Back in high school the guys smoked outside even on the coldest day, without winter clothing. I'm sure none of them are any less hearty, heroic, and macho now than they were then. In fact, they are more so, more stunningly masculine with each passing day. "Cold? You think THIS is cold? Ha! This is NOTHING!"
Would you want to take this away from them, converting them into a race of nanny-bar sissies? --David Shove Roseville On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, Jim McGuire wrote: > I realized a while ago that a by-product of the smoking ban is that bars > are going to be providing heat outdoors for smokers using heat lamps or > whatever works. Personally, I think this is a bad idea. It will provide > small comfort to the smokers, of course, but heating the outdoors in the > winter in Minnesota is a silly idea at best, but I know from talking to bar > owners near me that they are already making plans to do just that. > > I'm just curious if anyone else has given this any thought and what could > be done to lessen the impact of this. > > Jim McGuire > Como > > Check out the Usual Suspects Blog - http://www.browncross.com/usualsuspects > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
