You are really getting OLD. I forgot in your age its had to get up from the sofas. They should make them a bit higher for people like you than can't stand up anymore. Luckily I'm still young and don't have hemroids problems that make me have to stand.

BTW found a pick of you

strange enough, i don't see a bit of sarcasm/irony in your post.

lighten up, thank you.

btw: why is the guy in the pic lounging again? oh, he's old, right..

I guess now that you are married your Bünzli genes are active. I think it would be better for you to leave the loud and hectic city and find your future home at some remote place were you can live like in the 1950's. Or go look for a place in a seniors home like this one. http://www.schaerme.ch

thank you for the link! finally, i'm saved, i'll see you there. i'm wondering how you found it.. bookmarked?

i still don't see sarcasm, irony or even creativity in your words.. why do you have to be so serious and nerdy about it? see the smiley in my first post? can ya read between the lines?

keep blank fun!

i suggest you tone it down a little..

the idea of people sitting inside to enjoy a drink actually stemms from the time when streets were used to dump human waste products. The notion carried on in Europe even after cloaks were built as streets were poorly cleaned and smog and dirt filled the air. In the early 19th century the first service on the streets evolved due to a loophole in the law. This development was looked upon by the media as something distasteful and people were quite split in their opinion regarding the matter. All the while, in the countryside people enjoyed the liberty of sitting outside in the sunshine sippin on some ale or whine through out time .

Given history i guess we are facing the "next" level. Same story different bucket. Some are against it, some are ok with it. Others embrace it. I say: why not leave it up to the owners of the restaurants/bars/louges. If space allows it they should be free to put "lounges" up. At the end of the day, in 50 years time we are going to look back and laught at the current discussion regarding such a "dramatic development" - that is if we have not killed ourselves in a 3rd world war by then

Its not a NEW idea... romans enjoyed lounging around a long time ago.

"When in Rome . . ."