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I burn incense in my room because it's the only thing I could find that would keep it from smelling like an ashtray. The problem is they give me a screaming headache. I love the way they smell but I can't go into my room without my head hurting. Sprays and candles don't work. Is there any other way I can kill the smell of smoke?
Yes, I know smoking is bad for me. If that's all you have to say please don't answer.
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I'm surprised your parents aren't saying anything about this. Surely they're not unaware of this problem in your room. Of course, there are always tales of teenagers smoking in their rooms by hanging their heads out the window. You can also try dishes or cups filled with vinegar & some filled with baking soda. However, then you'd have the smell of the vinegar, plus it wouldn't really be enough, about the same as the candles.
There are electric ashtrays that you could try. I don't know how well they work. There are also e-cigarettes or something like that, which are supposed to be smoke free, only giving people the nicotine rush. They seem to be getting a lot of attention lately. They are probably far more expensive than regular cigarettes & subject to strong regulation of the sales.
Your only real choices are smoking outside or buying a really good air cleaner, which could cost you almost $200 + replacement of the filters. Hope you have lots of money. If you smoked in the rest of the house, & if it were only a few times a day, you might be able to smoke near the kitchen stove with the exhaust fan on, but I'm not sure if that's safe from blowing up near a gas stove or if it would completely work in hiding the smell. If you smoked in the bathroom with the exhaust fan on in there, you'd still have the smell in the towels & in the bathroom curtain & shower curtain. If you had a wood-burning fireplace, there are ways to set the flue when it's not in use & smoking with your head almost in the fireplace so that the smoke would go up the chimney. I'm not sure how well that would work in hiding it from your parents. They might smell it right away when walking into the house.
You would also need something over your head to keep your hair from smelling like smoke + wearing a smoking jacket to keep the smell off your clothes. Then you'd also need to brush your teeth every time you had a smoke, not a bad idea.
Of course, in advising a teenager about something that is illegal for the teenager, I hope I'm simply showing what a hassle that it is, & that none of these is really a very good solution. Otherwise, I would be in big trouble, wouldn't I?
I'm surprised your parents aren't saying anything about this. Surely they're not unaware of this problem in your room. Of course, there are always tales of teenagers smoking in their rooms by hanging their heads out the window. You can also try dishes or cups filled with vinegar & some filled with baking soda. However, then you'd have the smell of the vinegar, plus it wouldn't really be enough, about the same as the candles.
There are electric ashtrays that you could try. I don't know how well they work. There are also e-cigarettes or something like that, which are supposed to be smoke free, only giving people the nicotine rush. They seem to be getting a lot of attention lately. They are probably far more expensive than regular cigarettes & subject to strong regulation of the sales.
Your only real choices are smoking outside or buying a really good air cleaner, which could cost you almost $200 + replacement of the filters. Hope you have lots of money. If you smoked in the rest of the house, & if it were only a few times a day, you might be able to smoke near the kitchen stove with the exhaust fan on, but I'm not sure if that's safe from blowing up near a gas stove or if it would completely work in hiding the smell. If you smoked in the bathroom with the exhaust fan on in there, you'd still have the smell in the towels & in the bathroom curtain & shower curtain. If you had a wood-burning fireplace, there are ways to set the flue when it's not in use & smoking with your head almost in the fireplace so that the smoke would go up the chimney. I'm not sure how well that would work in hiding it from your parents. They might smell it right away when walking into the house.
You would also need something over your head to keep your hair from smelling like smoke + wearing a smoking jacket to keep the smell off your clothes. Then you'd also need to brush your teeth every time you had a smoke, not a bad idea.
Of course, in advising a teenager about something that is illegal for the teenager, I hope I'm simply showing what a hassle that it is, & that none of these is really a very good solution. Otherwise, I would be in big trouble, wouldn't I?
When comparing the 19th and 20th centuries, which would you say saw the most drastic change?
Al
I'm interested in opinions concerning culture, society, politics, technology, and across regions (i.e. in some parts of the world, the 19th saw more drastic change, but in others, it was the 20th).
Harriet and Taljalea: both excellent answers (Harriet, don't know why someone gave you a thumbs down).
Answer
19th Century~~The beginnings of the century did not see very many changes. From the mid to late century many changes happened. We went from slow mail delivery to the pony express, we also saw the coming of the telegraph and telephone making happenings in the world and even those of a personal nature get around quicker so people would know what was going on instead of waiting that couple of months for a letter. Travel also was something we saw change...going from horse drawn wagons or carriages to trains and cars. We watched boats and ships go from using just sails to steam and then to coal engines even to fuel of other sorts. We saw buildings get taller. We saw ourselves go from candles or lamps and fireplaces to electric lights. We had new forms of entertainment...used to get it from telling stories or reading books; but it went to hearing voices on phonographs or victrolas to hearing it on radios. We saw the start of moving pictures. Industry advanced as well with some automation to help speed up production. Cities grew bigger. Education became more important to all.
20th Century~~Still had horse drawn wagons. Still used candles and lamps. But we saw everything I mentioned above grow more "modern" with time. By the end of WW2 we had planes that were turning to jets. We saw the beginning of the space age. We saw the start of TV and Radio. We saw the space race become more...the first man on the moon, the first space shuttle, a space station, and satilites sending us pictures of stars and planets we did not know we would ever see, we saw more mass production but with more use of mechanical than human workers. We saw changes in the way we handle diplomacy. We watched our first war live on TV in the 1990's. We got to see 9/11/01 happen on TV....A lot of things were the same yet more modern than they had been at the beginning of the century.
19th Century~~The beginnings of the century did not see very many changes. From the mid to late century many changes happened. We went from slow mail delivery to the pony express, we also saw the coming of the telegraph and telephone making happenings in the world and even those of a personal nature get around quicker so people would know what was going on instead of waiting that couple of months for a letter. Travel also was something we saw change...going from horse drawn wagons or carriages to trains and cars. We watched boats and ships go from using just sails to steam and then to coal engines even to fuel of other sorts. We saw buildings get taller. We saw ourselves go from candles or lamps and fireplaces to electric lights. We had new forms of entertainment...used to get it from telling stories or reading books; but it went to hearing voices on phonographs or victrolas to hearing it on radios. We saw the start of moving pictures. Industry advanced as well with some automation to help speed up production. Cities grew bigger. Education became more important to all.
20th Century~~Still had horse drawn wagons. Still used candles and lamps. But we saw everything I mentioned above grow more "modern" with time. By the end of WW2 we had planes that were turning to jets. We saw the beginning of the space age. We saw the start of TV and Radio. We saw the space race become more...the first man on the moon, the first space shuttle, a space station, and satilites sending us pictures of stars and planets we did not know we would ever see, we saw more mass production but with more use of mechanical than human workers. We saw changes in the way we handle diplomacy. We watched our first war live on TV in the 1990's. We got to see 9/11/01 happen on TV....A lot of things were the same yet more modern than they had been at the beginning of the century.
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