[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by rodneyrail

loud pipes save lives

Loud pipes ANNOY neighbors and pedestrians and do NOT accomplish anything because since about 1975 most all cars drive around with their windows up and A/C or Heat on. Prior to 1975 loud pipes DID save lives but NOW NOT SO MUCH. Also, in this area (the retirement bubble) the older people tend to be deaf and a motorcycle rider has to worry about driving so defensively that it is NOT enjoyable to ride anymore.
.......Lots of motorcyclists here end up enjoying their retirement as a cripple or a vegetable. But, don't blame me, I am just a messenger.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

slowly i turned, step by step, inch by inch at brownwood

Strange.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

The selfish entitlement of the Older White Male (the OWM) clan strikes again. They THINK that they own the world. They Think that they can buy a new HOT convertible car and it makes them younger and more virile. They THINK that they can drive 40 MPH in a 25 MPH residential neighborhood.
.........Sometimes there are Police walking around the squares. Maybe the smoker should get a ticket or a warning ticket. It seems like only older people are dumb enough to smoke and screw up their lungs. They will regret it when put on a respirator.

Have you ever met a tangent that you didn’t like?
The smoker may have just been clueless. If the OP would have just mentioned to the guy that smoking wasn’t allowed in the square he may have very well put out the cigar and apologized. But the OP instead chose to lose his mind and yell at the guy while storming off. We’ll never know.
Then in predictable fashion you come along with your “privileged white male” garbage.
You continually accuse people on this forum of being close minded. But I have NEVER seen you change your tune on a single topic. Maybe some self reflection is in order. I know when one gets older it’s harder to change their beliefs. And you seem older than most.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by Kenswing

Have you ever met a tangent that you didn’t like?
The smoker may have just been clueless. If the OP would have just mentioned to the guy that smoking wasn’t allowed in the square he may have very well put out the cigar and apologized. But the OP instead chose to lose his mind and yell at the guy while storming off. We’ll never know.
Then in predictable fashion you come along with your “privileged white male” garbage.
You continually accuse people on this forum of being close minded. But I have NEVER seen you change your tune on a single topic. Maybe some self reflection is in order. I know when one gets older it’s harder to change their beliefs. And you seem older than most.

I am sorry that you believe that it was a tangent. I SINCERELY felt that it was RELEVANT to the discussion and was valuable. Yes, sometimes I do NOT take a laser-like focus on a single subject. I see life as having wider perspectives maybe than some others. So, if I am supposed to apologize for being me, then I do.
........I am NOT really trying to purposely alienate anyone ! I only have some different viewpoints than the average TV Land resident.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

strange.

that's why i included the photos to use a classic comedy routine to demonstrate the poor choice of angry words as a solution. I can also draw maps upon request

[larbud]

Cigar smokers are rude

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by larbud

Cigar smokers are rude

Blah, Blah, Blah.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

that's why i included the photos to use a classic comedy routine to demonstrate the poor choice of angry words as a solution. I can also draw maps upon request

"Niagara Falls..."

Don't worry, your point was on target...

[jimmy o]

Yelling at the guy merely puts you in the same bad light as him. You could have just reminded him of the rule and most likely that would have solved it. Or…… if you wanted to really make an impression you could have jumped on him face forward, knocking him backward out of his chair and onto the ground, with you on top of him and your knees pinning down his arms. Then take the cigar out of his mouth and crush it out against his forehead. That would have made an impression on him and he would think twice about lighting up again.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by rickaslin

you should have left the square and had dinner at Augustines, oh wait you won't eat there anymore!!

That is correct, I had just left there.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by kingext

These first world problems seem to bother some more than others. Who knows why. It would'nt surprise me if tirade man went home and smoked a joint to calm down. Irony abounds!

Am I tirade man? If so I promise you I did not smoke a joint, I have never even tried any non prescribed drugs. Have never smoked either.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by MrFlorida

If he was inside the square, why not just report him to an attendant, after your remind him that smoking inside the square is not allowed ?

Many have said this but frankly I have never paid attention that their are attendants at the squares.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by skippy05

Why not have a little tolerance? You can move around outdoors away from him. I do not smoke. I know there are outdoor rules for this in some places. It seems too damn much when you stop and think about it. Use your feet and move about and let people have the smallest of freedoms even if they do annoy you.

Just had a bad night all around.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by psych2002

One of my fondest childhood memories is crawling up on my fathers lap and smelling the cigars in his breast pocket. When I smell cigars I am flooded with warm and loving memories of him.

Yes but was he puffing in your face.

[Garywt]

Originally Posted by jparsoneau@aol.com

I find it very unlikely that anybody was inside the Square and smoking a cigar. Which is not allowed, which I believe many people would’ve complained about if he was inside the square. Now I do believe he was probably outside the square on the sidewalk, which is where they tell you to go smoke. And yeah, smoking a cigar can be more obnoxious and smoking a cigarette. But they have the legal right to do it on the sidewalk. They even announce it four times a night they just can’t smoke inside the square. So if he was in the Square, you should’ve told the staff if he wasn’t in the Square he was in his right, and you were in the wrong .

OK so now I don’t know what a sidewalk is or what the rules are. We were not on the sidewalk. Maybe no one else was bothered, I don’t know, I didn’t take a poll. Would even know where the staff is. It was just an in the moment situation.