Upon my return from SWA, I joined up as a life member with the big VFW.
However your comment: I didn’t have the time to “hang out” and couldn’t stand the thought of sitting in a smoke filled room.” is my situation as well.
The post has a good member base (Ruskin, FL) but I don’t like having my clothes and hair smell like an ashtray when I leave.
What y’all talkin’ bout, I think, reflects the wide crack in american (what used to be American) society...it all startted w/the hippies and progressed from there...
It was not a place I'd ever think about taking my girls when they were young, because you would hear some salty language (full disclosure, in a bar setting I think that's fine, and I wouldn't complain about it, I just wouldn't subject my kids to it).
Plus, my wife had no desire to go in because of all the smoke. Can't blame her for that. When I smoked it didn't bother me, but I quit 10 years ago, and after I quit I couldn't stand the smell.
It was basically just a place where you could get a good, cheap lunch or dinner, and a cold, cheap mug of beer or a shot.
But after I quit smoking I went there less and less until I just let my membership expire. But even with all that, I still stayed on an extra 3 or 4 years and never set foot in the door. I just payed my dues so I was eligible play in their golf league.
in nj...no smoking inside any VFW