cheap shot :) Used to have mild panic attacks crossing it, especially in sleet. But it is a great view though from the top... and through the pavement.. of the bridge. Crossed it a lot, went to the community college just up the street and used to drive over to Kent Island and Wye Oak and places to kill time between classes.
Dana William Wheatley writes: > the Bay bridge is awesome. I brought a GF from kansas out to MD once and > when we went over the bay bridge she was struck by how beautiful it was. And > she was completely floored by the ocaen. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 2:04 PM > Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > yeah and you have to cross the chesapeake bay bridge to get there :P > > > > Actually I am talking about the DC suburbs; western MD is also stunningly > > beautiful and quite cheap once you are out of commuting distance to DC. I > > liked the WV panhandle quite a bit and it was similar country. > > > > Dana > > > > William Wheatley writes: > > > > > LOL you're talking about the WEST coast of maryland, come out to the > eastern > > > shore sometime its life at its best. > > > Nice slow and beautiful, nice people lower costs awesome roads, its my > home > > > i gotta miss it :) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:17 PM > > > Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > > > > > mmm ok there was clean indoor air but what else is to miss? The > traffic? > > > > Driving up and down 270 at rush hour had me talking, quite seriously, > > > about > > > > arming photon torpedos.... Wait there are the housing prices.. who can > > > > resist paying $1000 a month for a studio? Then there is the ozone... > who > > > > needs to smoke when the air quality index spends so much time on red? > > > > > > > > LOL > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > William Wheatley writes: > > > > > > > > > hehe yea MD was i think the 1st or 2nd state to have a statewide > smoking > > > > > ban. I think it was first > > > > > with CA being second with a FAR stricker rule but it was defiantly > sweet > > > > > living in such a great state. > > > > > > > > > > I miss my old maryland *sniff* > > > > > > > > > > :) > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:05 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > exactly. And bars and restaurants are different cases; bars > probably > > > do > > > > > > have a higher percentage of smoker patrons. > > > > > > > > > > > > Seems to me that Montgomery County MD was non-smoking ten years > ago > > > and it > > > > > > certainly has a healthy population of restaurants. I will grant > that > > > the > > > > > > overall affluent demographic there may be a factor in this but > > > > > demographics > > > > > > in general play into this a lot. Smoking it less common among the > > > > > educated, > > > > > > I seem to remember reading; assuming that is true a blue-collar > bar > > > > > > conceivably could lose business if all its mechanic/tow truck > driver > > > > > > customers decide to get a six pack and hang out at each other's > houses > > > > > > instead of going out.... I know that's a stereotype but I am just > > > giving > > > > > an > > > > > > example. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > Ian Skinner writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > The other way that "up too" could be misleading is of only one > > > > > establishment > > > > > > > lost that much business for this or any other fact, they are > then > > > held > > > > > up as > > > > > > > both the example and the reason you can say up too... even if > all > > > the > > > > > other > > > > > > > places are not suffering like this..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > > Ian Skinner > > > > > > > Web Programmer > > > > > > > BloodSource > > > > > > > Sacramento, CA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 8:51 AM > > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I question whethet this is in fact the case. Somebody somewhere > has > > > > > > > probably studied it but I don't have any statistics to hand. > Still, > > > that > > > > > > > link wasnproof of anything either. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthew Small writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, I don't ever think there was a message that > non-smokers > > > did > > > > > not > > > > > > > > frequent bars & restaurants because of smoking. the ban was > to > > > > > > > non-smokers > > > > > > > > that work in those places, and to protect non-smoking > customers > > > from > > > > > being > > > > > > > > exposed to smoker's air. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That being said, and the fact that I have fully supported the > > > smoking > > > > > ban > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > a restaurant, if the facts are true that banning smoking is > > > causing > > > > > > > > restaurants to lose that much (30% - 50%) of their business, > then > > > I > > > > > > > support > > > > > > > > repealing the ban in favor of very stringent rules for > separating > > > the > > > > > > > > smoking section from a non-smoking section - e.g. completely > > > enclosed > > > > > > > > smoking areas, different ventilation systems, etc. Of course, > > > that > > > > > does > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > protect the non-smoking workers. I don't know what to do about > > > them. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - Matt Small > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:54 AM > > > > > > > > Subject: RE: Where are the non-smokers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It does say something about Non Smokers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you ban smoking...and you lose 20% to 50% of your > sales... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Then that means you have lost smoking customers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It also means that those smoking customers whom you have > lost, > > > have > > > > > > > > > *not* been replaced with non-smoking customers. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Part of the reasoning for the ban was that there were > thousands > > > of > > > > > > > > > non-smokers that do not frequent bars and restaurants > because of > > > the > > > > > > > > > smoke,ergo if there was no smoking these people would > patronise > > > > > these > > > > > > > > > institutions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That doesn't say anything about non smokers it simply says > the > > > > > smokers > > > > > > > > > are going where they can still pollute the air thats all. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
