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  • nick1977
    nick1977 Posts: 327
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :o and you still live there why?

    Nick, would a door to door not work? Get all the young people... go to the colleges or something! They may not be BOTHERED to do stuff but if somebody calls to the door :)

    Yeah, but we are not that well funded. We need lots of $$$$ to pay people, or lots of volunteers to get that many signautres.

    Believe, me it has been tried, but it is extraordinarily difficult to get that many registered voters to sign. We would need lots and lots of volunteers. Furthermore, there would be a legal action to claim the petition was illegal (there is a well funded group who opposes this sort of thing). I am telling you, it has been tried many times, but it is just too damn hard.

    We need to get the legislature to change the requirment to 10% first, and then it will still be a hard effort, but the goal would be attainable.
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: could that maybe be more of a money thing? All shots here are poured from measurements... and you rarely get a bartender going OVER the measurement.
    I'm not sure if it was a money thing. All I know is, I went there once on vacation and about went broke after one night in a bar.

    No heavy pours for you? What, don't ya tip your bartenders? ;)
  • dangerboy
    dangerboy Posts: 1,569
    could y'all lay off the south, please?

    there's another thread about this right now that people from minnesota and pennsylvania say their laws are as bad or worse


    ebay isn't evil people are


    The South is Much Obliged
  • BrinkofForever
    BrinkofForever Posts: 373
    The city I live in was dry up until last year, when we voted to allow alcohol to be served/sold within city limits. It was rediculous prior to that. There would be no alcohol sold at the Kroger two blocks from my apartment, however, I could drive a block up the hill the other way and buy all the beer I want at another Kroger. Also, the grocery stores sell watered down liquer. You have to go to a State Liquer Agency to get the real stuff... or a bar.
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  • daystar143
    daystar143 Posts: 367
    My bootlegging, home brewing family voted every election to keep the good old home county dry....going wet would have (and eventually did) kill the family business. Heck, we were just local entrepeneurs....
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    In Texas it is down to the city-level. You can have a city (like Dallas) where it is dry in some parts of the city and wet in others. All of South Dallas is dry while north of the Trinity River, the majority of the city is wet.

    So in South Dallas, if you want a beer all you have to do is walk across the border into a suburb like Duncanville, etc. and go to the 7-11 or whatever.

    Where I live (McKinney), we sell beer and wine but no liquor. 10 minutes to the north in Anna, in the same county, you can buy liquor.

    Its crazy.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    RainDog wrote:
    I'm not sure if it was a money thing. All I know is, I went there once on vacation and about went broke after one night in a bar.

    No heavy pours for you? What, don't ya tip your bartenders? ;)
    Lol, no! They'd be sacked in some pubs anyway if they were caught 'being generous'. doesn't it defeat the purpose though when ya think about it? Owners pay their staff fuck all, customers tip and get more drink because they tip... so aren't they basically paying for more drink... but that money goes into the staff members pocket rather than the till? Why can't he just pay more, the customer pays for the drink only and all the money goes in the till? :p
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  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: That link's giving me a good laugh... but please... I still kinda believe that you lot ARE taking the piss! I mean, is America not the land of the free and the home of all things good and all that? And then there's THIS????? Kinda takes from my dream of an easy rider style road trip... what's the fucking point if there's no alcohol? :eek:

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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    brain of c wrote:
    welcome to the usa. the TRUE stories i could tell.......
    :D Go on then :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • DMBlover
    DMBlover Posts: 33
    Flagg wrote:
    In Texas it is down to the city-level. You can have a city (like Dallas) where it is dry in some parts of the city and wet in others. All of South Dallas is dry while north of the Trinity River, the majority of the city is wet.

    So in South Dallas, if you want a beer all you have to do is walk across the border into a suburb like Duncanville, etc. and go to the 7-11 or whatever.

    Where I live (McKinney), we sell beer and wine but no liquor. 10 minutes to the north in Anna, in the same county, you can buy liquor.

    Its crazy.

    I'm originally from McKinney! That is crazy. I hope Mac-town goes into the liquor department soon.

    There is a county in Maryland...Garrett...that doesn't sell any alcohol on Sundays.
    Keep the big door open and everyone will come around.
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    LOL! Yep, its true! First time I ever knew of them was when I went south to visit my ex's family. I was about 17. Totally dry county, but bootleggers would go to the other county and bring it in and sell it as bootleg. Like, there was a shack behind this church and they would sell it out of the shack. They had a hand written sign on it saying what they had and the prices. I was shocked...lol!
    There was a well worn path around the shack from the traffic. Right behind the church!!! They mostly sold beer, but we also knew a family that sold liquor out of their house. Lots of money to be made for bootleggers. They only had to go 20 miles and buy the stuff and they made a fortune.
    That county is wet now. What they did is first allow beer and wine only, then later, all alcohol could be sold.
    I sometimes forget about dry counties in the south. One time, I went into a store to buy beer and couldn't find it. I asked the help and they looked at me shocked...and then said "its a dry county".
    I do remember that teens would still drink in these dry counties. They would sit in their cars along some country road and get drunk. They would have like a mini party. They could buy at the bootleggers just as easy as adults.

    Its not that common as it used to be. Either way, counties aren't that big and one can always drive a bit and buy alcohol.
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  • Flagg
    Flagg Posts: 5,856
    DMBlover wrote:
    I'm originally from McKinney! That is crazy. I hope Mac-town goes into the liquor department soon.

    There is a county in Maryland...Garrett...that doesn't sell any alcohol on Sundays.

    Ha! Really? That's funny.

    The thing is, its kind of like a domino, or a waterfall. Once one town in the dry county starts selling (because they need the tax revenue) the others follow eventually. Anna and Melissa and Frisco start selling beer and wine, McKinney followed later. Anna now sells liquor (and is the current oasis in the county). It won't be long before the other towns follow. Although liquor is usually a tougher sell to the voters than beer and wine.
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  • TheVoiceInside
    TheVoiceInside Posts: 361
    Now we know why PJ didnt play the south :)
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Some country should invade the states and get em up to speed on the alcohol laws. Dragging their fucking feet, those damn yanks.
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    LOL! Yep, its true! First time I ever knew of them was when I went south to visit my ex's family. I was about 17. Totally dry county, but bootleggers would go to the other county and bring it in and sell it as bootleg. Like, there was a shack behind this church and they would sell it out of the shack. They had a hand written sign on it saying what they had and the prices. I was shocked...lol!
    There was a well worn path around the shack from the traffic. Right behind the church!!! They mostly sold beer, but we also knew a family that sold liquor out of their house. Lots of money to be made for bootleggers. They only had to go 20 miles and buy the stuff and they made a fortune.
    That county is wet now. What they did is first allow beer and wine only, then later, all alcohol could be sold.
    I sometimes forget about dry counties in the south. One time, I went into a store to buy beer and couldn't find it. I asked the help and they looked at me shocked...and then said "its a dry county".
    I do remember that teens would still drink in these dry counties. They would sit in their cars along some country road and get drunk. They would have like a mini party. They could buy at the bootleggers just as easy as adults.

    Its not that common as it used to be. Either way, counties aren't that big and one can always drive a bit and buy alcohol.
    :D Behind the church? :eek:

    even flow I don't think Ireland could manage on our own... wanna give us a hand? :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
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  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Heineken Helen wrote:

    even flow I don't think Ireland could manage on our own... wanna give us a hand? :)

    he he he....if it helps the poor sots be able to kick up a partay and drop some coin on a beer or two when needed. I'm in! :D Their policies may stink. But I am up to "helping out a fellow American who is down on their luck". Right Boggie?
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    even flow? wrote:
    he he he....if it helps the poor sots be able to kick up a partay and drop some coin on a beer or two when needed. I'm in! :D Their policies may stink. But I am up to "helping out a fellow American who is down on their luck". Right Boggie?
    Hmm... :confused: so basically we're just gonna go there and drink? :) I like it... I'm in :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    even flow? wrote:
    Some country should invade the states and get em up to speed on the alcohol laws. Dragging their fucking feet, those damn yanks.
    I was hoping that Canada would invade and bring Tim Horton franchises with them. :D
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  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    tybird wrote:
    I was hoping that Canada would invade and bring Tim Horton franchises with them. :D
    Be careful what you wish for! You're going to lose about half of your retail space, because it's apparently necessary for there to be at least one Tim Horton's for every hundred yards of storefronts.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    hippiemom wrote:
    Be careful what you wish for! You're going to lose about half of your retail space, because it's apparently necessary for there to be at least one Tim Horton's for every hundred yards of storefronts.
    That would be bad because??????? :D
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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