I mean, sure, I'm going to miss having a smoke at the bar.

Just like I'm going to miss lighting up at the 5-Point Cafe after lunch.

I'll get used to it though. Most smokers eventually will.

But it's that stupid 25-foot part of the no smoking law that is really galling.

I figure that's nothing but 300 inches of pure spite.

It's 762 centimeters of "up yours" from some holier-than-thou non-smokers who decided that tape-measured banishment should be the law of the land.

8 yards of buffer between an door and/or window is just one more way to jerk smokers around.

I think that's what's irritating people like me so much.

It's not that we can't smoke inside bars and restaurants anymore.

I can understand and accept that part.

It's the sense that we've just been flipped off by folks who will now be running around with a Stanley tape measure attached to their belts.

It's the inevitable confrontation with someone who point out that I'm a mere 24 feet from the door, not a full 25.

And me being the polite, well-mannered, easy-going guy I am, will of course just give 'em the foot.

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