AZ bars 2 a.m. closing and no smoke?

[nodigg]

You guys probably already talked this to death on the boards but I just heard, (from a bar tender), :rolleyes: that Arizona is going to go to 2 a.m. closing for bars and no smoking late this summer! Is it a bar story or for real? Anyone got the scoop?:confused:

[Kilrtoy]

What time do the bars close now,
and GOOD
Smoking sucks......and stinks

[little rowe boat]

I'm happy about the no smoking part of it.I thought the bars closed at 2:00 am already.

[FOURQ]

well that kills all the fun drinkin and smokin go together like pigs in shit

[Kilrtoy]

Smoking and drinking do not go together.
After drinking and not smoking,
your hang over is less than half and recovery time is quicker

[nodigg]

One a.m. closing right now. I won't miss the smoke. Just goes to show you, this place is not the wild, wild west anymore. Next thing ya' know guns will not be allowed on the hip any longer.

[dicudmore]

Agree on the hangover dealio

[BoatFloating]

All AZ bars close now at 1am and I wonder about Sunday if they will sell before I think 10am or Noon???

[mbrown2]

The 2:00am will be optional....did not hear about the no smoke thing, but I doubt the honkey tonks along the river really enforce the smoking law....I don't mind no smoking in restaurants, but if folks want to smoke in a Honky Tonk, more power to them...

[summerlove]

How many of you remember not being able to buy alcohol in AZ before noon on Sundays?:(
Thank goodness they changed that law!:D

[nodigg]

Originally posted by mbrown2
The 2:00am will be optional....did not hear about the no smoke thing, but I doubt the honkey tonks along the river really enforce the smoking law....I don't mind no smoking in restaurants, but if folks want to smoke in a Honky Tonk, more power to them...
I have to agree. If they ban around here it will be slow to catch on I think. Lot's of after work smoke and drink joints are very old school here.......(everywhere?)

[Kilrtoy]

The 2:00am will be optional....did not hear about the no smoke thing, but I doubt the honkey tonks along the river really enforce the smoking law....I don't mind no smoking in restaurants, but if folks want to smoke in a Honky Tonk, more power to them...
Sooner or later they will be forced to comply. When that law went into effect here, alot of bars removed the ash trays and replaced them with Popcorn cups(ASH TRAYS). When you asked for an ash tray they handed you a popcorn cup and said smoking wasn't allowed. Well that stopped after they started getting hefty fines and threats of closure....

[HighRoller]

Whether you like smoking or not, you should be worried that the government is taking away your rights one by one. Do you know that in California they CAN and WILL ticket truck drivers for smoking in their trucks? They say it's a "workplace" and that smoking is against the law. Now, they're talking about trying to ban smoking in YOUR OWN VEHICLE and even worse YOUR HOME! Before you start cheering, remember that the anti-alcohol crowd has been following in the footsteps of the anti-smoking nazis. These people are using the bully pulpit of an unpopular habit to advance an agenda and set dangerous precedents.

[nodigg]

For me the funy thing is they are gona give us another hour to abuse our livers but out lungs are given special priority protection. We don't go to bars to get in shape after all.

[FRENCHIE]

i heard they are going to all nighters!!:D ;)

[summerlove]

Originally posted by HighRoller
Whether you like smoking or not, you should be worried that the government is taking away your rights one by one. Do you know that in California they CAN and WILL ticket truck drivers for smoking in their trucks? They say it's a "workplace" and that smoking is against the law. Now, they're talking about trying to ban smoking in YOUR OWN VEHICLE and even worse YOUR HOME! Before you start cheering, remember that the anti-alcohol crowd has been following in the footsteps of the anti-smoking nazis. These people are using the bully pulpit of an unpopular habit to advance an agenda and set dangerous precedents.
Total 100% BS!
The workplace refers to buildings only - read the frigging law before spewing BS like that!
I have never heard of anyone trying to legislate a smoking ban in a car or in a private home - show me the proof! No heresay, proof!
I hate smokeers - they feel entitled ( and I'm generalizing) to "flicking their ashes" out car windows, dropping them out of car windows, dropping them on the ground and walking away, etc...No common courtesy. When I see a smloker drop their butt, I ALWAYS tell them, hey, you droipped something...you should see their faces - their pissed because they got caught.

