Tina, don't worry, they will all end up in A&E with food poison from raw undercooked food, or stuff sat in the sun too long, I am with you on the oily smell of the things. Cover the stuff with BBQ sauce bung it in the oven and cook it properly without upsetting the neighbours. BBQ's are for Australia or California where it is way to hot to cook inside in fact just way too hot, had hot now prefer nice cool UK although without the stink of the BBQ.
Trampolines You put up a 6 foot fence so you can have some privacy and before you know it a neighbour buys a trampoline, puts it as far away from their own house so the noise doesn`t disturb them and hey presto these little heads keep appearing above the parapet shouting hello everytime they see you.
Oh dear Palaisglide you have obviously had a bad BBQ experience,we don,t have one very often,but the food is always cooked through,and never sits in the sun.
I think the worst oily smell is that disgusting aroma from vans selling doughnuts or donuts as they now say,That brings me to another rant,I hate the way words have become "Americanised"
Personally, with regard to barbecues, I think that if neighbours have to take in the washing or get it ruined, that is a bit antisocial. Screaming kids sre pretty irritating, too. Children can't talk quietly and adults just have to tolerate the noise. obviously, children have to play and people are entitled to cook in the garden now and again. We are caravanners and, on a campsite, people are camped pretty close together and many of them like to barbecue in the evenings. It is just something that has to be lived with. Same with trampolines. All one can hope for is that people behave with some consideration. Trouble is that as we get a little older, we like peace and quiet more and more, and we have the time to enjoy it.
I knew I would come under fire. All taken in good part Gilly.
Frank, you wouldn't get food poisoning when my Daughter and SIL have a barbeque or any meal for that matter, as they cremate everything. If it's not charred, it's not ready.
I'm fortunate not to have screaming kids, although they do have a trampoline next door. I usually end up chatting to the two lads whilst they show me all sorts of tricks they can do. They aren't noisy so I don't mind. Pleasant boys. But as you probably already know, it's the yapping dogs I have to contend with, one in particular. Have just bought a new cooking timer which sounds like a rooster. Really loud. So when I'm in the garden next and the dog starts, I'm going to set my timer off. My daughter thinks I've lost it.
Good idea, TT! You can also get gadgets that send a high pitched sound inaudible to humans but irritating to dogs - we've got one we use to shut up one of our dogs when he barks.
Hi GG. What is most annoying is that the owners are, of course, aware of the yapping but do absolutely nothing about it. It can yap for anything up to 30 mins - on and on with me shouting to shut the bl..dy animal up. This will be the fourth year. Should have said something the second year, but found it a bit awkward. Left it too long now. Will have a look for that gadget,
For yapping, you need a distraction, and a big shout of NO! or Quiet! at the same time. for example, keys thrown onto concrete, pop bottle full of gravel rattled sharply, or, if you've the money and you really want them to shut the f*** up, you can get compressed air, quick blast of that onto their neck,and the command word.
It's not difficult to do, but so many dog owners can't slide into an animal's head. You have to do something into shocking them into quiet, and use the command word at the same time. Not easy if you aren't the owner (if the alpha male/female does it, they learn really quickly). Taught an owner to stop her dog 'going' for other dogs in about 10 minutes (when on holiday), teach the owners and the problem's solved. Max will only disobey and continue barking if the person at the door smells wrong (fear), the more scared they are, the more agitated he gets. Am trying to get one of small boy's friends to not be scared of dogs any more (a GSD went for him when he was about 2), unfortunately Max is half GSD, so looks big and scary. He might look the part, a bigger softie I've yet to meet. I can't go anywhere, he's fallen asleep on my feet, he's that big and scary - daft and hairy more like.
MMP, my daugher has trained all her dogs re barking, etc, so I know it can be done. She used to spray water in their faces to stop them, which is what the trainer told her to do. They eventually got the message. Were there today, along with 2 extra kids and 4 adults and not a peep. They will, of course, bark if something disturbs them, which is what you expect a dog to do. One will bark if he sees a fox, but not constantly. It's all down to the owner.
