O.T. Regulation of smoking in public places

And when you say no (to the smoker) they laugh and light up anyway, so
whats the point. And no I don't think they normally ask, they usually just
say "wheres the ash tray ?"

Seems fair.

 

Yes, thanks. It wasn't much of a bait though, was it. I was only half
in mode.

These flame wars [1] aren't what they used to be.

[1] skirmishes?

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Offended.

--

Vince.

ZX9R, CBR250
Ex-SKoGA#3, YTC#13
BONY#47, SBS#22, BOTAFOF#26, BOTAFOT#102, MRO#23.
MIRTTH#19

"Vince: more repulsive than Ginge"

 

The truly obvious solution is to ban passive smoking.

Soy

 

You didn't say that the last time.

<sob>

 

Actually, the place where it bothers me the most and I cannot get away from
it is station concourses.

 

Am I the only person who keeps thinking:

"Stop your fucking whining!"

?


--

Vince.

ZX9R, CBR250
Ex-SKoGA#3, YTC#13
BONY#47, SBS#22, BOTAFOF#26, BOTAFOT#102, MRO#23.
MIRTTH#19

"Vince: more repulsive than Ginge"

 

Does that mean that in the short term we should cut down all the
trees?

It's love to meet a tree that farts. Oh, I did, it was called
Verdegris.

--

Vince.

ZX9R, CBR250
Ex-SKoGA#3, YTC#13
BONY#47, SBS#22, BOTAFOF#26, BOTAFOT#102, MRO#23.
MIRTTH#19

"Vince: more repulsive than Ginge"

 

Been to Paddington around 5pm? Doesn't meet any of the above!

 

Simian wrote

Yebbut what about all the farting they are doing in Merkinland? It has
to be said that they are a nation who know how to fart. Fart for
mankind they could.

 

No.

I used to not give a toss about smoking, even after I gave up and TBH
still don't.

But the responses of some of those defending their (smoking) actions as
an infringement of their human rights and liberties is, frankly, fucking
hilarious (I recognise some are deliberate, but there is a whiff of green
wax crayon about all this..).

Although, dwb, station concourses? Unless you have a different
definition of concourse I tend to consider them more or less outside.
esp. Paddington and its ilk.

 

I used to be responsible for (among other things) the drawing store on
site when they were building the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster.
If you've never been in one, it's a Portakabin with a couple of million
A0-sized prints hung up on rails in suspension clips, and absolutely
tinder-dry. No Smoking signs and fire exinguishers everywhere.

One day a couple of subbies came in, one with a ciggie on the go, and
started poking through the drawings. I was up the other end but I smelt
the smoke immediately:

"Can't smoke in here, mate."
"**** off."

I went straight down to them, collecting a mini powder extinguisher off
the clip on the way, and gave the **** a faceful at point-blank range.
His mate was going to go for me, but by then I'd changed my grip on the
extinguisher, and he thought better of it. Instead they complained to
their boss, who complained to our people, who turned around and
instructed their boss to have cunty-bollocks with the fag off site
immediately - and permanently. How we all laughed...

--
Platypus - Faster Than Champ
VN800 Drifter, R80RT, Z200
DIAABTCOD#2 GPOTHUF#19
BOTAFOS#6 BOTAFOT#89 FTB#11
BOB#1 SBS#35 ANORAK#18 TWA#15

 

<tries to clear mind's eye of "Hobbit Celebrity Deathmatch" images>

 

Ahh, I never said it happened...

The power car nearest the blocks is supposed to be shut down and not
started until near departure. Need on running as no engine, no air
supply, no air con etc. Thames turbos, IIRC, are limited to 15 mins
running without a key and are supposed to be shut down.

Used to be very strict on it 10 or so years ago.

IME, they probably wouldn't restart now.

 

So does the drinking - Alcohol-free pubs, too?

As does chip eating - chip-free chippies?

 

*Treasured*

--

Vince.

ZX9R, CBR250
Ex-SKoGA#3, YTC#13
BONY#47, SBS#22, BOTAFOF#26, BOTAFOT#102, MRO#23.
MIRTTH#19

"Vince: more repulsive than Ginge"

 

Soylent Green made the world a better place for us by saying..

be easier if they left us tax paying smokers alone and banned passive
smokers

--
Pete M.

Golf Gti (For Sale)
Alfa Romeo 164 TS.
Wahey, I'm a proper petrolhead again!"
Liverpool, Great Britain.

"you can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead"

 

Funnily enough...

 

Indeed. Much coffee has flowed down my nostrils since the last time
it exited onto a keyboard. I shall reset the calendar immediately.

My dosh is on the Bokker.

 

Someone having a sense of humour failure are we?

Phil.