go of it between both the smoke and the heat wave which is likely to last another week or so.

    I'd be fine using my gas grill, if I even wanted to go cook outside (which I probably wouldn't).



    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
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    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,350
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    GrillSgt said:
    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
    And stop signs, and anti-littering laws, and laws against urinating in public, etc., etc., etc.
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,231
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    fishlessman said:
    there should be a law in seatle making grills illegal =)=)=)
    Call Pelosi and Schumer. 
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 10,767
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    I am in Central Valley Ca, every day the cars are blanketed with ash from fires that are hundreds of miles away--it's bad here, but still smoking, I'll take my chances on the BBQ police
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • Teefus
    Teefus Posts: 1,208
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    GrillSgt said:
    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
    Nope, just about ill conceived laws.
    Michiana, South of the border.
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,304
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    Send complaining emails to Shiny Pony. Now if it is a permanent ban exercise your 2cnd ad... well ?
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
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  • fishlessman
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    nolaegghead said:
    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
    we do that here even if there is a burn ban, no one complains B)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • jaydub58
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    You can tell by my signature where I am.  It's smoky as can be, and just plain to hot to go outside and cook!
    Supposed to clear up a bit and "cool down" to the mid-nineties for the weekend.  Bring it on!
    John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
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    jaydub58 said:
    You can tell by my signature where I am.  It's smoky as can be, and just plain to hot to go outside and cook!
    Supposed to clear up a bit and "cool down" to the mid-nineties for the weekend.  Bring it on!

    Was just in Portland last week. It was hotter than hell in the late afternoon. Still pretty nice for most of the day (for me anyway). #brewfest
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Teefus
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    nolaegghead said:
    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
    I'm guessing you really don't.
    Michiana, South of the border.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    Teefus said:
    nolaegghead said:
    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
    I'm guessing you really don't.
    Good guess. 

    "Homo Sapiens are the most destructive species on this planet.  It's one thing if you don't know any better, but the pride in willful ignorance, greed and susceptibility to follow fools is causing a collective crapping in the neighborhood swimming pool. 

    If they can't pull it together they're just going to die out slowly and painfully in a dsytopian sewer in the not-to-distant future.  Too bad a minority of douche bags are going to take the beauty of humanity with them. 

    I will probably be better off in the long run, so thanks, idiots.

    Love,
    Gaia"

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  • Legume
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    Teefus said:
    GrillSgt said:
    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
    Nope, just about ill conceived laws.
    Did I misss the ill conceived part of this?
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  • Teefus
    Teefus Posts: 1,208
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    nolaegghead said:
    Teefus said:
    nolaegghead said:
    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
    I'm guessing you really don't.
    Good guess. 

    Homo Sapiens are the most destructive species on this planet.  It's one thing if you don't know any better, but the pride in willful ignorance, greed and susceptibility to follow fools is causing a collective crapping in the neighborhood swimming pool. 

    If we can't pull it together we're just going to die out slowly and painfully in a dsytopian sewer in the not-to-distant future.  Too bad a minority of douche bags are going to take the beauty of humanity with them. 

    But the planet will probably be better off in the long run, so thanks, idiots.
    I'm all for common sense measures to protect the environment, but I like to keep it real. The Seattle nonsense isn't about the environment, it's about control. I offer a quote by George Carlin. Sage or idiot? Depends on your perspective.

    "The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles … hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages … And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?"


    Michiana, South of the border.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    I love George Carlin, but he's a comedian (RIP). 

    Making a comparison between natural phenomena over a span of 4,000,000,000 and modern human civilization which has a written history of 5,000 years as an argument to b!tch about plastic bags regulation pretty much follows my point of willful ignorance. 
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  • deadlyfrog
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    @nolaegghead Right on brother.... !
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  • HeavyG
    HeavyG Posts: 10,350
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    Teefus said:
    nolaegghead said:
    Teefus said:
    nolaegghead said:
    I like to burn all my garbage and used motor oil in a drum in my driveway in our densely populated neighborhood, but people complain about the smoke and there are NANNY LAWS!  I WANT TOTAL ANARCHY!!!
    I'm guessing you really don't.
    Good guess. 

    Homo Sapiens are the most destructive species on this planet.  It's one thing if you don't know any better, but the pride in willful ignorance, greed and susceptibility to follow fools is causing a collective crapping in the neighborhood swimming pool. 

    If we can't pull it together we're just going to die out slowly and painfully in a dsytopian sewer in the not-to-distant future.  Too bad a minority of douche bags are going to take the beauty of humanity with them. 

    But the planet will probably be better off in the long run, so thanks, idiots.
    I'm all for common sense measures to protect the environment, but I like to keep it real. The Seattle nonsense isn't about the environment, it's about control. I offer a quote by George Carlin. Sage or idiot? Depends on your perspective.

    "The planet has been through a lot worse than us. Been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles … hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages … And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?"


    Is "saving the environment" the reason for the temporary grill ban or is it more a measure to prevent adding even more fine particulate matter into the air and thus into our lungs?
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • chipman
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    I'm guessing the OP is a little surprised at the lack of sympathy he's getting.
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  • blasting
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    Wasn't it also Seattle who put out a ban prohibiting cows from farting in excess of 6 times a day?



    Phoenix 
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    blasting said:

    Wasn't it also Seattle who put out a ban prohibiting cows from farting in excess of 6 times a day?



    You're the expert on "blasting", you tell us.  Oh, you just did. ;)
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    HeavyG said:
    GrillSgt said:
    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
     and laws against urinating in public, etc., etc., etc.
    Wait...what?
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  • SandyHookEgger
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    1st world problems. 
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    blasting said:

    Wasn't it also Seattle who put out a ban prohibiting cows from farting in excess of 6 times a day?




    County of Parkland, Alberta, Canada
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    dmchicago said:
    HeavyG said:
    GrillSgt said:
    Nanny state? WTF. The OP probably whines about burn bans too. 
     and laws against urinating in public, etc., etc., etc.
    Wait...what?
    People...people....PLEASE don't urinate in public.  Please urinate on Russian escorts in your penthouse suite hotel room like everyone else.
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