Dry counties?

Helen I've seen it with my own eyes ... when I lived in the US I lived next to a dry county ... first street in our county ... row of liquor stores ... they're not having you on :cool:

Heineken Helen wrote:

sounds like you have plenty of experience

LOL! Only in 'cow tipping'........:D Chickens scare me.

Yeah....it is sad but true.

I live in a fucking dry county. They are predominate in the American South....in the "Bible Belt." It is extraordinarily difficult to change a dry county to a wet county (here, you have to get a petition signed by 1/3 of registered voters just to get it on the ballot).

It is ridiculous. We do have "private clubs" where you can pay a membership fee, and then drink there. Other than that, you have to drive to the county line to the liquor store.

It is ridiculous, I tell you.

Heineken Helen wrote:

:( I'm sorry Nick... and how big are counties over there? Like what would be the furthest you may have to drive to buy alcohol?

Oh, I can get to a liquor store in 10 minutes.

Like I said, there is a loophole, and there are restaurants that are "private clubs" so I can have wine with my meal if I go to those places (and I often do).

Anyway, all the people under the age of 40 want to change the law. All people over the age of 40 want it to be a dry county because they don't want our town filled with drunks and crime. lol The folks in support of it being dry claim "the majority voted it that way, so there should be no alcohol here." Well, it was voted that way in 1962. The town has tripled in size since that time.

It is a joke.....fundamentalist conservative Christians want to keep alcohol out of our hands. If it were voted on today, I guarantee you the law would be changed, but like I said, it is impossible to get the issue on the ballot.

OR......I could just make my own moonshine.

I am sitting in my office in Paducah, Kentucky which is in McCracken County. All surrounding Kentucky counties are dry with one exception. About a year ago the State passed a law allowing municipalities to serve alcoholic drinks with food at restaurants. But the restaurants had to be big enough to seat 100 people. So such places are still few and far between. I live across the river in Metropolis, Illinois which is a "wet county." However, all liquor establishments must be closed on Sunday, but the surrounding Illinois counties are allowed to be open even on Sundays. McCracken County just recently passed an ordinance allowing alcohol to be served at restaurants on Sundays.

In Alabama, a city or town in a dry county can now hold an election to determine if the city or town goes wet while the rest of the county remains dry. I know of at least one city that has gone wet while its surrounding county remained dry.

Draft beer just became legal in Montgomery, Alabama after banned for years. The legalization of draft beer was tied to a new baseball stadium and Class AA professional team for the city, the Montgomery Biscuits.

There is a movement afloat trying to legalize beers with an alcohol content over 5% in the state. This rule would also allow the sale of beer in containers larger than a pint. It's looking good right now for this bill to pass the legislature this year.

One of Great-grandfathers was a moonshiner/bootlegger here in Central Alabama back in the days before and after Prohibition. He lived in what was a dry county at the time.

Cullman County Alabama was established by German immigrants. It is still a wet county, and the home of the world's only "dry" Oktoberfest.

Heineken Helen wrote:

Lol, I'm sorry but this is just fucking hilarious

This is probably the silly shit that evenflow? mentioned in an earlier post...we had a pm exchange about it awhile back, and he laughed at me too.

It is quite beyond silly......I think that we are one of four remaining states with this dumbass rule.

tybird wrote:

In Alabama, a city or town in a dry county can now hold an election to determine if the city or town goes wet while the rest of the county remains dry. I know of at least one city that has gone wet while its surrounding county remained dry.

Draft beer just became legal in Montgomery, Alabama after banned for years. The legalization of draft beer was tied to a new baseball stadium and Class AA professional team for the city, the Montgomery Biscuits.

There is a movement afloat trying to legalize beers with an alcohol content over 5% in the state. This rule would also allow the sale of beer in containers larger than a pint. It's looking good right now for this bill to pass the legislature this year.

One of Great-grandfathers was a moonshiner/bootlegger here in Central Alabama back in the days before and after Prohibition. He lived in what was a dry county at the time.

Cullman County Alabama was established by German immigrants. It is still a wet county, and the home of the world's only "dry" Oktoberfest.

Just'a good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they was born

Staightnin' the curves
Flatnin the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

I'm a good ol' boy
You know my momma loves me
But she don't undestand
They keep a showin my hands and not my face on TV

cutback wrote:

Just'a good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they was born

Staightnin' the curves
Flatnin the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.

I'm a good ol' boy
You know my momma loves me
But she don't undestand
They keep a showin my hands and not my face on TV

They were moonshiners/bootleggers in Georgia.......just like my wife's family was....:D

even flow? wrote:

Blasphemy!

Hitler is turning in his grave that he didn't get to this side of the Atlantic.

The town has a history that would have made the Fuhrer quite proud.