Thinker Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 For what it's worth, I'll vote for a non-smoking pub every time for health reasons, the fact that I like to wear my clothes more than once before having to wash them, and because I really hate going to bed with all that crap in my hippie hair. But, I'll go to the pub clubs from time to time where ever they are...probably more often at the non-smoking venues than the others.
erik Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 lets get back to the real reason we all get together and quaff.........................
AlpineK Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Iceguy you seem to think that the arguement for smoking bars is being made by smokers. Col Von S, Mattp, and myself do not smoke cigarettes. I can't speak for Col. or Matt, but I dislike tobacco smoke. However, I am willing to put up with it when choosing a drinking establishment because most of the nonsmoking bars I've been to in the Seattle area suck. Life is too short to spend your free time in fern bars with prudish and rude employees. That being said I do like the Latona, and I might be willing to try out a nonsmoking bar I haven't been to (once) .
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 iceguy if you are not in with the "in" crowd some people will never want to drink where you propose but maybe once or twice a year. unsmoky bars usually suck though. admit it
erik Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 start the bar topic for next week.... id be down for both those places... and maritime tap room.....oh jolly roger makes my mouth water.....
COL._Von_Spanker Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Hey, what about my ideas a few posts back? Redhood, or Pyramid? Redhook Freemont or Redhook Woodinville? Redhook Freakmont would be fun.
whillans Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 Oi!! ya limey bastards!! If'n they aint got some Guinness Stout then it aint worth goin' fer.
mattp Posted January 23, 2003 Posted January 23, 2003 I thought we were talking about the New Orleans for next week. And there was some talk of an Eastside event in the not too distant future....
COL._Von_Spanker Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 The one in Freakmont closed. What the shit! I guess I haven't ventured into freemont recently. I never really went there anyway cause beers are sorta pricey. I work two block from the big one in woodinville. It's only worth going there in the summer when the patio is open, in fact it rocks in the summer.
thelawgod Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 You ain't never gonna be with the in crowd you dumb bitch!
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Excuse my other board name. I'll have to clean that one up Hey iceguy wassup. Back from foreign lands eh?.
Dwayner Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Although Captian Spanker seems to be generally one cool cat, I's got to say he is full of crap regarding the following: * "Though relatively well organized and remotely amusing your argument neglects one simple fact; no one that goes to pub club really cares about smoky bars all that much." - Nonsense. * "There's a small minority of crybaby sissies that are up in arms about smoky bars, but it's a fact of life in washington." - No, it is not a fact of life. There are plenty of places that our smoke-free. Take the time to find them. There are great ones in Tacoma (where pub clubs were regularly held until people found it to be too much trouble to come south), and they aren't snotty either. I'm sure that the Seattle area has a load of non-smoking venues that would fit the bill. By your definition, count me among the "crybaby sissies". * "So if you wanna play with the big dogs you gotta get off the porch." - I WOULDN'T CHARACTERIZE GOING TO PUB CLUB AS "PLAYING WITH THE BIG DOGS". "All you whiners are probably the types that show up and have a wine spritzer and leave in half an hour to go home and watch re-runs of happy days and MASH." - Wrong again. But we're driven away by burning eyes, bad air, stinking clothes, and in my case, I have asthma and it DOES have a very detrimental short-term, if not ultimately long-term affect on me. I personally prefer "The Love Boat". * "And you make the assumption that all the people that advocate not going to non-smoking bars are smokers, which it not true, we are just a troop of drunks that don't like going to places that suck ass." - And we're not all public drunks, either. That goes along with the self-absorbed notion of "hey everybody! we're wild and crazy climbers that love to drink and get into mischief! Lookee here! We're just a wacky bunch of crazy drunks! And we're climbers!" I do most of my drinking at home...alone....with a few quarts of Mickey's to start my day. It is completely unrelated to my climbing or social activities. If the venues "suck ass", as you so poetically stated, then go out on a reconn. to find those that don't. That could be a lot of fun. I stopped going to pub clubs regularly because my schedule changed and I was teaching on Tuesday nights (climbing classes, even). With the new year, I ventured out for the first time in months, saw the usual crowd in place, and left with burning eyes, a wheeze, and smelling like a full ashtray. Doesn't encourage me, or some others, to return. Go on a Seattle bar-hopping expedition and report on your findings. - Dwayner
COL._Von_Spanker Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 (edited) That's a lot of text Dwayner. I would read it all if my eyes weren't so damaged from second hand smoke. EDIT; Of course I'm full of crap, what else would you expect. Edited January 24, 2003 by COL._Von_Spanker
allison Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 At the risk of making a painfully obvious statement, not all bars that allow smoking are especially smoky. Can't we just toss around some places we have been and then perhaps ix-nay the really smoky ones? Or are you all just so bored that you are arguing about this for the sake of it? Here's a bunch of places that come to mind that we have had Pub Club in the last year: Swiss, E9, Nickerson, Owl/Thistle, Fiddlers, Alki, Latona, Teddys, Ballard Alehouse, Blue Star, Duchess, Big Time, Sausage Place on The Ave, Dex/Hayes, Ballroom, Al's, E'lk Zoo, Spar, place in strip mall in Totem Lake, Lockspot, ?Sloop? Which places were good, and which places were bad? Which places were "too smoky"? Which places did I forget?
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 I liked the Ballard Alehouse Yep. I hated the Blue Moon or whatever that sorry ass joint was 2 weeks ago. Maybe we should ban all votes from people giving shitty locations Place in Totem Lake was ghetto but kinda cool.
mattp Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Nice one, Dwayner! Keep writing like that and you can be in the "in crowd!" It might be time for a Tacoma event one of these days. Allison - Of course most of this is argument is just for argument's sake. Half of the time, that's why you post. Ray - That was the Blue Star. The Blue Moon is in U. Dist, and by your standards might be too full of dirty hippies (at least on Grateful Dead night) but it is an OK place, though crowed and with small tables. The strip mall in Totem Lake? I remember some place in Redmond...
JoshK Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Not that I attend and have any business giving an opinion here, but I will take this opportunity to point out that Redmond may possibly be the most boring place on earth.
roger_johnson Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 (edited) What about the Harmon in T-town? Great beer, good food, and supports the climbing and skiing community and has pictures of Mtns on the walls. Edited January 24, 2003 by roger_johnson
Dave_Schuldt Posted January 24, 2003 Author Posted January 24, 2003 Can we break 100 posts or have we beat this issue to death? See you suckers at the next one.
allthumbs Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 DAVE THE BEER MAN...eh, throw me a bag o' peanuts!
wayne Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 I am considering having a Super Bowl party, I started a thread on it
allthumbs Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 Wayne, if I come, can I bring all my WSU frat brothers?
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