Having been sort of trapped inside for some time because of the back ache, I took myself out to the Club tonight, this just to get away from myself. Not many there, all male, bar two women in an adjoining area where they could gossip about others without being overheard. It would be interesting to speculate on the individuals men there, but not tonight.
I got chatting to two men, one who emerged from Methil many years ago, and we got on quite well. The club is a good place, idle chatter, most know each other from years back, and the barman was almost in a good mood as his team, Colchester, had scored. That in itself was a surprise.
With smoking banned the few who smoke these days are turfed out of the club into the smoking area outside the front door. Quite right too! Just imagine what such a club would have looked like in the past. Imagine half the people, if not more, smoking all night. Mostly cigarettes, a few pipes and a cigar here and there. Think of the thick smoke filled area, the coughing all around, the smell on the clothes as you get home. None of that now bar a few who occasionally slip out to cough by themselves. Few die of lung cancer now in comparison to years ago. The cigarette companies now sell heavily in China, lung cancer rates have increased greatly there, and the pollution problems have not helped either.
I stayed for an hour, retired to check the football results, and scribble this, quite happy that I have an excuse to get out and meet people occasionally. The one trouble is this costs money!
2 comments:
Some of the outside smoking areas are very well done out, even with a TV.
Dave, Indeed, though not round here. Anything to bring in custom these days for pubs.
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