in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008

No cars later.
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Martin

"Martin" wrote news:[email protected]...
> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
> No cars later.


A car in a restaurant is pretty inconvenient anyway.
Greetings,

-duh

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:08:56 +0200, "Thur" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"Martin" wrote news:[email protected]...
>> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>> No cars later.
>
>
>A car in a restaurant is pretty inconvenient anyway.
>Greetings,

Even in a Drive In?
--

Martin

Martin wrote:
> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>

Only restaurants, not bars?
Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:

>Martin wrote:
>> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>>
>
>Only restaurants, not bars?
>Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!

Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)

>

The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant and bars
owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a ban in bars not
before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to legislate a ban in
both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not introducing a voluntary ban by
1-1-2007 as agreed.
--

Martin

On Apr 18, 11:55 am, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> >Martin wrote:
> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>
> >Only restaurants, not bars?
> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>
> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>
>
>
> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant and bars
> owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a ban in bars not
> before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to legislate a ban in
> both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not introducing a voluntary ban by
> 1-1-2007 as agreed.
> --
>
> Martin

was pleased to see that Spanish restaurants are non smoking. Madrid
airport seems to have failed though, as the smoke drifts everywhere.

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Martin wrote:
> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
> >>
> >
> >Only restaurants, not bars?
> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>
> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>
> >
>
> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to
> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.

That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
point?

The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
ventilation.

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"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1hwrj16.1romrr11tbxi98N%[email protected]...
> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>> >>
>> >
>> >Only restaurants, not bars?
>> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>>
>> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>>
>> >
>>
>> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
>> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
>> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going
>> to
>> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
>> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.
>
> That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
> point?
>
> The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
> pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
> clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
> ventilation.

I do have to say that having given up smoking I now find an evening in a pub
more trying than I used to and will be using them more when the ban comes
in.

It will also make eating in pubs less of a lottery. If you get a seat next
to the pub 'chimney' your meal is going to be spoiled, smoker or not...

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:13:31 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>> >>
>> >
>> >Only restaurants, not bars?
>> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>>
>> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>>
>> >
>>
>> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
>> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
>> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to
>> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
>> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.
>
>That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
>point?

Wait until the troops are back from Iraq?
--

Martin

William Black <[email protected]> wrote:

> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1hwrj16.1romrr11tbxi98N%[email protected]...
[]
> > The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
> > pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
> > clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
> > ventilation.
>
> I do have to say that having given up smoking I now find an evening in a pub
> more trying than I used to and will be using them more when the ban comes
> in.
>
> It will also make eating in pubs less of a lottery. If you get a seat next
> to the pub 'chimney' your meal is going to be spoiled, smoker or not...

Good point. I'd note that quite a few good dining pubs I know tend to
have separate areas, but there is the peeing in the pool analogy! Almost
all of the good restaurants we go to in Manchester are completely
non-smoking now, but usually allow smoking in the bar area.

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:19:29 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1hwrj16.1romrr11tbxi98N%[email protected].. .
>> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Martin wrote:
>>> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >Only restaurants, not bars?
>>> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>>>
>>> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
>>> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
>>> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going
>>> to
>>> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
>>> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.
>>
>> That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
>> point?
>>
>> The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
>> pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
>> clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
>> ventilation.
>
>I do have to say that having given up smoking I now find an evening in a pub
>more trying than I used to and will be using them more when the ban comes
>in.

I gave up smoking almost 37 years ago. About 20 years after I gave up I became
strongly allergic to cigarette smoke. Not something made up in my mind, but
diagnosed by the chest department of the local hospital.

>
>It will also make eating in pubs less of a lottery. If you get a seat next
>to the pub 'chimney' your meal is going to be spoiled, smoker or not...

but it looks like sitting outside a pub having a pint on sunny day will be not
so nice.
--

Martin

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:09:48 +0200, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

>in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>
No much time to book your 'crematie' Martin!

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) schrieb:
> Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Martin wrote:
>>>> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>>>>
>>> Only restaurants, not bars?
>>> Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>>
>> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
>> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
>> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to
>> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
>> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.
>
> That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
> point?

The spineless German politicians are still squirming under the thumb of
Europe's most powerful tobacco lobby. After spending years drafting a
federal smoking ban law in restaurants, they suddenly discovered it was
unconstitutional anyway, because only the individual federal states
could pass such a law, making a farce of the entire effort. The current
situation is that there is now an agreement to have a general smoking
ban in restaurants, discotheques and public bars, except that each state
can make its own exceptions, and sure enough, some of them are. In
particular, any restaurant can have a closed-off smoking area marked on
the door with an "R" (R=Rauchen=smoking) There is at least finally
agreement on banning smoking in schools, kindergarten (Yes, really!!),
public biuldings, theatres, and public transport.

The German government has been notable for taking legal action AGAINST
legislation banning cigarette advertising in the EU, notably in 2003 and
2004.
Thankyou, BAT, Gallaher, Reynolds and the German government for your
cooperation.

T.

>
> The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
> pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
> clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
> ventilation.
>

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:13:31 +0100, [email protected] (David
Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:03 +0100, Mike O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>> >> in Dutch Restaurants from 1-1-2008
>> >>
>> >
>> >Only restaurants, not bars?
>> >Be Interesting to see how this will affect cannabis cafes!
>>
>> Only coffee and cookies maybe consumed on the premises? :-)
>>
>> >
>>
>> The government wants smoking banned in both. The Horeca -the restaurant
>> and bars owners association, has offered a ban in restaurants soon and a
>> ban in bars not before 2010. As I understand it the government is going to
>> legislate a ban in both, now. Serves the Horeca lot right for not
>> introducing a voluntary ban by 1-1-2007 as agreed.
>
>That's very interesting news, thanks! Any hope for Germany at some
>point?
>
>The changeover here is going to be interesting. I was in quite a nice
>pub in London last night near Warwick Road, and I'd say half of the
>clientele were smoking, which wasn't pleasant, even with pretty good
>ventilation.

Because of the thick smoke my wife and I have pretty much avoided
pubs in the UK. I once walked through one in Mayfair to find the
loo and almost choked on the smoke. It felt like I should carry a
machete to cut through the fog.

We have the same problem here in Arizona, but the new no-smoking
law goes into effect in a couple of weeks.

--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:33:06 +0200, Martin <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:19:29 GMT, "William Black" <[email protected]>

>>I do have to say that having given up smoking I now find an evening in a pub
>>more trying than I used to and will be using them more when the ban comes
>>in.
>
>I gave up smoking almost 37 years ago. About 20 years after I gave up I became
>strongly allergic to cigarette smoke. Not something made up in my mind, but
>diagnosed by the chest department of the local hospital.

I was a three-pack -a-day smoker, but I gave up some twenty-odd
years ago. But now, twenty years later, I have COPD.

When I went quits, for a year or two the smell of cigarette smoke
drifting by, especially, after a good restaurant meal, had me
wishing for an after-dinner cig. But now I can't stand smoke; it
makes my eyes itch and water and gives me a headache and sore
throat.

--
************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *