No argument if it is a case of throwing the teddy out then I guess.

I will ask you to reconsider one more time, skipy. You will honestly not be missed in the big scheme of things (remember the old dip your hands in a bucket of water thing?) but you will miss the things you used to do. And why?

Like I keep saying - it is NOT a 'nanny state' thing. You have already accepted that the state HAS to intervene where things are obviously harming other people. They HAD to intervene in this case because the landlords you keep telling us would like a choice had that choice for years and years and chose not to have no smoking areas. You have said yourself it is NOT the fact that you have to leave the room. No-one is trying to force you to stop. The only reason left is the one you have admitted to - Throwing the teddy out.

If that makes you feel happier then feel free to fling old Bruin as far as you like but just accept that it is nothing but your own petulence stopping you attending meetings and folk events. Don't blame anyone or anything else.

Dave.