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| paddling physicist |
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 Registered Member #4657 Joined: Fri Mar 16 2007, 11:43 amPosts: 44 | hey, i think we could all use a little reefer here. Just kidding, it just felt good to say it. | ||
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| blmk1w |
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 Registered Member #319 Joined: Fri Jul 23 2004, 12:15 pmPosts: 916 | no smoking policy is a great idea. | ||
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| WayneM |
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   Registered Member #1 Joined: Tue Apr 30 1996, 11:00 pmPosts: 2610 | blmk1w wrote ... no smoking policy is a great idea. Yep. Most of the paddlers at races who do smoke are great at self policing their proximity to others. But, many cheering sections, and spectators are not so concerned about others' air space. As one of the other posters here typed - stating that NESS races are a smoke free activity would put us in tune with the 21st century. Avatar = just me | ||
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| Bob P |
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  Registered Member #435 Joined: Thu Jul 29 2004, 05:38 pmPosts: 380 | As (I think) George Carlin said, "Anyone caught smoking in the halls will be shot." Maybe with a camera, anyway. | ||
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| Roy |
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 Registered Member #858 Joined: Wed Sep 01 2004, 10:54 amPosts: 40 | It has been my observation that everyone who smokes at NESS races does so due to medical necessity. | ||
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| bpkayak1 |
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  Registered Member #171 Joined: Tue Jul 20 2004, 07:50 amPosts: 330 | Really? Maybe I'll start....... What we remember can always be changed, what we forget we are always.  Richard SheltonNever be afraid to try something new. Remember amateurs built the Ark - professionals built the Titanic.  (Unknown) | ||
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| RandomTask |
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 Registered Member #6537 Joined: Thu Oct 15 2009, 10:32 amPosts: 26 | I'm against any official anti-smoke policy (at least for spectators), and unless the shores of a particular event are on private property, I don't think any no-smoking policy would have legal merit. I much prefer the social stigma of, "if you smoke here, you're an ass," as the curtailing force. A sign stating something like, "Be courteous to the competitors and spectators; please no smoking within 200 feet of the race course," could help to give folks a clue. | ||
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| paddling physicist |
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| Registered Member #4657 Joined: Fri Mar 16 2007, 11:43 amPosts: 44 | I'm with Roy | ||
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