Well, there was one at least as far back as 1998, Although the Scotties were pretty bad then, they’re now a decent Division III program, with a 17-9 record in the just-concluded 2007-08 campaign.
I just checked, and it does seem that this state dries up at 2 AM every day until 6 AM. It’s been a few years since I was awake during those four hours, much less interested in going out and buying anything.
“Anywhere, anytime” was more to the effect of how we don’t have state-run stores, stores that sell only alcohol and not so much as a single soft drink, bag of ice or a corkscrew, or weird laws like “You can buy near beer any day of the week, but you can’t buy real beer or spirits on Sundays.”
I honestly don’t know. I don’t own a gun. I have no need for ammo. So I don’t notice if a particular place has any or not.
Throw in cigarettes and a bomb or two, and we can have a party with Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
Hokay. ‘State Dedicated’ just sounded like the ‘State’ deceids when and where a liquor store will go. While this is true to a point since they issue the licenses, the state is not in the business of actually opening and operating the liquor stores. (which is what I thought Santo Rugger meant).
On re-reading his post, I see that I mis-understood his intent.
I grew up in Missouri and never realized what a bunch of ‘old fashioned’ liquor laws there were in other states. I do remember driving over to IL to pick up some beer on Sunday.
Missouri has one lawmaker trying to make Budweiser the official drink of the state. http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2008-03-08-official-beer_N.htm
Probably makes the St. Louis folks happy.
Watauga County, NC was a dry county up until the students of Appalachian State University (at Boone) were permitted to vote in local referendums. They then immediately introduced and passed a measure to permit alcohol sales, subject to state laws. Nice to see such a civic-minded student body.
Things sure changed after that. A beer delivery guy once told me that his company had two trucks. One for Boone and one for the rest of western North Carolina.
I’d be weirded out by anyplace where you couldn’t go to the gas station and pick up a six-pack. It’s not like it promotes drinking and driving; you’re just as likely to be driving home from anywhere else you might buy beer.
I took a road trip in college to Miami University (the Ohio one), and we stopped overnight at a fraternity house in Richmond, Kentucky (where the University of Eastern Kentucky is).
They took us out to a bar that was owned by a member (free cover, a bit lax on checking our IDs, etc.)… at 11:50 we ordered a round of pitchers, and they looked at us a bit oddly.
Us- “What?”
Kentuckians- “Guys, this is the Bible Belt. You’ve got to finish your drinks by midnight.”
Us- " :eek: exchange looks
Us- “glugglugglugglugglug…”
yep, going strong in the hoosier state (indiana), backward hellhole that it is… i remember once going into a target store on a sunday. i wasn’t thinking and i rounded the corner to the liquor aisle only to run into and i swear this true: ‘police line do not cross’ tape strung across the entrance. it was strung at the other end of the aisle, too!
i burst out laughing and a guy next to me who’d nearly done the same thing, started laughing too. we both made loud - and pointed comments - about the suspect IQ levels of state legislators who created such a law to begin with and a store that would go to all this trouble. police line tape? give me a freakin’ break, people!
all this was overheard by somebody in the target management food chain. he was standing in the produce section in his little red shirt with his manager tag, arms folded, glaring at us like death incarnate. he was not amused. we ignored him. he probably was the bright bulb that came up with the tape. :rolleyes:
my fellow chuckler asked me if i was a native. i said “hell, no. you?”
“no way,” he replied. “i’m just here visiting friends!”
not only can’t you buy a sixpack in the local market around here, indiana also boasts another of my favorite blue laws. by god and by golly, you CAN’T SELL A CAR on sunday, either.
somebody tell me what the hell kind of logic is behind **that ** law? 
okay, i can sorta see the no booze until the polls close. sorta… but no car sales?
what’s that about, anyway??
If the car salesmen come in contact with someone who was in church recently, they ignite in holy fire and burn to death. Won’t someone think of the car salesmen?