On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:32:49 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
>
>> About the same here in CT. State wants to let them open Sunday, but the
>> store owners do not. They figure the overall sales will be the same but
>> spread over an extra day and have to pay more for store help. Some border
>> stores want to open though. No big deal to me either way. I've never had to
>> get booze on an emergency basis.
>
>I went to Texas on business a few years back. I got in the day before,
>on Sunday. I went to buy some booze, but the liquor store was closed.
>I went back to the hotel for dinner. I could get booze with dinner just
>fine, but it cost several times as much.
>
>I flew in, it was way to far to drive. You can't carry liquids on the
>plane. If I lived in Texas, I would just do a little planning and buy
>booze in advance of Sunday. Like you say, the same amount of sales,
>just spread out over more days.

Back in the 60s, it was agin' the law to buy a mixed drink in Texas.
Folks wanting a slug with dinner (or at a bar) had to supply their own
hooch and buy a "set up". This had some odd consequences, including
the amusing sight of well dressed and impeccably coiffed Federal
Reseve Bank types heading into a bar after work with bottles of
bourbon in brown paper bags.
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