On Jun 2, 10:00*am, Mark Lipton > wrote:
> On 6/2/11 11:27 AM, Ed Rasimus wrote:
>
> > Worst state I ever lived in for alcohol laws was Alabama, but that was
> > thirty five years ago. Colorado was excellent except for no beer sales
> > in grocery stores on Sunday before noon. Texas is rapidly reaching
> > into the 20th century with few dry counties remaining and even Dallas
> > expanding the wet precincts last election.
>
> Alcohol laws in the Bible Belt have traditionally been quite...er...
> interesting. *The worst I can recall was found in Oklahoma and later in
> Utah, where there were no bars, only "clubs." *In the "club," you'd pay
> for membership for a small fee, which would then entitle you to a locker
> and a glass. *You were then free to purchase a BOTTLE of liquor at the
> bar, pour it into your own glass and consume it on the premises. *The
> locker was for storing your opened bottle of liquor.
>
> How this system was supposed to reduce alcohol consumption is beyond me,
> since it encourages consumption by the bottle!
>
> Mark Lipton
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Texas had this even when I was in college. The bars would sell you
mixers and a glass and you would bring your own liquor that was kept
on the premises with your name on it. In Lubbock, the whole county was
dry when I was in med school. So you would drive to the county line to
buy your liquor, etc. then consume it in the parking lot and drive
back. Many fatal wrecks on that road so Lubbock decided to go all the
way so now you can buy beer and wine in the grocery stores. Lubbock
had more churches than people.