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[Bad Dad]

New Orleans passed a far-reaching smoking ban on Thursday that prohibits lighting up in bars, casinos, private clubs—even in the car while waiting in line at a drive-thru.

Claiming there is no “constitutional right” to smoke, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to outlaw smoking and electronic cigarettes in indoor and outdoor public places.

The ordinance, which goes into effect in 90 days, applies to bars, casinos, parks, private clubs, any business establishment, recreational areas, sports arenas, theaters, and a host of other places.

“[T]here is no legal or constitutional ‘right to smoke,’” the ordinance said. “Business owners have no legal or constitutional right to expose their employees and customers to the toxic chemicals in secondhand smoke. On the contrary, employers have a common law duty to provide their workers with a workplace that is not unreasonably dangerous.”

The ordinance was coauthored by Democratic councilmembers LaToya Cantrell, a former “community organizer,” and Susan Guidry.

Commies took over New Orleans after Katrina rebuilding.  It is still ok to shoot and rob people, suck dik's and puke in the streets but don't smoke.

Clearly, the smoking is the cause for all the other issues.

Illinois has a no smoking law through out the state.  When it went into effect, the casinos lost allot of business.  You must be 15 feet from any building entrance, except hospitals where you can not smoke on their property.  Allot of hospital staff stand on the side of the road in front of the hospital to smoke. I wanted to sit at the park and smoke, but I'm not sure what the rules are for that..?

Such bullshit is to be expected in Illinois.

We do have some crazy fricking laws....  One that comes to mind is a local law in Belleville.  It's against a law to hand another person a bag.  I think it's while on the sidewalks of Belleville..?  It's to stop drug and gang activity.

[Bad Dad]

Morning BD.

Hi Dave, hope your having an enjoyable Sunday morning...!

[Bad Dad]

OK headed out have a good Sunday all.

Later TR, and Dave's...

[dwgbryant]

Ugh Ohh I see a Fuk'n squirrel flashing his tail.  Let the hunt begin.

I was watching one of those silly videos on youtube where a squirrel kept getting into a bird feeder and eating all of the bird food.  The guy decided to wrap the bird feeder with clear Saran wrap, and video the results.  The squirrels were jumping about 4 feet from a tree and bouncing off of the bird feeder (pretty funny.)

More fun to try and shoot the bastards in mid air when they try to make the jump.

I hate to have mean thoughts, but I'm almost tempted to build or buy something just to screw with the squirrels...   When the kids were little, I would tie some horse corn on a fishing pole, and cast it into the yard from inside the house and screw with the squirrels.  That is until the day the the squirrel almost came into the house.. yikes..!!!

I just stick a nail in a tree, cut the head off and stick an ear of field corn on it, not as much fun to watch but it keeps them out of the feeders.

[A Friend of Charlie]

OK headed out have a good Sunday all.

Later Dave.  Don't go get all squirrelly.

[Bad Dad]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

[A Friend of Charlie]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

Did either of 'em smoke cigars?

[Bad Dad]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

Did either of 'em smoke cigars?

My grandfather smoked a pipe after he retired at 65.  I don't know about my uncle, I can't remember seeing him smoke, but he did work as a bartender, so you'd think he might have.  I remember my grandfather letting me smoke his pipe with I was around 4 years old.  Could you imagine what would happen for doing that with todays laws..?

[dwgbryant]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

I've seen a lot of people in both categories go both ways. I seem to be able to balance sitting on my ass doing nothing and wandering around the gulf preserve, trails, streets into town, etc. so when I die I die. I do know one thing, my stress level has greatly diminished since I left NY and the drama and chaos. now if I could be debt free ................

[A Friend of Charlie]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

I've seen a lot of people in both categories go both ways. I seem to be able to balance sitting on my ass doing nothing and wandering around the gulf preserve, trails, streets into town, etc. so when I die I die. I do know one thing, my stress level has greatly diminished since I left NY and the drama and chaos. now if I could be debt free ................

Stress relief is key.  Watch out though, you may start packing on the pounds.

[dwgbryant]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

Did either of 'em smoke cigars?

My grandfather smoked a pipe after he retired at 65.  I don't know about my uncle, I can't remember seeing him smoke, but he did work as a bartender, so you'd think he might have.  I remember my grandfather letting me smoke his pipe with I was around 4 years old.  Could you imagine what would happen for doing that with todays laws..?

ha, I remember stealing my parents Pall Malls and my dad's Red Man plugs when I was around 10 or so.

[dwgbryant]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

I've seen a lot of people in both categories go both ways. I seem to be able to balance sitting on my ass doing nothing and wandering around the gulf preserve, trails, streets into town, etc. so when I die I die. I do know one thing, my stress level has greatly diminished since I left NY and the drama and chaos. now if I could be debt free ................

Stress relief is key.  Watch out though, you may start packing on the pounds.

I'm down to 189# and have a bit of 'baby fat' I'd like to lose, hence the walking, I do eat well though I'll say that.

[dwgbryant]

A major winter storm will unfold across the Northeast early this week, eventually becoming an all-out blizzard over parts of New England and the New York City area.
Those in the Northeast should prepare for the storm now rather than wait until the snow starts to fall, especially for those across eastern New England.
"While the storm from Saturday may have been a mere nuisance to travelers and a delight to skiers, the storm Monday night into Tuesday could be far more disruptive in terms of travel and daily activities," said AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
The greatest impacts are expected along the Interstate-95 corridor from Philadelphia northward where over a foot of snow is forecast to fall. The blizzard also threatens to bring the heavily populated zone from New York City to Boston to Portland, Maine, to a standstill.

[Bad Dad]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

I've seen a lot of people in both categories go both ways. I seem to be able to balance sitting on my ass doing nothing and wandering around the gulf preserve, trails, streets into town, etc. so when I die I die. I do know one thing, my stress level has greatly diminished since I left NY and the drama and chaos. now if I could be debt free ................

I do envy you being able to pick up and move off like that.  (Not really serious), but yesterday I was thinking how nice it would be to just take off for about 3 weeks, and visit.   

[Bad Dad]

Short Run and coffee time.

Glad to know you are running and getting some exercise, amazing you can drink coffee and run at the same time.

you funny man.
actually I wish I could run, was training for a marathon when the RA hit, I still enjoy a brisk walk. people here for some reason don't get it when I walk the 4 miles into town. it's okay to jog, ride bicycles, hike the paths for hours, but not walk into town. a great way to enjoy a few cigars too.

My grandfather used to walk every where and lived to be 89.  But on the other hand, my uncle sat and watched tv, was over weight, and drank, and he lived to be 100...?  Go figure..?

I've seen a lot of people in both categories go both ways. I seem to be able to balance sitting on my ass doing nothing and wandering around the gulf preserve, trails, streets into town, etc. so when I die I die. I do know one thing, my stress level has greatly diminished since I left NY and the drama and chaos. now if I could be debt free ................

Stress relief is key.  Watch out though, you may start packing on the pounds.

It's too late for me, I've already packed on the pounds.  I blame it on Bear Mountain Ice Cream by Prairie Farms.