IIRC in NC you could buy wine and beer in the grocery store on Sundays after 12:00. Which occasionally led to us dilly-dallying around the grocery store at 11:45.
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flea - Mar 07, 2010 6:35:02 am PST #14061 of 30001
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Burrell - Mar 07, 2010 6:54:32 am PST #14062 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I also find blue laws weird, but I suppose that's because I never grew up with them. Plus I never understood how they would stop one from drinking on Sunday since in theory one could just purchase one's booze ahead of time and keep it in the house.
Huh. I'm wondering how often the way we drink is modeled on our own parents. Like when I think of my parents' drinking patterns, my dad didn't like alcohol and rarely drank it at all, my mom usually had a beer while she cooked and ate dinner and that's about it. And now I usually have a glass of wine while I cook and over dinner.
Laura - Mar 07, 2010 7:25:06 am PST #14063 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I don't think we have any blue laws here. We buy beer and wine in the grocery store, 7-11, wherever. When I am in NY it annoys me to have to make a special trip to buy wine.
Amy - Mar 07, 2010 7:28:05 am PST #14064 of 30001
Because books.
I think you could be right about that, Burrell -- my parents are not big drinkers at all, and I'm the same way. My mom could never drink because of her medications, and for my dad drinking was a special occasion thing, if you were out for dinner or at a party. So I've never been in the habit of drinking regularly, although I've developed a taste for a good cold beer in the summer, and wine with some meals, and the occasional mixed drink on a weekend.
Beverly - Mar 07, 2010 8:01:00 am PST #14065 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I like alcohol: dark beer, red wine, single malt, G&Ts, margaritas, Jameson's, and Emmett's, Drambuie, Chambord, Frangelico, in various applications, and a lovely little concoction of my own, vodka muddled with mango sorbet. I just neglect to think of having it very often.
msbelle, ita, sending you thoughts of strength and calm. Tom, you too.
Anne W. - Mar 07, 2010 8:01:48 am PST #14066 of 30001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
We cannot buy alcohol in grocery stores... between midnight and 9 am on Sunday.
After that, you can buy beer, wine, and hard liquor at the grocery store.
msbelle - Mar 07, 2010 8:02:41 am PST #14067 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
the child has left the house. all hail uncle G.
Cashmere - Mar 07, 2010 8:04:58 am PST #14068 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Enjoy your time, msbelle!
We skipped the Mall of America this weekend. I was too wiped out to drive over there last night. So DH headed to Appleton to go shopping for work clothes. I'm glad he went alone because he's really hard to shop with. He can never find what he wants and it's very stressful.
Jesse - Mar 07, 2010 8:06:07 am PST #14069 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yay for G.
Amy - Mar 07, 2010 8:06:38 am PST #14070 of 30001
Because books.
Hail, Uncle G!
You can buy beer in the grocery store here, but I'm not sure about wine. I usually go to the liquor store for wine.
When we lived in Florida in the late '70s-early '80s, there was a drive-through mini mart where you could buy beer.