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[San Francisco] Fireplace police on patrol; smoke can draw fine
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 20, 2008 | Steve Rubenstein

Posted on 11/20/2008 4:01:55 AM PST by CE2949BB

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To: Gabz; Eric Blair 2084

“The fireplace police say they are determined to keep law and order in the living room.”

Here we go again- drip, drip, drip..nanny ping


21 posted on 11/20/2008 5:01:31 AM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
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To: CE2949BB
So this is a classic case of ...

... wait for it...

Reconnaissance By Fire.

I break me up.

22 posted on 11/20/2008 5:09:27 AM PST by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar & Feathers, The New Look for Spring '09)
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"The environment has to trump comfort," Regan said. "I'm sentimental about these things. A fireplace is so romantic, the curl of the smoke rising up - it's like Norman Rockwell. But I'm willing to make a concession to the planet's health and survival."

These fools deserve the totalitarianism they live under.

23 posted on 11/20/2008 5:10:46 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Williams
But soot from burning wood is a serious pollutant...

Then, you buy a stove with a catalyst. Problem solved.

24 posted on 11/20/2008 5:23:54 AM PST by Thermalseeker (Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. - B. Franklin)
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To: CE2949BB

Here in Southwest Washington, we were recently informed of a similar rule that is taking effect this year. It just kills me that we are constantly urged to do everything we can to use less and less electricity, only to arrive at winter to find that heating with wood is being severely restricted.

The difference here is that the Authorities are encouraging neighbors do dime each other out...


25 posted on 11/20/2008 5:37:05 AM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts.....)
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To: CE2949BB

People who gather their children to enjoy hot cocoa, and ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’, around a roaring fireplace are worse than Hitler.


26 posted on 11/20/2008 5:45:09 AM PST by laotzu
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To: CE2949BB

Look Gaylord - There’s smoke coming out of that guy’s hole.


27 posted on 11/20/2008 6:20:07 AM PST by Darth Hillary
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To: ComputerGuy
*** Pretty soon they'll be checking everyone's toilets to make sure they're of the one-gallon-per-flush variety. (Didn't Hillary who have a part in that ?) ***

Nope that was Al 'I Shudda Been A Plumber' Gore.

28 posted on 11/20/2008 6:32:42 AM PST by Condor51 (Obama believes in Karl Marx. I believe in Sun Tzu.)
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To: Thermalseeker

I would need everyone to buy a stove with a catalyst and it’s not happening.


29 posted on 11/20/2008 9:09:59 AM PST by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: don-o

True. And, when caught, I plan to tell them it was smoke from a group medical marijuana therapy session, attended by an all-gay crowd, during which we planned disruptions to local Catholic Masses for being anti-Obama and anti-abortion.


30 posted on 11/20/2008 1:39:45 PM PST by DPMD (~)
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To: Williams

No problem. Achieve oxygen independence: Breathe less.

If it works for oil, it should work for everything else.


31 posted on 11/20/2008 1:42:05 PM PST by DPMD (~)
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