I am going to scream if as much as one of my neighbours has another bonfire the minute the weather turns nice.  I was bought up to be considerate and with 3 kids I have always got washing out in the nice weather and nobody waits until the evening they have it going all day.  Where I used to live if ever we were going to have one we always let people know so they could get their washing in.  I think I am turning into Mrs Angry this week ;)

i dont blame you ..... how hard is it to let others know your gonna have a bonfire... :-)
my gripe is coal fires.... a certain neighbour has an incredibly smoky chimney (she must pile the coal up ) and because we are in bungalows the smoke always drifts down into my garden if im not quick enough the washing has to be done again...
having said that another neighour leaves her washing out day and night even when raining, i dread to think what the clothes look like when she brings them in as i often find sooty deposits about after rain ;)

It seems to be a physical reaction some people have to nice weather: "Sun's out....must go out and burn things..." I remember on one of these occasions the smoke was thick and black, drifted up from the bottom of the valley,and although all my windows were shut, I was still coughing with my asthma. The council says there are no restrictions on burning non-hazardous materials on an occasional basis. Oh joy!! Yesterday early evening I lit up a fire in a metallic bin in my garden, burning some garden waste, it lasted about an hour and  there was some  smoke to start with, no more than from a baebeque. The wind was blowing away from my neighbour's garden, so I doubt she would have had more than the occasional sniff of smoke, (after all, I stood next to it for an hour without any problems, so it can't have been that bad) and yet she promtly asked me , in future, to burn my stuff during the day "when the rest of us have to go to work". (she must really hate me for not having to work, and when I once mentioned I was into horsey things, relations got very sour for some reason) I have to put up with her dog barking, her gardeners starting up the chainsaws very early in the morning, (they come most days, and yet my fence is nearly collapsing under the weight of the weed coming form her side)  people parking in front of my house (private) etc. I have never said anything and always try to be pleasant, because I was was brought up with some standards and don't believe in making a fuss about petty things. I am waiting in horror when the farm down below in the valley decide to do a spring clear-up, again, and burn everything in sight, hazardous or not...

Mrs Bee-In-The-Bonnet-For-Once ;)

Its actually a legal requirement to burn rubbish when your neighbours have just put their washing out, especially if its white washing.

Although not law at the moment, it will be soon a neighbours duty to cut their gras with old backfiring petrol mowers when ever any one puts a deck chair out intending to have a quick five minutes in the afternoon.

:D

LOL @ Robert! :D :D

I believe it's also statutory to fire up a barbecue when your neighbours are sitting in their garden enjoying the smell of their flowers. ;)
:)

With the radio blaring!

Its actually a legal requirement to burn rubbish when your neighbours have just put their washing out, especially if its white washing

You being a man and all, I have to say how impressed I am that you know there are 2 types of washing: whites & darks :D

*hands R a gold star* :D :D

I can't take the star Chloe :( 

I only found out about the white washing yesterday when a neighbour mentioned it in passing while we discussed how I'd managed to get so much black smoke from my bonfire, (must say though her language was rather ripe)

:-D :-D

ROFLSO :D :D :D :D :D