Smoking and an informal SBH/AXA comparison

[didier]

Oh voosh, you outdid yourself with that one...........too funny.

and I agree with the air in beijing, I used to work out of there many moons ago. Hong kong was a little better. Now I just lay back and let dda keep building them there villas. hey, I'm from the south and thats how we talk and roll...........

 

[katva]

so far I vote for voosh's reponse for best answer..............

+ 2

And Voosh, Tom still gets his IEEE Journal magazine. Always something entertaining goin' on!

 

[Bart -my real name-]

I used to work out of there many moons ago. .......

You work?!?!?

 

[Kanpai]

From a bar owners perspective it is the French Law to have a Non Smoking establishment, the issue on St. Barts is the enforcement as noted in a number of posts above.

My wife would only let me open Monbart if I made it non smoking (she also wanted nice restrooms so she got those as well) when we met with the Gendarme they were pleased that we were doing this "voluntarily" although they recognize it is the law and we are supposed to regardless.

With all of this said, we have very inexpensive cigarettes and people smoke a lot here, so not having smoking in the bar is difficult and we have had to make accommodations by creating out side seating with tables, chairs and ash trays. This does allow people to congregate and smoke together while having a drink and socializing. It also creates a problem for non smokers who have to walk through it to enter Monbart, sooooooooo there are really no winners.

Fortunately we have only had a few people light up inside and we have quickly advised them of our non smoking policy and they usually have just put it out and gone outside later to start a new one. Our issue is now the "vapor" ones as they technically are not supposed to be inside either, i have tried to hold the line on this point my staff are a little less thrilled about enforcing this part.

As for the AXA point, can't speak to it haven't been in several years.

 

[andynap]

Nice post Monbart and good for your wife and you for complying with St Barth law. Hopefully this will close out this thread but I doubt it.

 

[didier]

what a nice response. your wife is a lucky woman. I have heard very good things about monbart's. kevin had went there and he loved it. I hope to stop by soon.

 

[JEK]

. . . .My wife would only let me open Monbart if I made it non smoking (she also wanted nice restrooms so she got those as well) . . . .

My wife laughed out loud when I read this to her (she abstains from the forum) -- nice to hear from a proprietor who has dealt with this issue.

A bientôt .

 

[katva]

Agree!!!:up: Thanks for this nice post. It was fun to watch your wife and the whole team get the place together on Facebook. It looks and sounds great, and I've heard nothing but excellent reviews. Can't wait to see it in person!

 

[cassidain]

My wife laughed out loud when I read this to her (she abstains from the forum)

You clearly married above your station, mon ami.

 

[tim]

You clearly married above your station, mon ami.

That's a rather large club in this crowd.

 

[Dennis]

That's a rather large club in this crowd.

True. and as the self-appointed President of the Guys Who Out Kicked Their Coverage Club, we have many members here.

Ever seen debo's wife? NYCFred? Jeff? All way over their heads.

IMHO.

 

[Voosh]

Since beating a dead horse is common here, and great way to rack up # of posts count: One of the many (???) benefits of life under ISIS ---


"Beheadings have become commonplace in the territories held by the militant Islamic State, but the severed head reportedly found last month in the eastern Syrian city of Al-Mayadeen was nevertheless unusual.It had a cigarette placed between its lips.
“This is not permissible, Sheikh,” someone had scrawled in Arabic on the decapitated corpse lying nearby, according to an account from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition monitoring group. The body and head belonged to an Islamic State official, a deputy police chief.
From consuming alcohol to cursing, vices of all types are frowned upon by Islamic State."


from http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-islamic-state-smoking-ban-20150212-story.html


Simple solution to a vexing problem, don't ya think? Should clear the air in SBH restos after the first few corpses are dumped by the anchor.

 

[andynap]

Yo Voosh- a little out there don't you think? Even for you.

 

[Voosh]

Is it? Funny how life works. One person's "outrage" often is turned into drastic overkill. Our legal system is a prime example - we ban or shove down peoples' throats just about anything. $150 parking tickets, banning jarts, mandatory tire pressure monitors in your tires, no "big slurpee drinks," poor people jailed for years for smoking pot, etc. Yet there's always a wink and a nod when it's in someone's financial or power-grabbing interest. Religion and health concern are just some of the smoke screens.

 

[kent1994]

I don't smoke cigarettes and never have. I do find it troubling that the government can ban a legal activity on private property. Public places , yes. This all would have been unthinkable 35years ago. Where will it end? Smoke monitors in private homes and our cars? I find it troubling.

 

[MIke R]

 

[andynap]

Boy tell me about it. This has become a free for all. Some weird replies.

 

[andynap]

Is it? Funny how life works. One person's "outrage" often is turned into drastic overkill. Our legal system is a prime example - we ban or shove down peoples' throats just about anything. $150 parking tickets, banning jarts, mandatory tire pressure monitors in your tires, no "big slurpee drinks," poor people jailed for years for smoking pot, etc. Yet there's always a wink and a nod when it's in someone's financial or power-grabbing interest. Religion and health concern are just some of the smoke screens.[/QUOTE]


Ah- wondered when your anti-bank agenda would show.

 

[Voosh]

Bank, schmank. Fear and greed make the world hiccup all the time. In our lifetimes we've been conned by, just to name a few, Hitler, Stalin, BooshW, Mao, KKK - - it really is a long list. And really intelligent folks just drank the Kool Aid and followed. Human folly is amusing, but totally scary.

Rod Serling was a genius. Watch and study - he nailed human nature.

 

[didier]

and I saw on the internet yesterday about a 100 car pileup in south korea................a hundred cars, come on, after the first thirty or so wrecks, no one slowed down? the blind following the blind.