And thoust of yee who have me compared to a curmudgeon again have me mistaken for that body who has less then enthusiasm for others’ hobbies. You may be a philatelist, ornithologist, or into electronics, antiquing, yard (read garbage) sales, browsing emporia, sewing, socking, darning, most of the other Ings including podging: I am not.
While I will arrive and entertain and be entertained for periods in random sorts whilst partaking or watching you partake in your hobby, it is not mine. Come stare and hand me a wrench some time. Notta happening I can tell. So while on occasion I get an invitation to partake in your hobby, always remember, it’s not my hobby, and if I had an interest in it being one of the plethora of hobbies I do partake in, I would be into it already and not need the asking.
I ask those who I see interest in my hobbies, to join me in them. Each to their own. Nothing against you or me if we limit our meager selves to a few desires in the hobbiest department. It is rare that a sort need cajoling into a hobby. Large rectangular carriages on or off caoutchouc tori on rims of steel or other alloyous materials do not crank my contrivance. They don’t farm my field, don’t cauterize my campfire, don’t agitate my crucible, don’t, scythe my sward, don’t muscle my machine. So I don’t embrace that which you partake in as earnestly as you yourselves might. So be it.
Testicular toss or not, unshod equine toss aside, Boules, Bocce, or Washers are not things I profess a prowess in.
Then there is the ever present campfire. Let me run the numbers as a’cuzin’ youse like when I do that,
Here is what is generally in wood smoke not including any “other” items which might from time to time have been tossed therein.
Toxic gases: Carbon Monoxide, Ammonia, Nitrogen dioxide, Sulfur dioxide
Volatile Organic Compunds: Irritant, possibly carcinogenic, Methyl chloride, Methylene chloride
Saturated hydrocarbons: Irritant, neurotoxicity, Hexane
Unsaturated hydrocarbons: Irritant, carcinogenic, mutagenic 1,3-Butadiene, Acrolein
Mono-aromatics: Irritant, carcinogenic, mutagenic, Benzene, Styrene
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Carcinogenic, mutagenic, Immunotoxic, Benzopyrene, Dibenz anthracene
Organic alcohols and acids: Irritant, acute toxicity, Teratogenic, Methanol
Acetic acid Aldehydes: Irritant, carcinogenic, mutagenic, Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde
Phenols: Irritant, carcinogenic, mutagenic, teratogenic, Catechol, Cresol
Quinones: Irritant, allergenic, Redox active, causes oxidative stress and inflammation response, possibly carcinogenic, Hydroquinone, Fluorenone, Anthraquinone,
Free radicals: Redox active, cause oxidative stress and inflammation response, possibly carcinogenic, Semi-quinone type radicals
Inorganic compounds: Carcinogenic, acute toxicity. Arsenic, Lead, Chromium
Particulate acidity: Irritant Sulfuric acid
Some compounds are either criteria air pollutants, or are included on the EPA list of hazardous air pollutants. At least 26 hazardous air pollutants are known to be present in wood smoke.
I know what you are thinking! What is in all that exhaust and solvents and fuels I use in one of my pastimes? Well I don’t really care. As you don’t about the wood smoke thingy.
What I want is a quite cuppa Joe in the morning and then that which I do when I do it.
I don’t mind sharing, but it will be a frosty Friday in the everlasting torment before I present myself at the gateway to the garrison with my Mobiia Staticus Abodium strapped to my ass.
Make it steam in the morning sun Adele, I like to see the rays through it.
Mark Hull Du Calumet, First of the coterie of York, Son of Don, Scion of Karl in the House of Pfunkstadt, Connubial of Suzanne, Yeoman to the Hun of Honda, Prevailing in the Seat of Hespeler, Having been again to Australia, and now Grandad's Land, and for some, from The Dark Side.
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