tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post8125541961528513388..comments2024-03-13T18:03:14.612+01:00Comments on South Of Watford: La Cortina De HumoGraemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-84748700838431984112011-02-14T23:04:19.556+01:002011-02-14T23:04:19.556+01:00The only thing I like about American football is t...The only thing I like about American football is that they have revenue sharing. All teams are pretty much on an equal footing which is how it should be seeing that it takes more than two teams to make a liga. <br /><br />Valencia has been doing remarkably well considering their fire sale of their two best players last year. Wish us luck tomorrow in Champions! If I were going to the match I would smoke a huge cigar. Fight fire with fire...and then some. That's always been my motto.leftbankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-65581880051520101902011-02-14T15:07:46.842+01:002011-02-14T15:07:46.842+01:00Mostly they are right whingers. It will only be a ...Mostly they are right whingers. It will only be a matter of time before some of them combine the two issues and start complaining about how Zapatero's "dictatorship" doesn't let them smoke and watch football in the comfort of their own homes.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-865093768767136612011-02-14T13:57:09.016+01:002011-02-14T13:57:09.016+01:00I care about seeing the games, at least when the T...I care about seeing the games, at least when the Tweedles aren't playing. (Perhaps all the more so because there's been a really good run of them recently, culminating in that splendid match in Santander on Saturday night.)<br /><br />My word, though, there is a lot of whingeing about the ban going on. I think you're maybe right to suggest that most people are behind it and that even the complainers are mostly complying. But then again, whingers are precisely that section of the population which gets the most attention paid to its grievances.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-25644198580123349492011-02-14T13:40:17.832+01:002011-02-14T13:40:17.832+01:00@leftbanker
I think your comment on how even some...@leftbanker<br /><br />I think your comment on how even some smokers appreciate the situation is the main reason for the success of the measure - it has a lot of public support.<br /><br /><br />@ejh<br /><br />Who cares about the Liga these days anyway if you don't follow one of the big 2? They're cutting their own throats, an ever more predictable product which people are being forced to buy or go out to watch isn't going to attract long-term the money they hope it will.Graemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948656158638818739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-19743547301011704962011-02-14T11:57:05.023+01:002011-02-14T11:57:05.023+01:00Never mind that, what's this about La Liga try...Never mind that, what's this about La Liga trying to take away our weekly free-to-air game? Now that <i>would</i> diminish my quality of life.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27941559.post-70036224162194680252011-02-13T20:46:05.215+01:002011-02-13T20:46:05.215+01:00I was surprised and very pleased at the total comp...I was surprised and very pleased at the total compliance to the law from the first day, at least here in Valencia. If it has affected some bars then they need to update their business plan, keeping in mind that most people in Spain <i>don’t</i> smoke. If your clientele used to be crusty old drunks then you should start catering to fresh younger drunks. <br /><br />I wasn’t very anti-smoking before but now I can’t believe how much my life has improved because I’m not breathing in everyone else’s bad habit. Just about all of my friends who smoke think the law is a great idea. They all admit to smoking less now.leftbankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990365189051313153noreply@blogger.com