"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 10/28/2006 10:35 AM, JimH wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 10/28/2006 6:25 AM, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:02:38 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

If you going to smoke, smoke an Altria brand. Filthy habit, but I
enjoy the dividends.
Filthy habits are drinking to excess and endangering innocent lives.

I'd be willing to bet that drinking alcohol kills a hell of a lot more
people than cigars do.

The objection patrons have to others smoking in restaurants has nothing
to do with the health of the smoker, but with the stench the burning
tobacco creates and the health hazards transmitted by second-hand smoke.

More and more restaurants are converting to total "No Smoking," either
on their own or because local or state laws dictate it. It's the smart
thing to do.

Now, if we could only get parents to control their crying little brats
while they're in restaurants.

Amen to that!

When our kids were young and we went out to eat we would hire a
babysitter. It was a nice escape from the kids for us and we did not
subject the folks in the restaurant to a screaming baby or toddler.


My father expected me to behave properly in a restaurant, so I did.

We just talked to my son and kept him busy with food. He'd already learned
that food which came from us was tasty, so I guess it didn't matter where we
were. The equation was always true: table + food + parents = yum. The only
borderline episode I recall was when he gave some lady that hilarious
toothless smile that babies do, and she couldn't take it any more. She
started laughing and gagging and almost blew coffee out of her nose. That
was her fault. She shouldn't have looked. :-)