Backyard Grilling Rant

Gees.. I hope you are kidding!! Close the window for a half an hour. Be a good neighbor and perhaps they will invite you for a dog on a bun!

Mamacita wrote: If there is a ton of smoke (for more than just a little while) then it sounds like the kids don't know the first thing about grillin' (if not then just close the windows for a bit)

Gawd, I remember being at the park and seeing these dumb-ass college kids dousing a whole can of lighter fluid on the grill and then some more!!! Soon after they started burning and feeding their frat friends some smoke and lighter fluid flavored burgers. YUK! :puker:

Yeah, but I love it when I'm walking down the street, the weather is good, and I smell someone cooking a good burger somewhere. One of the joys of summer in the city.

Quit being a hypocrite armchair and tell lucky11 what you really mean: drop water balloons on your neighbors.

Subject: Re: Backyard Grilling Rant

lucky11 wrote: My precious next-door neighbors are grilling meat in their backyard and the smoke's coming into my second floor windows. Do they notice? No. Time to complain.

[sung in a minor key]

just the frat boys:
the food police, they live inside of my head
the food police, they come to me in my bed
the food police, theyre coming to arrest me

everyone:
oh no

now the upstairs neighbot:
you know that talk is cheap, and those rumors aint nice
and when i fall asleep i dont think i'll survive a park slope tonight

lucky11 wrote: [quote=raw]Quit being a hypocrite armchair and tell lucky11 what you really mean: drop water balloons on your neighbors.

I like this solution best.

Do I want one of their hot dogs? No. Anyway, they're grilling prime cuts from Fresh Direct. Do I want to socialize with them? No. They're not my kind. I just want to breathe in my apartment.

OK, I'm starting to think you are serious. If backyard grilling really and truly bothers you, you should not be living in a city.

I don't mean to be snotty, but we are all living with and on top of each other, and there will always be noises and smells and crowds.

Unless there is a danger or unlawful, i'm afraid you;'ll have to live with it. If someone is grilling that USDA aged prime at 3am right under your window, well, that is their right. Next time, get an apt. on the garden level so no one else can bbq. Except, of course, your neighbors.

this is by far the dopiest thread around.

Unless they're grilling their children, suck it up and be quiet.

bklyngirl wrote:
this is by far the dopiest thread around.

that's always a pretty tight field . . .


There are minor accomodations we make for each other. Fer instance, IF they could move their grill a little and have it be less a problem for you...

I asked my neighbor to stop smoking cigarettes right under my window, which was totally not a big deal since he could move out into the yard, and so stop effectively smoking in my bedroom with the fan pulling the smoke in. Totally not a big deal, and why would he know it was happening unless someone told him?

pitu wrote: [quote=bklyngirl]
this is by far the dopiest thread around.

I asked my neighbor to stop smoking cigarettes right under my window, which was totally not a big deal since he could move out into the yard, and so stop effectively smoking in my bedroom with the fan pulling the smoke in. Totally not a big deal, and why would he know it was happening unless someone told him?

Smoking cigs I would consider a bigger deal, as it happens year round and presumably with some frequency. Then there is that pesky cancer issue....

Grilling is generally infrequent and seasonal.

Lucky11 - how have you lived in this neighborhood for 20 years without anyone ever grilling near you? Your fois gras rant makes it appear that you consider grilling some sort of bourgeois activity. It also sounds like grilling is not the real issue here.

Next time they're grilling, grab a nice bottle of red wine, ring their doorbell, and get to know them. Life is too short to spend it being cranky.

bklyngirl wrote: Next time they're grilling, grab a nice bottle of red wine, ring their doorbell, and get to know them. Life is too short to spend it being cranky.

if these are frat boys, here's what you do:

first yell from your window "hey ham-neck and the dutch chick! can i crash your grill?"

then wave a bag of coke and a lawn chair at them

you will blend

this also works with poetry readings if you substitute coke with meds, and the lawn chair with dire sadness

you too will blend

bklyngirl wrote: Next time they're grilling, grab a nice bottle of red wine, ring their doorbell, and get to know them.

Kudos to you for being so outgoing! I would be way too shy to try it if I were in lucky11's place. I never know how to approach my neighbors, aside from saying hi in the hallway. And in this case, I'd be afraid of seeming rude - I mean, I'd essentially be inviting myself over. How would you go about this?

and you've gotten this information where?

misterjenzam wrote: How many people have gotten cancer from exposure to carcinogens in barbecue smoke? Sure - there may be "carcinogens" in BBQ smoke, but not all carcinogens cause cancer in humans. And even if it did, how much would someone have to be exposured to, and for how long, before it caused cancer?
Lucky11 might not like smelling BBQ smoke, but she is not going to get cancer from it. However, if her neighbors moved their grill into her apartment, closed all the windows, and grilled every day for a couple of years (without burning the building down), it might have an impact.

okay, this was in response to a person who said that cig. smoke coming through her window was worse that bbq smoke. check your context.

brooklynpotter wrote: check your context.

Holy snarky Brooklybpotter. I'll try to do better next time. Geez! :roll: