Hey Phil,
It sounds like you're on the way to getting that $400 hat! GRIN!
Kathy
At 04:54 PM 7/20/2006, you wrote:
>John,
>
>We did have a red alert a month ago or so due to poor air conditions.
>That's the first one we have had for a super long time, as I recall, because
>generally, if there is such an alert, the wind, off the mountains, blows it
>out on to the prairie. Of course, everyone out there really appreciates
>Denver's air then. when I first moved here almost 35 years ago, they had
>red alerts two and three times every week. It mostly happens during the
>winter months, if at all, because of temperature inversions. Denver itself
>is in a valley so they bad air can be trapped closer to the ground. they
>cracked down on factories and car emissions so much, it has really made a
>big difference. Unless, of course, we get to many forest fires and the
>winds blow the smoke into the city. Speaking of smoke, on July first, a
>state law was passed. Now, no one can smoke cigarettes in any public or
>government building. All bars, including restaurants, are now smoke free.
>The odd thing about this is the casinos. We have several now about 50 miles
>up into the mountains from Denver in two old mining towns, Blackhawk and
>Central City. This used to be just tourist towns with train rides, old
>shops in the original buildings, and a lot of historical type stuff. Now
>they are worth millions due to the gambling places. but guess what? The
>casinos are not smoke free. They were exempt from the state wide band on
>smoking. I thought the whole thing was stupid in the first place, that is,
>telling private business owners what they can, and cannot do, relating to
>smoke in their establishments. I wonder what's next. Probably booze? Wow,
>then some churches using wine won't be able to have communion. I have to
>leave now. I'm taking one of the senior citizen buses up to Blackhawk to
>play the nickel slots. It's ok, though, because it is a Christian group all
>going together. We'll have prayer on the way up there and ask the Lord to
>bless each of us so we come home as winners. Then, of course, we can put
>ten percent of our winnings in the offering Sunday.
>
>Phil.
>
>
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