Y'all see the man hanging out of the spaceship with the really big gun? Now I'm not saying you weren't easy to find. It was kinda out of our way, and he didn't want to come in the first place. Man's lookin' to kill some folk. So really it's his will y'all should worry about thwarting.

Mal ,'Safe'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Jul 22, 2009 10:17:22 am PDT #285 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

We just started to e able to buy wine and liquor on Sundays here in NY, too, I think. I don't know if you still can't buy beer before noon on a Sunday, though.


Jesse - Jul 22, 2009 10:18:19 am PDT #286 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

NY did some thing where a liquor store can't be open 7 days, but they can pick which, right?


Sue - Jul 22, 2009 10:18:29 am PDT #287 of 30001
hip deep in pie

It was only a couple of years ago that any Sunday Shopping was allowed in Nova Scotia. There was a real fight against it. But bars were allowed to be open.


Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 10:18:52 am PDT #288 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

91. Having to manually unlock a car door.

My car is fully manual. No power locks, no power windows, no power steering, and even a manual transmission. Kids know all about having to actually use the keys to get in.

96. Libraries as a place to get books rather than a place to use the internet.

I don't think so. Maybe once E-books are economical enough to really take off.


Jessica - Jul 22, 2009 10:19:14 am PDT #289 of 30001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

NY did some thing where a liquor store can't be open 7 days, but they can pick which, right?

Yeah - you have to be closed 1 day a week, but it doesn't have to be Sunday.

Except I'm pretty sure the liquor store I normally go to (across the street from Dylan's old daycare) is open 7 days, so maybe they repealed that one too?


Barb - Jul 22, 2009 10:21:04 am PDT #290 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

I drive a standard. Have taught someone how to drive a standard. And when I was growing up in Miami, all the stores were open on Sundays, so it wasn't until I went to college that I experienced stores being closed on Sundays and not being able to buy liquor on Sundays.


megan walker - Jul 22, 2009 10:21:54 am PDT #291 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

It was not until 1994 that businesses in Massachusetts were allowed to open before noon on Sundays.

That may have been true in Conn as well.

NY did some thing where a liquor store can't be open 7 days, but they can pick which, right?

France has(had?) a law whereby stores have to close one day a week. Stores usually choose Sunday, or sometimes Monday. There was a decent fine if you break the law. For the longest time, the Virgin Megastore was one of the only things open on Sunday and they made so much money by being open that they just paid the fine every week.


Jesse - Jul 22, 2009 10:23:47 am PDT #292 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Man, I love the internet! Apparently stores could open on Sunday in MA as of 1983: [link]


Sophia Brooks - Jul 22, 2009 10:24:56 am PDT #293 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Except I'm pretty sure the liquor store I normally go to (across the street from Dylan's old daycare) is open 7 days, so maybe they repealed that one too?

The Liquor store by my house also appears to be open 7 days a week. He also stays open until 6 pm on Sunday, and most other places are open until 4. His sign says 4, though...


Gudanov - Jul 22, 2009 10:25:01 am PDT #294 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

On a pure tangent, I drove a Subaru with a manual transmission for many years. It had this cool clutch setup were the car wouldn't roll backwards with the clutch depressed. I wonder why that never caught on.