[nodigg]

Originally posted by FRENCHIE
i heard they are going to all nighters!!:D ;)
I think you are confusing Havasu with HD&Boatriders Bullhead City party house. He likes to go three in a row all nighters. Puts us all in a kind of trance like hypnotic, dilusional state of party mind.
:D

[phebus]

Originally posted by summerlove
How many of you remember not being able to buy alcohol in AZ before noon on Sundays?:(
Thank goodness they changed that law!:D
Still can't buy it until after 10:00 on Sundays :(

[twistedpair]

What is this 'Closing Time' that you speak of? :confused: We don't have that here!:D

[nodigg]

Originally posted by phebus
Still can't buy it until after 10:00 on Sundays :(
AHummm. Uh, not me, I am too young!:D

[nodigg]

Originally posted by twistedpair
What is this 'Closing Time' that you speak of? :confused: We don't have that here!:D
YEEEEHHAAAWWW!
(I'm glad here they make me leave eventually though)

[HighRoller]

Damn I miss Laughlin. Go to the bar at four in the morning for beer and video poker.....

[Kilrtoy]

We don't go to bars to get in shape after all
Speak for yourself, I have carried a few women out of bars that weighed 150 and let me tell you that was some hard work outs

[nodigg]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
We don't go to bars to get in shape after all
Speak for yourself, I have carried a few women out of bars that weighed 150 and let me tell you that was some hard work outs
NO DOUBT! :D ;)
Especially to get them out of your house the next day! LOL!

[Kilrtoy]

Especially to get them out of your house the next day! LOL
OH I never made that mistake, I went to there house, Almost had to chew the arm off after the alcohol started to wear off.....a couple of times

[CA Stu]

Originally posted by summerlove
I hate smokeers - they feel entitled ( and I'm generalizing) to "flicking their ashes" out car windows, dropping them out of car windows, dropping them on the ground and walking away, etc...No common courtesy.
I hate nosepickers and zitpoppers for the same reasons. Also, those a-holes that scratch their itches and leave flakes of dried skin everywhere. The nerve! :mad:
They should eat all the mess they create!
Sheesh!
I'm going to go smoke a Cohiba and flick ashes all over the place just for you, ya hater :D :D :D
Cheers
CA Stu

[twistedpair]

Like that old Willy Nelson song:
I went to bed at 2 with a 10, and woke up at 10 with a 2!:eek:

[CA Stu]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
We don't go to bars to get in shape after all
Speak for yourself, I have carried a few women out of bars that weighed 150 and let me tell you that was some hard work outs
Glad to know I'm not the only one that ever went "Whalin' "
CA Stu
PS Thar she blows!!

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
The 2:00am will be optional....did not hear about the no smoke thing, but I doubt the honkey tonks along the river really enforce the smoking law....I don't mind no smoking in restaurants, but if folks want to smoke in a Honky Tonk, more power to them...
Sooner or later they will be forced to comply. When that law went into effect here, alot of bars removed the ash trays and replaced them with Popcorn cups(ASH TRAYS). When you asked for an ash tray they handed you a popcorn cup and said smoking wasn't allowed. Well that stopped after they started getting hefty fines and threats of closure....
Dude, i hope it don't come to that....AZ still has some freedoms

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by HighRoller
Whether you like smoking or not, you should be worried that the government is taking away your rights one by one. Do you know that in California they CAN and WILL ticket truck drivers for smoking in their trucks? They say it's a "workplace" and that smoking is against the law. Now, they're talking about trying to ban smoking in YOUR OWN VEHICLE and even worse YOUR HOME! Before you start cheering, remember that the anti-alcohol crowd has been following in the footsteps of the anti-smoking nazis. These people are using the bully pulpit of an unpopular habit to advance an agenda and set dangerous precedents.
HR...Sometimes, I think you go a little too far right:D :D , but you nailed it on that one....cali is a leftist society, and taking freedoms away is the norm....I hate to see the transplant's of so many cali's to AZ and NV, cause I know their born, raised and brainwashed leftist ways are not far behind....hell, I like AZ and its conservative ways, I sure hope the Cali's don't fock it up too much:cool:

