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HitTheNorth wrote: Fri 30th May 2025 07:03 am

kalima wrote: Thu 29th May 2025 10:57 am

RedGecko58 wrote: Mon 27th Jan 2025 08:20 pm Finally returning after almost 2 years! However I am hearing through the grapevine HSB (and all RLD smoking bars - Batavia, Excalibur, Stones etc) are no longer allowing smoking of any form?

here is a video about the smoking bars in the centre that I saw recently
https://youtu.be/7bp9CU3TlYw?feature=shared

He's just done a follow up - looks like normality is returning as @Lemming says...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMp6OmqhSCY&t=196s

this was the one I mean't to share

I went in on Friday night for a bit,
since my usual spot was rammed with people I though I would wait for it to calm down.
I don't normally go to many bars, serving alcohol.
I don't drink anymore.

I had chat with the girl at the bar about the whole smoking ban off/on thing, something about the mayor wanting to change things and a general crackdown on fun. I forget some of it.
I think she preferred it in the "old days"

It was the same girl working there when I went for the first time last year.

It is a bit of a tourist trap now, it has the name and location.

5 euro for a chocomel.
You pay for the experience I guess.

Sitting in a dark pub, smoking weed, getting paranoid and leaving abruptly.
Just like back in 6th form, without the snakebite.

Music is quite loud for me now. really heavy drum n bass
10 years ago I would have enjoyed it a bit more (and I used to DJ drum n bass)
shit
I am getting old

Just imagine, they have to spend all day working with that madness coming out through the sound system.
That would do my head in