Name:	lakeplumber -	Reply
Subject:	STYROFOAM - BANNED? BURN?
Date:	8/13/2010 3:25:24 PM

Like it or not, there are extremes on every subject. And one thing that irritates the extremes are the moderates. I'd say that your neighbor is the moderate. He isn't a tree hugger and isn't buying into the theory of CFC's eating holes into the ozone layer. There are many who do, and many who don't. 

apparently there isn't many folks who know if it is legal or not ( including the sherriff's dept. and yourself). Don't judge him too harshly on his idiosyncracy. (My grand-Dad went bonkers one year because I planted a garden before Good Friday. Go figure, the garden fared well and was as productive if not more productive than his). Grand-Dad thought that it was "...the law of the land", when it truth, it existed only in his mind.

Sure burning the stuff does produce toxins and can have health concerns. But so can swimming, driving cars, hunting, and drinking alcohol.

Name:	Lakeshore -	Reply
Subject:	STYROFOAM - BANNED? BURN?
Date:	8/15/2010 2:14:30 PM

Fair enough.... I guess.

Comparing swimming with having to tolerate the burning of toxic materials is a little off base in my opinion but it sheds light on the mentality towards the subject. I find it interesting how many will chime in on the watercraft and noise on the lake but the lack of reponse on this topic based on the aforementioned topics is kind of surprising to me.

I hope y'all don't ever burn styrofoam. Especially in the volume he did that day... if you do, you will quickly understand where I am coming from. Whether you are aware of it's properties and effect on pollution your common sense will tell you that there is something wrong the minute it hits your nostrils.

I remember when I ran a Chevron for years and had to warn people not too let their children who's height put them right at gas cap level, not to let their kids breath much of that vapor as it is known to cause cancer. One woman's response: "But he loves the smell!"

Breath deep, little Johnny. Breath deep.