N.D. laundromat owner closes business, fuming over smoking ban

WHDH TV-Boston ^ | 08/06/2005 | WHDH TV Staff

[Allosaurs_r_us]

Strangely enough, not everyone does it for the money.

You said a mouth full! If the only reason me and "toots" lived on the ranch was to make money we would have moved to a condo a long time ago! See my home page .........LOL 

[exnavychick]

Oh my good golly. Thanks for posting that.

The government sure is crafty about finding new ways to milk taxpayers, aren't they?

[ol' hoghead]

I used to wash my clothes in a redneck laundromat in Ft. Stockton, Tx. There was a sign that "Do not dry pelts in driers"

[lowbridge]

police have rounded up ash trays in some bingo parlors

Were they assault ash trays?

[Balding_Eagle]

The Custom combines start in TX in late June? each year and work their way north as the wheat crop ripens. North Dakota wheat ripens in August, and the combining has to be completed within a very small time window, I'd guess two weeks at most.

They aren't migrant workers in the traditional sense. It requires least a half million in equipment, if you're willing to run older stuff. Many will spend a million or two or three for new equpment down in TX, use it for a couple months as they travel north to Canada. They'll sell it at the end of the season, and start all over next year.

[NicknamedBob]

" We are off to watch the Blue Angels over Lake Washington. They start in about a half-hour and we want a good seat ..."

Don't they have, like, combustion products coming out of them there pipes on them flyin' machines?

[Gabz]

Don't they have, like, combustion products coming out of them there pipes on them flyin' machines?

ROFLMSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This always cracks me up when it comes to banning smoking in airports.....just one jet sitting at the gate waiting to load luggage and passengers spits out more "combustion products" than 3 million cigarettes ..........and where does the air come from for those airports.............outside of course!!!!!!!

[elkfersupper]

You know, I used to go through through life like that.

Then, I discovered that doing something as simple as buying my shirts 1/2" bigger in the collar made the world a better place.

Surely there is something you could try.

[elkfersupper]

Forgot the graphic

[NicknamedBob]

"Well, OK. But it'll cause a ringing in your ears..."

[Gabz]

OH MY - that is just SOOOOOOOOO funny!!!!!!!!!!!

[sam_paine]

"I think that's code for "migrant farm worker"

Uh, no. Custom cutters run the entire length of the midwest fllowing the ripening crops. Since small farmers can't afford to each own a large fleet of Combines and trucks etc to harvest their entire crop in the narrow window, the Custom Cutters come through and harvest for a percentage, and everyone is happy. There may be a couple of the truck drivers or what-have-you that are illegals, but it is NOT like the tomato pickers or lettuce pickers in california.

[sam_paine]

Eagle, you beat me. And I'll admit yer answer was less snide than mine!

[elkfersupper]

That's right, it is a true manufacturing business. Seasonal, short time period in which to make hay, millions of dollars at stake - both for the custom harvesters and farmers.

Hard work, long hours, every imaginable kind of disaster around the corner all day every day.

Been there, done that. It's a tactical and logistical nightmare that can be highly profitable for all involved, if done right.

[paulat]

Oh, man...you shoulda been with us!! The Blue Angels started out low because there was a little bit of fog left over Puget Sound. But finally, everything cleared, and they were able to do their high-altitude show. We are lucky here. Most times, the Blue Angels perform over air strips. Here...it's over a huge, beautiful lake!!!

Got home about 2, and now we're waiting for our Alaskan salmon off the grill. The biggest argument is over glaze. I think it's too sweet...I just like salt, pepper and lemon. My brother just does two batches to satisfy everybody.

It's only a little after 5...plenty of Sunday left!!

[little jeremiah]

Just a thought - people who don't smoke might not want to do their laundry in a smoke filled laundromat; their clean clothes will smell like smoke and so will their own hair and clothes.

I know, I know - freedom to smoke is a big issue with some people. Freedom to breathe and not have asthma attacks is also something to consider.

[elkfersupper]

Very cogent and appropriate to the discussion at hand.

[elkfersupper]

Freedom to breathe and not have asthma attacks is also something to consider.

An asthma attack requires inhalation of something containing a protein.

There are no proteins in tobacco smoke.

[paulat]

You were talking about stress relievers and someone else was talking about the Blue Angels.

LOL!!! I am experiencing both today!!!

[nygoose]

I think he might be a little bit smarter than you think.