Hi ROy,

Roy Witt wrote in a message to Richard Webb:

 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

RW> You're never to young to quit.

True enough, and I'm sure sooner or later I"ll attempt it again.

 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.

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

YEs this one's quite good.  tHose hash browns with the onions too.

 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.

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

Yah she's pretty decent about that.  Last night we went to Logan's for a
nice dinner while in the city.  I sipped my after dinner highball, then
went outside to smoke while she enjoyed her dessert.

 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.

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

I could never hang in a bar if I were having a cocktail without the smoke
to go along with it.

 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.

RW> Kinda too close quartered for that.
Yep, and lal the precision electronics.


 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?

IF it's written such as the TEnnessee and ARkansas laws any place which
allows juveniles inside is a smoke free zone.  I've heard that in Arkansas
even an adult smoking in a vehicle with a child inside the vehicle can be
arrested and charged, but don't know if this is true.

 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.

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

THE frustrating part for me is that the carcinogens belched by the
smokestacks and our automobiles are just as hazardous.  When we get a
handle on that, I"ll be a bit more inclined to show some
understanding.

Regards,
           Richard
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