From: Michael S. Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2000 - 09:02:45 MST
jimC wrote:
>
> "Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
> >
> > jimC wrote:
> > >
> > > "Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
> > >
> > > > TANSTAAFL.
> > >
> > > "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch." Found it with Google.
> > > Attributed to Heinlein from "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". Think I
> > > outgrew Heinlein a while back, but it is still laconic enough to stick
> > > into the old Wortschatz.
> >
> > Interesting factual tidbit: laconic is derived from Laconia, otherwise
> > known as Lakedaemonia, or, rather, Sparta, in ancient Greece. "with your
> > shield or on it, boy".
> >
> > >
> > > TYIT
> > > (Thank you, I think)
> > >
> > > Purely off the record, are you in favor of extending on-premises
> > > anti-smoking laws such as we have in California for pot users?
> > > "On-premises" for California usage means any indoor place, or outdoor
> > > place if enclosed like a rear patio, where food or liquids are
> > > consumed. Doing it in the park (er, smoking that is) is just fine as
> > > long as it's not a brush area during fire season.
> >
> > Anyplace the fascists in Kalifornia think tobacco smoking should be
> > banned, they should also ban pot smoking, and vice versa for permitted
> > areas, if they still believe in the equal protection clause of the
> > constitution (I realize that many in CA seem to consider it to be its
> > own country or planet or something).
>
> I was in Berkeley the weekend before last. It was a warmish night for
> November. Berkeley never has warm nights even at the height of summer.
> But it was light-jacket warm, and I decided to walk a bit. I parked on
> Durant behind the Barnes & Noble store on Shattuck and walked up to
> Telegraph Ave where they were holding something for me to pick up at
> Moe's. So I'm waiting for the light to change across the street from
> Cody's. Two doors from the corner in the direction of the UC campus,
> there is a coffee bar place that also serves salads and pastry, and
> on Saturday night, it's packed. This guy was standing in the doorway
> with what I first thought was a rolled cigarette. Two Berkeley foot
> patrol cops were talking to him and one of them said, "No, you can
> smoke it at home, but not *here*! Go home and finish your joint, man.
> Don't stink up everybody else's coffee."
>
> Hey, is this a great country or what?
>
> jimC
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