31. January, 2003 - a cold cloudy mass
- Today's the January Critical Mass ride. The server for Minnesota Critical Mass is down at the moment, but Yahoo! Groups : bicyclelane is the mailing list. The forecast for 5pm today: cloudy, high 20s, sun setting at 5:19PM. I think I'll be staying home.
- Speaking of staying home, Just how much cable do you want? Did you know you could order premium channels without getting the "standard" package? Time-Warner hasn't been promoting the option much because they say it's not a good value. Yeah. That's the ticket. [strib]
- Bill to mark foreigner's licenses clears Minnesota House. I've heard some people getting upset about this, but I just don't see why. It may be
no different than a scarlet letter ... or a yellow star
but it's only on the driver's license (so it is different, and the solution is easy enough. Become a citizen or a resident alien (yeah, I know, easier said than done), and the status check on the license will go away.
- Ireland bans smoking in all workplaces beginning Jan. 1, and that includes pubs. It's such a big change they're telling people about it 11 months ahead of time. According to my friend Turly, who lives in Ireland, it looks like it'll go through, but not without one almighty battle!
I think it stems from fear of litigation. The unions representing bar staff have always been pressing for this, and recent medical reports have implicated secondary smoking as being much worse to one's health than previously thought, so...
That makes sense. The no smoking in bars thing in CA was also done to protect the bar workers (most of whom smoked anyhow, so it didn't make that much sense to me). Turly continues: I think most non-smokers who go to pubs don't really care one way or the other - though it'll be interesting to see if we develop California-like beer-gardens where smoking (and drinking) is allowed. The weather here might make nipping out for a fag a bit of a mission, though...
I wonder how the Irish would handle sitting on the patio in the middle of winter, basking in the warm glow of a propane-powered space heater that's heating the great outdoors (a common picture in CA bars). Somehow I can't quite picture it. [strib]
- So when Steph did her Mini Apple thing, she intentionally left out many of the "who did who" details. Maybe SnogWeb's the place to fill in those details. [flutterby]
- Did you know that Penises have higher bandwidth than cable modems? That's what the page says. [flutterby]
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