The totally off-topic thread

[JohnK]

Quite amazing how much more pleasant it is to eat a meal without second hand smoke wafting across you. It was quite noticeabale the difference when I was in Melbourne earlier this year.

When I used to smoke I refused to lightup in a restaurant and I always used to go outdoors for a cigarette. These days most restaurants and bistros are in separate rooms so you are away from cigarette smells.

Spend a few hours playing social darts, listening to a band, playing slot machines etc in a club and when I get home the cigarette stench on my clothes is overpowering.

 

[Shano]

I was surprised eating at a restaurant at Fed Sqare last year that they were allowing people to smoke while still serving meals. Admittedly we were seated in an "outdoor" area, but they had plastic screens in place for protection against the weather. 4 of the 5 other people I was with were smokers, so this suited them well, although they did wait until we had all finished eating before lighting up. I prefer the QLD approach of no smoking, even outdoors, in the immediate vicinity of people eating.

I don't have such an issue with smoking in clubs / pubs.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

NZ approach is similar. If it has potential to be enclosed or partially enclosed it is deemed indoors and no smoking. Which means tables/benches that are streetside, harbourside and balconies are non smoking.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

400 posts to go

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

oops wrong thread

 

[Reggie]

oops wrong thread

This is the perfect thread, "totally off-topic"

 

[oz_mark]

Somewhere in the midst of a posting frenzy by Kiwi Flyer today, he stormed past 6,000 posts, and I would just like to congratulate him on that effort.

May those travel reports keep on coming

 

[NM]

back to the off-topic topic of smoking in/at restaurants, tonight in Melbourne I ate at a restaurant at Southbank and sat "outside". There I was greeted with second hand smoke from many adjacent tables. It seems that it is no longer possible to sit outside and enjoy a smoke-free meal in Melbourne.

 

[ozstamps]

Where is Geoff Kennet when you need him ........

 

[Reggie]

Where is Geoff Kennet when you need him ........

Getting ready to watch the Eagles smash the Hawks

 

[ozstamps]

Oh they are replaying that tonight there are they?

 

[Reggie]

Oh they are replaying that tonight there are they?

No they face up this weekend. We're the big birds, KINGS of the big game we're the eagles.................

 

[ozstamps]

Yes I remember them. :mrgreen:

They have the red and black jumpers don't they?

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

back to the off-topic topic of smoking in/at restaurants, tonight in Melbourne I ate at a restaurant at Southbank and sat "outside". There I was greeted with second hand smoke from many adjacent tables. It seems that it is no longer possible to sit outside and enjoy a smoke-free meal in Melbourne.

duly noted for this weekend

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

So, anti-smoking laws in Victoria are softer than the ones in NZ.

 

[NM]

Where is Geoff Kennet when you need him ........

Was there ever a need for him?

 

[Reggie]

Yes I remember them. :mrgreen:

They have the red and black jumpers don't they?

I'd expect nothing less from a NSWelshman. Rugby bah humbug

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Congrats on 6000 posts NM.

Many fine contributions so far and many more to come.

 

[Shano]

Let me add my congratulations too NM.

Two 6,000 posters in the space of a couple of days.

Well done guys.

 

[Reggie]

Getting ready to watch the Eagles smash the Hawks

Oops :shock: