Smokers vs. Legislation
Smokers frustrations about the decisions that are being made for us.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Friday, October 20, 2006
National League Champs!!!
Well, the St. Louis Cardinals won last night becoming the National League Champions. World Series here we come. What an intense game last night! Whew.
My honey, like I have mentioned before, has just recently over the past couple of years gotten into baseball. This year however he is a baseball nut. Between watching baseball last night, watching him react to the game and tolerating the worse sinus headache that I have ever had - I was exhausted!!! Too cute though. The yelling at the t.v., the pitching analysis... all hilarious.
Congrats to the Cardinals!
World Series, Game 1, Saturday!!!
K.P.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The Bummers and Borrowers
Don't you just love that one perk of being a smoker? Being able to bum, loan, and borrow out cigarettes? I love how people come up and say "Can I bum a cigarette?" "Can I borrow a cigarette?", "Can you loan me a cigarette?" Seriously. I watched 4 different people "bum" cigarettes from 6 different people last night. If they have the money to have a beer in their hand, why don't they just walk the 1/2 block to the Circle K store and BUY A PACK. Why don't they just say this: "I am too lazy to go and buy a pack of cigarettes, can you give me one?" Or " I can't smoke at home, so can you give me a cigarette?" I love the whole, "I only smoke when I drink so I don't have any cigarettes with me. PLEASE. You mean to tell me that they had no idea that they were going to walk up to the bartender and order a beer? The thought of maybe walking the 1/2 block never entered their mind prior to buying the beer? Or in between beers?
When we get asked "the bum, borrow, loan question" my honey is classic, he says "yes you can, that will be 50 cents."
No kidding.
K.P.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Westin Is A Non Smoking Hotel
Hmmm, I never knew that the Westin was a non smoking hotel. They announced that they were going totally non smoking in December 2005.
Just another one to add to the "I will never stay there" list. It is getting longer.
K.P.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Delays and Updates
Sorry for the delays on the posts. As you know we have had a busy month of travel. We have also had a house guest staying with us since. Been a little crazy.
Nothing new to report! I have done some more research on the Hampton Inns going non smoking and I have found no evidence of this. This makes me a little more curious as to why the particular Hampton Inn that we stayed at is going non smoking. I know that it is not a state issue. I am going to keep a close eye on this one to make sure that we don't get stuck in this situation again. (details on last posts) Since Hampton Inns are part of Hilton - I will REALLY be watching!!
K.P.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Finally Back
We are finally back from our travels....until the end of October that is. We had some interesting experiences.
1. The Tampa International airport has out door smoking areas on each concourse.
2. The St. Louis International airport has indoor smoking lounges on each concourse.
3. There is NO smoking allowed or no smoking areas offered at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis (Rams) (great place to watch a football game)
4. Smoking is allowed on casino boats along the Mississippi river, even right next to the slot machines!
5. The Hampton Inn, at least some of them, are going totally NON SMOKING. We had to extend our stay at one this last week. When we asked to stay another night, they said that they could not accommodate us because they only had 1 smoking room and someone else was coming in that night. 1 smoking room. They are planning on going totally non smoking, so the are dwindling down I guess. Our point was then what was the difference, just throw an ashtray in another room. They are going to have to repaint anyway. It all ended up working out though, benefits of being a Hilton Honors member I guess. (Hampton Inns are part of the Hilton chain)
So are the Hilton hotels going to go non smoking too??? That is the question.
K.P.