tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post5405993821051890411..comments2024-02-10T08:13:07.736+00:00Comments on Round-The-World Barstool Blues: Strangely appropriateFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-80756019343406551232008-05-07T00:45:00.000+00:002008-05-07T00:45:00.000+00:00Actually, I hear that they've retreated from the o...Actually, I hear that they've retreated from the original plan of imposing a <I>complete ban</I>, and are now simply trying to insist on the creation of smoke-free areas in bars and restaurants.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure this will only be "enforced" to any degree at all in high-end places, which will probably just designate one or two of their smaller "VIP rooms" as non-smoking.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-6082530358717442862008-05-02T00:18:00.000+00:002008-05-02T00:18:00.000+00:00Yes, that is all too horribly possible.I think smo...Yes, that is all too horribly possible.<BR/><BR/>I think smoking has been banned in most shopping malls and office buildings for quite a while now - but people just do it surreptitiously in the loos.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-10964693649294665422008-05-01T17:23:00.000+00:002008-05-01T17:23:00.000+00:00Well yes, I meant bars & restaurants, but I could ...Well yes, I meant bars & restaurants, but I could not be bothered to type that. Also, given that in Alexandria every bar has to serve food, I tend to ignore the difference.<BR/><BR/>I assume public places will be such things as Museums, office buildings, stores etc, though I am nto sure if they are defining public as "public owned" or "place of public accomodation."<BR/><BR/>You know my opinion on this one. But according to Auntie Beeb, they are putting 100,000 existing employees onto enforcement. Obviously that isn't going to be full time, so I wonder if this will be used as a way of closing down businesses that are seen as undesirable in the run up to 1936.The British Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439277300657927816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-59519935581339772142008-05-01T16:58:00.000+00:002008-05-01T16:58:00.000+00:00Bars AND restaurants.I'm not sure how many other "...Bars AND restaurants.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure how many other "public places" that leaves. Whatever the allegedly prohibited areas are, they don't include anywhere open air or public loos or.....<BR/><BR/>Well, whatever is included won't be enforced very strictly. It's all window-dressing nonsense.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211583.post-8858051531461440132008-05-01T14:08:00.000+00:002008-05-01T14:08:00.000+00:00Did I just see on the Beeb that Beijing is banning...Did I just see on the Beeb that Beijing is banning smoking in all public places as of today? Bars are excluded, from what I read.The British Cowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00439277300657927816noreply@blogger.com