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Robert C. Big Ring Offline Leaves are the ultimate trail maintenance tool Posts: 1806 Location: Available upon request Joined: 11/22/04	Fire at WWP? 11/07/16 at 2:46pm	Print Post
	Hey Lee, what happened to the new pavillion over by the main parking lot / restroom?

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ChosenOne Little Ring Offline Posts: 600 Joined: 11/02/08	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #1 - 11/07/16 at 6:58pm	Print Post
	It burned down last Friday 10/28. I heard it was a cigarette that was dropped between the floor boards and caught the pine needles below on fire.

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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #2 - 11/07/16 at 10:02pm	Print Post
	I can believe that! Smokers are not conscience of what their actions have to do with anything. They just throw the butts anywhere and everywhere and don't seem to care. I live at Snowshoe now and it's supposed to be a resort area, but the smokers litter the roads and parking lots and don't care at all. They are the worst litterbugs there are!!!! It makes me sick!! BBM

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Impaler 58 Big Ring Offline Posts: 2111 Location: Statesville Joined: 01/21/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #3 - 11/09/16 at 3:52pm	Print Post
	One time I was sitting at a picnic table, sipping on a couple of cold ones. It was fairly Windy, and one of my cans blew off the table without me knowing. A guy came walking up to me flicked his cigarette butt . And asked if I was gonna pick the can up. I acknowledged it and picked it up. I then asked if he was going to do the same with his cigarette butt. He told me the butt would eventually break apart and turn into dirt(something like that, can't remember the terminology) and the can wouldn't do that What's the WWP?

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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #4 - 11/09/16 at 5:17pm	Print Post
	Smoking isn't even allowed at the WWC, what a bummer, all the work went into that just for some a#&hat to wreck it.

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DavidM Little Ring Offline Work & Ride with THTB! Posts: 659 Location: Ft Mill, SC Joined: 04/15/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #5 - 11/09/16 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	"He told me the butt would eventually break apart and turn into dirt"...that shows how ignorant he is as cigarette butts are made of fiberglass which is not biodegradable. I smoked for 20 years and quit in '96 when I started riding...best decision I ever made!

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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #6 - 11/09/16 at 6:48pm	Print Post
	Good for you David!! I pick up a lot of cigarette butts while taking my trash to the dumpster a mile from my house and when I walk up to the mail box to get my mail. Even if the paper is off the butts, the filter part is still there. I've always thought of smoking as being one of the worst habits you can do to harm yourself. Like I stated before- smokers are litter bugs- plain and simple!!

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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #7 - 11/10/16 at 2:22pm	Print Post
	BigBikeMike wrote on 11/09/16 at 6:48pm: I pick up a lot of cigarette butts while taking my trash to the dumpster a mile from my house and when I walk up to the mail box to get my mail. You should put the cigarette butts in the smokers mailboxes. I'm sure they'll want them back since they obviously accidentally lost them on the ground.
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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #8 - 11/10/16 at 3:34pm	Print Post
	I would do that if I knew who they are. We don't have mail boxes up here, just PO boxes at the post office. I'm thinking about hiding in the woods and run out and kick them in the butt when I see them throw their cigarette butts on the ground. When I lived in Cornelius, people that didn't clean up after their dogs, I would get the shovel and take their crap and put it on their steps. You can't blame the dog, but you can blame their owners.

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The Cycle Path IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline Treasurer '11 to '18. Trail Chair '12-'18, '20-'21 Posts: 11858 Location: Lake Norman Joined: 08/04/03	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #9 - 11/10/16 at 6:14pm	Print Post
	DavidM wrote on 11/09/16 at 5:32pm: "He told me the butt would eventually break apart and turn into dirt"...that shows how ignorant he is as cigarette butts are made of fiberglass which is not biodegradable. I smoked for 20 years and quit in '96 when I started riding...best decision I ever made! I smoked for 13 years as well and stopped about the same time you did, but "95% of cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate (a plastic), and the balance are made from papers and rayon" not fiberglass.

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DavidM Little Ring Offline Work & Ride with THTB! Posts: 659 Location: Ft Mill, SC Joined: 04/15/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #10 - 11/10/16 at 8:20pm	Print Post
	I stand corrected...I guess I'm the ignorant one! Thanks for the enlightenment!

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Impaler 58 Big Ring Offline Posts: 2111 Location: Statesville Joined: 01/21/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #11 - 11/12/16 at 1:05am	Print Post
	I quit 28 years ago. I'm surprised at how many people flick their butts out the car window. I think more downhill skiers and mountain bikers smoke. I know when I used to alpine ski, I would have a smoke while riding the ski lift

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BigBikeMike Project Board Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1593 Joined: 06/14/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #12 - 11/12/16 at 3:24am	Print Post
	I wish the ski resorts would stop the smoking on the lifts and the slopes. I hate to be riding the lift and have to smell their stinking smoke polluting my good air!! Mike

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Impaler 58 Big Ring Offline Posts: 2111 Location: Statesville Joined: 01/21/09	Re: Fire at WWP? Reply #13 - 11/13/16 at 2:29pm	Print Post
	BigBikeMike wrote on 11/12/16 at 3:24am: I wish the ski resorts would stop the smoking on the lifts and the slopes. I hate to be riding the lift and have to smell their stinking smoke polluting my good air!! Mike I agree, but think I would have a reverse opinion on the ski lifts of Colorado😉😜🎿

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