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As much as I love Texas - Europe sure is a great place to visit!
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Father Heathen
Veteran Member
The foul odor plus health concerns.
ninerbuff
godless wonder
That I don't have control of keeping it out of my "space", off my clothes, around my family, etc. when others smoke. If I could create a "force field" to repel the smoke away, then cool.
Other than that, I could care less if people smoked. BTW I'm a former smoker too. If I had a chance to go back in life and change something, I would have never started.
ninerbuff
godless wonder
I couldn't even find a decent Asian restaurant in Texas. And no "Panda Express" is not an Asian restaurant.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
You just didn't know where to look.
We have several locally owned Asian restaurants which are fantastic (and owned and operated by "native Asians" who have moved here from Korea, Japan, and Thailand).
And I do know my Asian food pretty well. I've lived in Japan, and visited Korea (love me some Korean food!), and have a Korean brother, grandson, and nearly a daughter in law (my son is engaged to a Korean girl and is currently living in Korea). I pretty regularly go shopping at Ko-Mart (the big Korean market) in Dallas.
And this is in a small area. Don't even get me started on all the great Asian restaurants in the Houston area.
Of course - you'd have to actually be IN Houston to visit any of those, and that's a definite downside.
But seriously - Texas is a pretty damn big place. To say that you "couldn't even find a decent Asian restaurant in Texas" doesn't tell me much. How long were you here? Where did you visit? How did you go looking for an Asian restaurant?
By the way, I've never even heard of Panda Express.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Panda Express is an awesome restaurant chain. Not sure how it isn't Asian.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I guess he's being a purist, but if that's his thang, he may as well stay away from Texas. Here in the land of Tex Mex and multiculturalism, purity isn't high on our list of required or even desired attributes!
Where do you think the phrase "Six Flags Over Texas" comes from? We're a glorious hodgepodge of cultures, and we like it that way.
Can I get a yee haw?
(YEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!)
Where do you think the phrase "Six Flags Over Texas" comes from? We're a glorious hodgepodge of cultures, and we like it that way.
Can I get a yee haw?
(YEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!)
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Flankerl
Well-Known Member
Lol, my brother in law told me when he went to Rome and was getting seated at a restaurant. The hostess asked "smoking or non-smoking"? He replied "non smoking". She lead them to a table..................then removed the ashtray.
Uhm whats the problem?
Obviously an ashtray even if empty stinks to a non-smoker. So the obvious reaction is to remove the ashtray.
Seriously i dont get the problem.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
The problem, obviously, is that "smoking or non-smoking" needs to be two completely separate areas to even make a difference. The idea is so you don't have people smoking at the tables close to you so you can avoid smelling or breathing their smoke.
Flankerl
Well-Known Member
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
When I was in Germany recently, I saw a lot more ashtrays that I'm used to seeing (they have one of the highest smoking rates in the world). We ate outdoors most of the time, and there were ashtrays on every table, even in very small spaces. Not that anyone seemed to mind. And I can see how it's a hard call when it's outdoor eating (so you would think you could smoke) but it's also such close proximity and such a small space that even outdoors, someone smoking next to you is bound to create secondhand smoke.
I will say this - smoking in Germany has dropped a LOT in the past twenty years - or at least it appears to have done so. When I lived there twenty years ago it seemed like everyone everywhere smoked. It's a nice change.
I will say this - smoking in Germany has dropped a LOT in the past twenty years - or at least it appears to have done so. When I lived there twenty years ago it seemed like everyone everywhere smoked. It's a nice change.
Father Heathen
Veteran Member
Okay. And?
ninerbuff
godless wonder
We were just passing through, but both times it was through Amarillo.
ninerbuff
godless wonder
Panda Express to Asians, is like McDonald's to Americans. If you think McDonald's is an awesome restaurant (to eat good food), then I could see your point.
ninerbuff
godless wonder
There wasn't a NON SMOKING section. People were smoking around them. Removing an ashtray doesn't make a table non smoking.
Panda Express is Asian, just as McDonald's is American.
Whether you like it or not is immaterial.
Great food is where you find it, including Texas. (I've had fantastic meals there.)
I hear that even England has tasty fare now.