[The Great Fumar]

Well I finally did it, Last evening while strolling the town square at SS I noticed there were three empty seats in an otherwise packed house ....While walking over to the chairs it became readily apparent why they were emty....A jolly fat man with the biggest blackest cigar you can imagine was sitting oblivious to the rest of the world (to those of you in chatham, it means he doesn't care}
It didn't seem to bother him that people were giving him dirty looks so after about five minutes I couldn't stand it any longer and approached him in my most pleasant voice and said " excuse me sir but not only are you breaking the law by smoking here but your bothering everyone else so please put it out or leave , and he did both....
I was so proud of myself I started looking around for dogs but didn't see any as I'm sure people were hiding them under their chairs . When I left I could hear sighs of relieve ..(only kidding)

Everyone have a smoke free Happy New Year....

Fumar.....

[skyguy79]

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Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

Well I finally did it, Last evening while strolling the town square at SS I noticed there were three empty seats in an otherwise packed house ....While walking over to the chairs it became readily apparent why they were emty....A jolly fat man with the biggest blackest cigar you can imagine was sitting oblivious to the rest of the world (to those of you in chatham, it means he doesn't care}
It didn't seem to bother him that people were giving him dirty looks so after about five minutes I couldn't stand it any longer and approached him in my most pleasant voice and said " excuse me sir but not only are you breaking the law by smoking here but your bothering everyone else so please put it out or leave , and he did both....
I was so proud of myself I started looking around for dogs but didn't see any as I'm sure people were hiding them under their chairs . When I left I could hear sighs of relieve ..(only kidding)

Everyone have a smoke free Happy New Year....

Fumar.....

I didn't know that Santa smoked cigars! Anyway, he probably went home to get his two St. Bernard dogs to bring back to give you big wet kisses!

[Sweetgirl]

Thank You Fumar. Good Laugh

[eweissenbach]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

Well I finally did it, Last evening while strolling the town square at SS I noticed there were three empty seats in an otherwise packed house ....While walking over to the chairs it became readily apparent why they were emty....A jolly fat man with the biggest blackest cigar you can imagine was sitting oblivious to the rest of the world (to those of you in chatham, it means he doesn't care}
It didn't seem to bother him that people were giving him dirty looks so after about five minutes I couldn't stand it any longer and approached him in my most pleasant voice and said " excuse me sir but not only are you breaking the law by smoking here but your bothering everyone else so please put it out or leave , and he did both....
I was so proud of myself I started looking around for dogs but didn't see any as I'm sure people were hiding them under their chairs . When I left I could hear sighs of relieve ..(only kidding)

Everyone have a smoke free Happy New Year....

Fumar.....

How can someone named Fumar be intolerant of smokers?

[manaboutown]

When I was in TV for a month in 2011 I was bothered by the evironmental tobacco smoke (ETS or second hand smoke) lingering in the squares. I also found ETS a quite irksome nuisance on country club patios where my companioins and I were forced to change tables at times in order to continue enjoying our conversation, food and liquid refreshment. The impression remaining with me is that I all too frequently unpleasantly encountered ETS in otherwise wonderful outdoor facilities within The Villages. Frankly, those experiences left a bad taste in my mouth about some of the outdoor venues within The Villages - pun intended.

If smoking is allowed in outdoor areas where people congregate it seems to me whoever is in charge of designating smoking and nonsmoking areas would be wise to consider prevailing winds/breezes so the designated smoking areas are not positioned upwind of nonsmoking areas. Too, in still air tobacco smoke disperses and moves out and away from smokers and inflicts itself on those nearby. To have any significance designated smoking areas should be sufficiently removed from nonsmoking areas so that nonsmokers need not suffer having to smell much less breath ETS. This would certainly be a substantial factor in making The Villages Florida's healthiest home town!

[BigLew]

Originally Posted by sandybill2

We have been at the Town Squares and the entertainment that night has announced that smoking is NOT ALLOWED EXCEPT on the outer perimeters of the "square." I assumed that meant the sidewalk that wraps around the outside. I have heard it numerous times.

let's apply reason. If there are ashtrays and smoking is permitted only on the periphery, then they mark the boundary and smoking is allowed at the boundary. The ppm (parts per million) of carcinogens dispersing in open air is well below the threshold of worrisome effects. they were just posterior apertures looking to 'sound off' now if it is cigars, well that's a bit different in terms of volume and odor.....I am not a smoker but I do believe in a certain degree of personal freedom

[asianthree]

Both my husband and i quit in 1989. Prior to that we both worked in the OR and our lounge was in the open hall so as you passed us to go to your room for surgery we were sitting there smoking. My my how things have changed what was once a norm to smoke anywhere in a hospital is now not possible anywhere on the grounds. We are changing the rules for the better and our children and grandchildren hopefully will thank us. I still do respect your rights to smoke if you so choose, just as i had those rights in the 70s and 80s.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by The Great Fumar

I was so proud of myself I started looking around for dogs but didn't see any as I'm sure people were hiding them under their chairs. Fumar .....

The visual of people stuffing their dogs under chairs to avoid Fumar's wrathful gaze ... Priceless!

[CarGuys]

I used to smoke. Sometimes still miss it. I can tolerate some cigarette smoke. And still like the smell of custom Pipe tobacco.

But Cigars are just plain NASTY ROTTEN Things.

Only time I appreciated them is when Grandpa took me fishing up North in Canada and the flys and mosquitoes would decend in droves.

Uncle Frank lit up one of them Cigars and that was that! Bugs Gone!

Fumar!

You Da Man!

[tippyclubb]

As a former smoker I think most of us try to be courteous as possible because we do understand its a nasty habit and it stinks. There have been times I was smoking and put my cigarettes out or moved to a different area being considerate of others when asked. It all depends upon how we are approached, if you come to us with a friendly nice attitude most of us will put the stinky stick out. However, if you come to us with a nasty sarcastic attitude most likely you will get cussed out and smoke blown in your face.

I'm happy to finally be smoke free so I don't have to deal with those issues anymore. I smell good too.

[KathyW]

Diane -- congrats on quitting smoking! This must of happened right after we saw you.

[fred boswell]

When a non smoker enters a smoking area and complains, the proper response from the smoker is: "Excuse me this is a designated smoking area so either light up or leave"

[Russ_Boston]

Originally Posted by fred boswell

When a non smoker enters a smoking area and complains, the proper response from the smoker is: "Excuse me this is a designated smoking area so either light up or leave"

Good luck with that Fred. There will soon be no designated areas anywhere. In fact I know of some employers in FL who make you take nicotine test BEFORE they hire you.

[TrudyM]

I have noticed in this area (Seattle) and also when I was in Boston recently an increase in people with electronic cigs. No smoke but little water vaper clouds. A friend switched, starting with the disposables and then swithched to one with a cartridge as she said the flavor was better. Her motivation was the tightening of no smoking rules and she says the cartridges are cheaper than a pack of cigs. Maybe this is an option that will make people get along better and allow those who want the feeling of a smoke and need the nicotine high more freedom.
Just a though.

TrudyM

[dillywho]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

Good luck with that Fred. There will soon be no designated areas anywhere. In fact I know of some employers in FL who make you take nicotine test BEFORE they hire you.

Russ, you're right. It is fast becoming the norm for more and more areas to be designated "non-smoking". However, until there are no more designated "smoking" areas, Fred has a valid point. A non-smoker has no business going into a designated smoking area and then complaining that people are smoking. Non-smokers need to go to the areas designated as non-smoking. If the smoke gets to that area, then it's something whoever is in charge needs to take care of....not the smokers that are in the designated smoking area.