Subj : Re: Smoking
To   : Daryl Stout
From : Gamgee
Date : Wed Sep 03 2025 08:41:42

-=> Daryl Stout wrote to Gamgee <=-

 Ga> Yup, recall that too, and in restaurants while you're trying to
 Ga> eat. I'm old enough to even remember people smoking on
 Ga> airplanes.  The rear 1/3 or so of the seating was for smokers,
 Ga> as if there was a magic barrier that kept the smoke from coming
 Ga> forward into the rest of the cabin.  Not cool at all, but at
 Ga> that time it was a "normal" thing.  Seems very strange to me
 Ga> now.

 DS>   I believe that if you want to smoke when you're traveling, that
 DS> you drive yourself. You can NOT smoke on the train, plane, or bus.

 DS>   While Amtrak does offer smoke break stops (if the train is on
 DS> time or early), if you're caught smoking on the train (especially
 DS> if you're under age), you're put off the train at the next town,
 DS> whether it's your stop or not...and they will likely get local
 DS> law enforcement to remove you.

 DS>   I remember on one trip years ago that east of El Paso, at Sierra
 DS> Blanca, Texas...a 16 year old kid was caught smoking. They stopped
 DS> the train, and had law enforcement remove him. His ticket was
 DS> confiscated, his reservation was canceled, and he was on his own
 DS> to get to his destination.

 DS>   Years ago, in a bowling league, the cigarette smoke in there was
 DS> so thick, that you thought that you were getting cancer of the
 DS> eyeballs!! You could hardly see the lane or the pins, it was that
 DS> bad!!

I've never actually had the pleasure of riding on an Amtrak train - 
something I'd like to do one day.

I've certainly been in a few smoky bowling allies, and agree that it's 
out of control.  At least it used to be, haven't been bowling in years.  
I think in general though, society has turned away from smoking in a big 
way.  I don't really see it very often any more, in fact.



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