03 Jul 08 03:01, Richard Webb wrote to Roy Witt:

 RW> Roy  wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:

 R>>> I used to be good at it...but I got tired of the smoke filled
 RW>>> bowling alleys.

 RN>> After you stopped smoking, you went through the same thing I did.

 RW> Haven't made it there yet.

 RW>> Heh...I quit while I was

You're never to young to quit.

 RW>  at the bowling alley.

 RN>> The best house here doesn't allow smoking except when the bar is
 RN>> open and smoking is confined to that area, which is shut off from
 RN>> the rest of the house.

 RW>> I got so used to not having that smoke filled environment in
 RW>> California, I almost fell over from the stench when I got into it
 RW>> here. You can't even smoke in a bar in California, you have to go
 RW>> outside. And there's no smoking at all in any restaurant there. If
 RW>> they havn't already, they'll probably ban smoking everywhere, except
 RW>> in your own home.

 RW> Last time I was in Louisiana they'd done the same in restaurants. IN
 RW> fact, one open all night place in MEmphis declares noone under 18
 RW> served, because so many of the cabbies, truckers and other denizens
 RW> of the night that were smokers frequented the place.  Just another
 RW> greasy spoon, bowls of chili, burgers, the usual breakfast fare.

Those greasy spoon places sometimes have the best chili. It's probably got
everything in it that man shouldn't eat, but I like it anyway.

 RW> OFten Kathy and I stop there when we go into the city for a good
 RW> cheap meal, because I can smoke while she finishes eating, and it's
 RW> the bottomless cup of coffee.

She let's you smoke while she's eating? I'd make you go outside.

 RW>> Smokers are getting picked on everywhere.

 RW> THat's for sure, but places like the aforementioned have found a way
 RW> around it.  OTherwise the only places that allow it are bars.

Heh. In California, they opened up a bunch of smoking parlors...I've seen
one in Texas and it's right across the freeway from here.

 RW> NOw our remote audio truck's control room in the 19 foot box is a no
 RW> smoking zone, and I"m a smoker.  ITs former owner based out of
 RW> HOuston allowed somking in the back.  I do not.

Kinda too close quartered for that.

 RW>>> There are places around here that call themselves 'Bowling Clubs',
 RW>>> but from the outside, they don't resemble bowling alleys very much.
 RW>>> Maybe one day I'll stop in and see what's really going on.

 RN>> Those houses are ones that probably allow smoking.  That's the only
 RN>> way the owners can steer clear of breaking the law.

 RW>> Breaking what law?

 RW> Afaik Texas has the no smoking in restaurants law too.  NOw a couple
 RW> of places with a bar we found in the HOuston area when we were down
 RW> there last summer allowed smoking.  WE spent about a month there
 RW> while getting this remote truck ready to roll.

The only restaurants that I've found here that allow smoking, are in San
Antonio. I was reminded of how pleasant it is to eat in an establishment
that doesn't allow smoking.

                R\%/itt



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