OT: Did you ever feel like giving your neighbour a smack?

I’m sorry to hear about the horrible situation :( Pretty scary.

Perhaps the Poison Control hotline can suggest some ways to deal with the situation.
It would be a horrible thing if things had gotten worse.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I know exactly what you’re going through. My (DW) Barb, has the same problems that your (DW) has.
People just don’t understand. We can’t even go outside a night, when there are campfires at the lake.

You can’t stop campfires, because that’s one of the main things of why people go camping, enjoying a campfire.
The State forester always give us a warning when they use herbicides on the tree plantations, so we can so we have ample time to leave the premises until it’s all clear.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

One way to handle the situation MsD is to get a new neighbour. Everyone else around us is quite accomodating . . . except for this twit.

I hear what you are saying Dick. DW has trouble in the winters here people because people seem to think that a woodstove is mandatory and they have to burn green wood. Makes for some wonderful smoke.

-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them

yah.. forgot about the “new neighbour” option!

Sometimes people just don’t know… other times, well, they have other priorities.. and sometimes, they just have a point to make and don’t care who they hurt in order to do it. It’s sad. but true.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

First, my wife is an asthmatic and I know what you are going through. No one believes you or just don’t realize that it is a life threatening thing. My wife as endured breathing treatments at work because the people around her thought that she was exaggerating or that she just had something against smokers when she would tell them that she is allergic to tobacco. Even I made the mistake once to take her on vacation to Kentucky to see Mammoth Cave. I didn’t realize that even the plant, while green would affect her and she didn’t think of it until it started effecting her. I can’t believe that he isn’t more careful being that his own daughter has respiratory problems. Maybe instead of whacking him you could get him to notify you before he does anything that would cause your wife problems (I don’t know if you have requested this already). I know you may not think it fair, but would a respirator with a charcoal filter prevent her from having an attack? Maybe she could carry it when first venturing outside and if she get a whiff of this again, she can don the mask to reduce the exposure time until she can get somewhere safe. Controlling one’s neighbor’s isn’t a likely solution and moving doesn’t guarantee that a few years later you won’t have a good neighbor move out and another unconcerned or uneducated one move in right next door.

I’m glad that it didn’t send your wife to the emergency room and that she is doing better.

-- Jesus is Lord!