[Kilrtoy]

Dude, you sound like one of the leftist born, raised, and brainwashed here in Cali...hopefully more like you don't move to AZ ...I kind of want to get out of here and go there where you still have a couple of freedoms...
Wow MR BROWN!
I post an observation of what was ocurring at that time, now im a leftist born brainwashed californian. Read again.......

[mbrown2]

Originally posted by Kilrtoy
Dude, you sound like one of the leftist born, raised, and brainwashed here in Cali...hopefully more like you don't move to AZ ...I kind of want to get out of here and go there where you still have a couple of freedoms...
Wow MR BROWN!
I post an observation of what was ocurring at that time, now im a leftist born brainwashed californian. Read again.......
Sorry dude...I mixed your quote up with another...notice how after I reread, I changed it like right away...

[Kilrtoy]

Ok understood, Thanks for clarifying.....:D

[Phat Matt]

Here's the info...
News Update!!! (4-13-2004) The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill to allow alchohol sales until 2:00 AM and to allow bars to remain open until 2:30 AM. This legislation has been signed by the governor and will be effective 90 days after the close of the legislative session. (Approximately August or September)

[summerlove]

Originally posted by CA Stu
I hate nosepickers and zitpoppers for the same reasons. Also, those a-holes that scratch their itches and leave flakes of dried skin everywhere. The nerve! :mad:
They should eat all the mess they create!
Sheesh!
I'm going to go smoke a Cohiba and flick ashes all over the place just for you, ya hater :D :D :D
Cheers
CA Stu
Me too!:mad: But then again, I like a nice fat heater every now and then! Butt, I always throw it in the trash when I'm done!;)

[CA Stu]

Originally posted by summerlove
Me too!:mad: But then again, I like a nice fat heater every now and then! Butt, I always throw it in the trash when I'm done!;)
Don't you eat the roach?
;)
CA Stu <-- ain't coppin' to nuthin'

[nodigg]

Originally posted by Phat Matt
Here's the info...
News Update!!! (4-13-2004) The Arizona Legislature has passed a bill to allow alchohol sales until 2:00 AM and to allow bars to remain open until 2:30 AM. This legislation has been signed by the governor and will be effective 90 days after the close of the legislative session. (Approximately August or September)
AND THERE ARE THE FACTS!:)

[Jordy]

Originally posted by RiverDave
What about the smoking part of it?? B.S. or is it happening?
RD
I thought you quit. :D

[91nordic29]

the smoking issue is a city - by - city deal. phoenix does not have a smoking ban. mesa and peoria do, i believe.

[nodigg]

Hot diggidy? What's the answer with the city??
Party Cat?

[hd&boatrider]

Originally posted by nodigg
I think you are confusing Havasu with HD&Boatriders Bullhead City party house. He likes to go three in a row all nighters. Puts us all in a kind of trance like hypnotic, dilusional state of party mind.
:D
Ya, but you and I both know that is when all the really, really funny shit happens :) Of course you have to be there to get it. Somehow when you try to retell the stories to someone who was not there it just doesn't work to well. Of course for the people who are/were there all they have to do is say one word and you LOL about the shit all over again. Of course there are the strories that some remember and not others....lol

[nodigg]

Originally posted by hd&boatrider
Ya, but you and I both know that is when all the really, really funny shit happens :) Of course you have to be there to get it. Somehow when you try to retell the stories to someone who was not there it just doesn't work to well. Of course for the people who are/were there all they have to do is say one word and you LOL about the shit all over again. Of course there are the strories that some remember and not others....lol
2004, the year of the rock!:eek!: