This is the way to go
By Bob Williams
October 3, 2007
Next time I'm in Duluth, you know I'm goin' here.
DULUTH — A Duluth bar dubbed it “The Last Smoke Out.”
Horseshoe Billiards celebrated Minnesota’s last hours of legal smoking in bars with a DJ party that included songs like “Smokin’ in the Boys Room.”
Owner Jerry Fredrickson offered his guests plates of free cigarettes and cigars.
The _owner and his patrons don’t like the state’s new indoor smoking ban_, which took effect at 12:01 a.m. Monday. Fredrickson said he couldn’t do anything about it, so he decided to have some fun with it.
It will be a one-drink-and-out-the-door on the way to Superior, no?
No question. Those poor border towns.
Hey Bob, I was in the Viking Café Wednesday morning, my buds and I were seated in the last two tables in the rear, the large single table near us was full (7) with the usual suspects and the booth in front of us had three customers seated. The remainder of the booths along the wall were empty all the way to the front of the café. In addition two other booth in the center row had occupants. I asked two of the wait staff if the smoking ban was hurting, she just said “look around” with a look of frustration. It looks like the non-smokers are not coming thru with their promise’s to make up the difference. One waitress said “people just come in, gobble up their food and leave”, “no one hangs around anymore”
Chipmunk, I heard just the opposite!! The restaurant was completely full (friday morning) and one of the waitresses told us the only customers who have not returned are the ones that sat at the front and smoked cigarettes for 4-5 hours!! She then stated "we wont miss their 90 cents"!!! Totally opposite of what is said by this last post.
In addition, I also spoke with the OWNER and he said business has been as normal and is BETTER than before! He said they wont miss the "hanging smokers" who gave 90 cents a day for probably 6 cups of coffee!!
I believe you may have to check your facts and talk to more people about this issue...as should anyone. It's been 2 weeks and you are already saying negative things about the smoking ban? Cant you give it time?
The only thing I feel bad for are the guys who sat in the restaurant for all those years, smoked cigarettes, drank coffee and now are NOT missed by the staff at the viking. Some much for their loyalty huh? They cant smoke inside so they dont even come back??? Guess they should have been better customers instead of just taking up space and filling the building with their smoke! At least the elderly, children and everyone else can come into the building and dont have to worry about the smoke anymore.
You dont need to respond to my post...I just state the facts.
I have to say one thing...if you want a smoke in this town, go to the VFW. Once the heaters are installed it will be free to puff the heaters. I had a very enjoyable brandy there and the conversation was great. There's one haven.
GRWhitcop, your own post gives you away….smoking was never allowed in the front booths and I’m absolutely positive the owner and the wait staff would never say anything derogatory about their customers.
So now we know some of you non-smokers are not only jerks but liars also.
Chipmunk,
Did I ever say "booth"...NO!!! Dont put words in my mouth the next time as I said the "FRONT". The front of the restaurant is the FRONT BAR!! Please read my post next time before making up your foolish posts. You are the liar as your facts are no where near close to being truthful! Please dont respond just enjoy the facts. I have been a LOYAL customer for years at the Viking and have a great relationship with the staff and OWNER! I dont need to lie...just stating the facts. Try again.
GRWhitcop, The bar is on the side of the café not the front, and it stops well before the booths end. You not only have a problem with facts, but layout. I wonder if you have ever really been in the Viking at all. In addition to your demonstrated difficulties with facts, you have an unhealthy fixation with me. You have a total of five posts, four of them are wild incoherent responses to some post of mine. You either need to get a life of your own or medical attention.
I heard about you from another poster who you offended in the past and wanted to see what type of person you really are! He was correct. You can never admit when you are wrong and I wanted to share this with others! I will keep posting to you if you keep up with your irritable, and often truthless posts. Hope others will challenge you also.
Feel the love.
I need a smoke.
GRWhitcop, You are now five out of six.
4 of your last 6 posts are directed at me!! Are you a hypocrite also? Keep it up! By the way dont you love the swords and shields on the walls inside the Viking? Guess I am a loyal customer huh? Dont be a jerk
GRWhitcop, I have seventy four posts, on a variety of articles and subjects, that means seventy of my posts are to someone other than you. Whereas you post to me six out of seven times. Also, I have never posted to you first. We all know you are posting only because Mable put you up to it after she gave up. Just because someone told you about the shields and swords on the wall does not prove anything, especially when your previous posts prove you don’t even know the layout of the Viking. Your 12:18 pm post proves you are a liar and jerk when you admit that you are willing to tell lies about the waitress and owner just to try and jerk my chain. Some loyal customer.
Chipmunk, normally I would encourage you to be gentle with those less fortunate , however GRWhitcop keeps asking for it, so have at it. Even in this case however sooner or later it will appear that you are taking advantage by beating a dead horse.
Chipmunk, 5 out of 7 now huh chipmunk??? cant take the heat? never, unlike you have I lied. The waitress and owner SLAMMED your cigarette friends because some of them paid 90 cents their whole day!!! face it you are wrong and someone is calling you on this...more will follow!
in addition 2 entrances to the Viking...one on the west, one on the east. did you know this? smorgasbord for lunch most days (if you know what that is), now take credit cards, bathrroom downstairs, round windows out front, and co-owner is Pat. need I say more?
now come back at me that I dont know my favorite restaurant
GRWhitcop, WRONG AGAIN, it's seven out of eight, your percentage increases with each post.
Wow Chipmunk...you are right. Just like I was when you were WRONG about me saying front BOOTH?
how does it feel?
8 out of 9 now Chipmunk?
For pete's sake GRWhitcop proof read your own posts before posting, they don't even make sense.
For example sweetpea, GRWhitcop says in a post at 4:01pm “more will follow!
in addition 2 entrances to the Viking...one on the west, one on the east. did you know this?” I must admit I did not, apparently Viking management has punched a hole in two walls (since Wednesday morning) to make two more entrances. Now in addition to the old methods of ingress and egress on the North and South side of the café, they now have one on the East and one on the West. I guess he really is a loyal customer.
Chipmunk must be from another planet as he thinks the "ingress & egress" are on the north and south side of tbe building? Try again Chipmunk and please know your directions next time! You may need to calibrate your GPS device or check into a mental ward.
GRWhitcop - I think you know your restaurant, but I don't think you know your directions - the Lincoln Avenue entrance is on the North, the entrance from the alley is on the South, unless the earth has mysteriously re-aligned itself 90 degrees lately. (Lincoln Ave goes East and West, hence the address of 203 West Lincoln).
Lincoln avenue runs east and west, thats why they call it West Lincoln Ave. and East Lincoln Avenue, therefore the front entrance on Lincoln Avenue is the NORTH entrance and the entrance from the rear parking lot is the SOUTH entrance you IDIOT.
Oh my god Chipmunk - You really are an idiot. If the entrances are running perpendicular to Lincoln avenue arent they on the same direction as the road?? Ask someone else to calibrate your brain for you and you may be able to come up with the truth!! Guess that liberal mind of yours has affected your sense of balance also huh? In relation to the building (you idiot) the doors are on the east and west sides!! Dont call me names...I have not called you names until now...all I said before was dont act like a jerk!
East and West Chipmunk...this should be easy for you. Refer to the buildings layout next time, not the road! Keep trying idiot!
I will be away from my computer this morning, as I have several appointments downtown.
I might stop off for coffee at the Viking, I think I will go in the East door and out the West door, no, no on second thought I think I’ll go in the West door and out the North, no, no, I guess I’ll go in the South door and out the West door. This is so confusing so many choices’ . Maybe I’ll just call a great white cop and get directions from him or her.
GRWhitcop, you should not try to operate your computer when you have been drinking or smoking some dope. Check out a map before you embarrass yourself again
Now you are making fun of my last name? Whitcop is not that unusual. Choose whatever door you want to enter or exit. In relation to our round world, not just Fergus Falls (though that is all you probably think about is this small town) the doors are east and west! I hope I made your morning just fantastic as you are heading to the Viking to put a spin on the direction of the doors. Go try and convince as many people as you can about this issue!! Have fun you idiot! Think worldly sir, not just fergus falls!
Sweetpea,
Thanks for joining in on this conversation...your input is so wise! It sounds like you are one of Chipmunks friends? Do you like nuts also...you both are nuts! Try again
Name calling always adds credibility to your posts - keep up the good work.
bucksteel - EXACTLY! Chipmunk calls me an idiot in previous posts and now look what happens!
I’m back, I’m fit and I’m rested. I did not have my morning coffee at the Viking though. I could not get into the place, I tried the east door and ran into a brick wall of the Bensen Building, so I went around to the west door but again ran into a brick wall at the “Flower mill” (formally Dave’s Floral). I was going to try the North or South doors but a cop standing on the corner said I must be an idiot because there were no North or South doors. So I went to the City Café & Bakery and entered the North door on Lincoln Avenue.
I can hardly be chipmunks friend since I do not know him, but I do know directions.
chipmunk - should have put a video of that on Youtube - you must have looked like one of those battery-powered cars that runs until it hits something, backs up, and moves forward again - too funnnnnyyyy!!!
In the battle of wits between Chipmunk and GRWhitcop, GRWhitcop is unarmed.
Where are you GRWhitcop, I hope you are not stuck in a revolving door somewhere.
Chipmunk, You have obviously contacted your posting friends out their and it shows you can't defend yourself. You have now resorted to ganging up on me as a 4th grader would do in the playground. It bums me out that you cannot admit when you are wrong, and wont even talk about the items I have thrown your way in which you are wrong (typical liberal tactic; avoid all conversation in which you have been proven wrong therefore no one can say you were wrong...deflect at all costs). Your continuous banter has led me to the conclusion you are only looking for attention when you try to slam people. You need to look at yourself really hard and realize, as Eifert stated, you are a bitter person.
I have not called upon anyone to defend me nor to beat up on you. I do not know the true identity of other posters on this subject, and therefore can not call them. Any posts against you were most likely uploaded because they also refused to let blatant lies pass without comment. No matter how much you now wish to portray yourself as a victim in order to secure some measure of sympathy , it will not work. You are the one who made stupid, irrational and embarrassingly idiotic statements, even when given ample and repeated opportunity to change, redact, withdraw, proof read, or even apologize , you plowed on, insisting that North is east and West is South, that the world is flat and that perpendicular means parallel. Even you must wonder why no one reading this page has come to your rescue to claim that the doors at the Viking Café are on the East and West side of the building. Surely, several readers have been in the Viking Café, they had to enter through one of the doors, why are they not posting to agree with you? Lastly, I’m not beating up on you, you are doing that yourself, yourself and people like Isaac Newton, Copernicus and Admiral Byrd.
Any one out there, answer me this question.
IF I ENTER THE CITY CAFÉ AND BAKERY FROM THE LINCOLN AVENUE ENTRANCE, WHAT DOOR AM I USING?
The North, South, East or West Door?
The North door. Obviously!
Duh!, The North door. East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. (unless your name is Whitcop)
Old Mother Hubbard, went to the Viking,
To have a coffee and smoke.
Pat said it’s no joke,
Your ciggs you can’t smoke.
If you do, I’ll show you the door,
We used to have two,
But now we have four.
Pat also said we don't serve parole officers and beagles.
As usual I am not following your post. Now I am a parole officer and a beagle? And you say I think the world is flat? I guess you should think again. I dont pretend to know you so please dont pretend to know me.
GRWhitcop, why would you assume my last post was to you? I did not direct it to you. I told you when you were mermaid how easy it is to catch some people. I caught you again. You and Mable. If I were as mean as you I would print this page and take it to the Viking and tell them who you really are.
I referenced Pat, the owner of the Viking, who else would you be writing too? Whomever mermaid is I have no clue as to what you are speaking of. You will recall my first post to you was not MEAN at all. I simply challenged you on your false post about the Viking stating that business is not that good because of the smoking ban. You obviously cannot be challenged on your thoughts or opinions because you apparently are always right.
If you feel the need to print this page then please do...I would even point out the waitress who told me the information which I stated in a previous post to contradict your bogus post. I would show proof and I dont believe you would.
The entrances to the Viking Cafe are on the North and South sides of the building.
I think the time has come for an explanation of what is going on between me and GRWhitcop. First of all GRWhitcop and mermaid are the same person, Mabelsdaisy is his wife. They used to live across the street from us in Fergus Falls and I thought we were friends. We went out to dinner many times together, were at each others house for coffee, exchanged gifts etc., etc.. Last year they moved to a lake near Fergus, we still maintained our friendship, doing everything we had done before, if not quite as often. After posting several times on this site, someone with the user name Mermaid began following me around these pages, not to post on the subject matter of an issue or article, but just to make personal remarks about me. (he knew I posted as chipmunk because I told him so) These remarks became so personal in the character I knew it had to be someone who had been inside my house. I spoke to a forensic computer analyst to learn mermaids true identity. It took two days but in the end I knew Mermaids real name. I confronted him about his personal postings and he explained that it was just a joke, that he just wanted to jerk me around for a while and he was going to reveal himself the next time we had dinner, but that I caught him before he could. He apologized several times and like a fool I believed him and forgave him. He also promised to never to it again. However on September 23, GRWhitcop appears on these pages as the protector of Mabelsdaisy in a debate with me on the smoking ban issue. From then on every time I post GRWhitcop is there after me with the same kind of insulting personal remarks as mermaid. I endured his posts for a while then took steps to determine his true identity again, as I suspected it turned out to be the same person. This time I simply sent him an email saying our friendship is over and not to call or write.
The score, so far;
Humanity: 11
Uber-Evil Planetary Fascist Rulers: 369,258,072,588,457,357,242
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