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Tina, don't worry, they will all end up in A&E with food poison from raw undercooked food, or stuff sat in the sun too long, I am with you on the oily smell of the things.
Cover the stuff with BBQ sauce bung it in the oven and cook it properly without upsetting the neighbours.
BBQ's are for Australia or California where it is way to hot to cook inside in fact just way too hot, had hot now prefer nice cool UK although without the stink of the BBQ.
Frank.
Trampolines
You put up a 6 foot fence so you can have some privacy and before you know it a neighbour buys a trampoline, puts it as far away from their own house so the noise doesn`t disturb them and hey presto these little heads keep appearing above the parapet shouting hello everytime they see you.
Oh dear Palaisglide you have obviously had a bad BBQ experience,we don,t have one very often,but the food is always cooked through,and never sits in the sun.
I think the worst oily smell is that disgusting aroma from vans selling doughnuts or donuts as they now say,That brings me to another rant,I hate the way words have become "Americanised"
Personally, with regard to barbecues, I think that if neighbours have to take in the washing or get it ruined, that is a bit antisocial. Screaming kids sre pretty irritating, too. Children can't talk quietly and adults just have to tolerate the noise. obviously, children have to play and people are entitled to cook in the garden now and again. We are caravanners and, on a campsite, people are camped pretty close together and many of them like to barbecue in the evenings. It is just something that has to be lived with. Same with trampolines. All one can hope for is that people behave with some consideration. Trouble is that as we get a little older, we like peace and quiet more and more, and we have the time to enjoy it.
I knew I would come under fire.
All taken in good part Gilly.
Frank, you wouldn't get food poisoning when my Daughter and SIL have a barbeque or any meal for that matter, as they cremate everything. If it's not charred, it's not ready.
I'm fortunate not to have screaming kids, although they do have a trampoline next door. I usually end up chatting to the two lads whilst they show me all sorts of tricks they can do. They aren't noisy so I don't mind. Pleasant boys. But as you probably already know, it's the yapping dogs I have to contend with, one in particular. Have just bought a new cooking timer which sounds like a rooster. Really loud. So when I'm in the garden next and the dog starts, I'm going to set my timer off. My daughter thinks I've lost it.
Good idea, TT! You can also get gadgets that send a high pitched sound inaudible to humans but irritating to dogs - we've got one we use to shut up one of our dogs when he barks.
Hi GG. What is most annoying is that the owners are, of course, aware of the yapping but do absolutely nothing about it. It can yap for anything up to 30 mins - on and on with me shouting to shut the bl..dy animal up. This will be the fourth year. Should have said something the second year, but found it a bit awkward. Left it too long now. Will have a look for that gadget,
For yapping, you need a distraction, and a big shout of NO! or Quiet! at the same time. for example, keys thrown onto concrete, pop bottle full of gravel rattled sharply, or, if you've the money and you really want them to shut the f*** up, you can get compressed air, quick blast of that onto their neck,and the command word.
It's not difficult to do, but so many dog owners can't slide into an animal's head. You have to do something into shocking them into quiet, and use the command word at the same time. Not easy if you aren't the owner (if the alpha male/female does it, they learn really quickly). Taught an owner to stop her dog 'going' for other dogs in about 10 minutes (when on holiday), teach the owners and the problem's solved. Max will only disobey and continue barking if the person at the door smells wrong (fear), the more scared they are, the more agitated he gets. Am trying to get one of small boy's friends to not be scared of dogs any more (a GSD went for him when he was about 2), unfortunately Max is half GSD, so looks big and scary. He might look the part, a bigger softie I've yet to meet. I can't go anywhere, he's fallen asleep on my feet, he's that big and scary - daft and hairy more like.
Where did you learn to train dogs, MMP?
MMP, my daugher has trained all her dogs re barking, etc, so I know it can be done. She used to spray water in their faces to stop them, which is what the trainer told her to do. They eventually got the message. Were there today, along with 2 extra kids and 4 adults and not a peep. They will, of course, bark if something disturbs them, which is what you expect a dog to do. One will bark if he sees a fox, but not constantly. It's all down to the owner.