properly speaking, blue laws concern the regulation of trade on the sabbath
day, not only sales of liquor:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law>

for example, in some states you can't sell cars on sunday.

restricting sales of liquor to state stores or on election day are
different animals.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> properly speaking, blue laws concern the regulation of trade on the
> sabbath day, not only sales of liquor:
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law>
>
> for example, in some states you can't sell cars on sunday.

I'd heard that car dealerships were closed on Sunday, only
because someone said they like to check out cars then without
someone breathing down their neck.

It used to be that most stores were closed on Sundays and that
was something of an inconvenience. When I was dating my ex,
I stayed at his parents house in NJ and stopped to buy pantyhose
for work the next day at some quicky mart type of store. Imagine
my surprise when he didn't want to sell them to me. Oh, that's
clothing, woah, don't buy that on Sunday! Don't tell anyone, he
rang it up anyway.

I don't consider it a blue law that alcoholic beverages are sold in
liquor stores, just a control thing. They are trying to get a law
passed to sell beer and wine in supermarkets. Great, I wonder
how many food products I'll have trouble finding once all that
space is taken up by booze.

nancy

On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:47:15 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> wrote:

>blake murphy wrote:
>> properly speaking, blue laws concern the regulation of trade on the
>> sabbath day, not only sales of liquor:
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law>
>>
>> for example, in some states you can't sell cars on sunday.
>
>I'd heard that car dealerships were closed on Sunday, only
>because someone said they like to check out cars then without
>someone breathing down their neck.

Car dealerships were open here until the oil shortage in 73-74? I
don't think it had anything to do with what you heard. It was some
dumbass way to keep people off the roads from what I remember. I
thought it was a federal mandate but I could be wrong. It was a long
time ago.

Lou

Lou Decruss wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:47:15 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>> properly speaking, blue laws concern the regulation of trade on the
>>> sabbath day, not only sales of liquor:
>>>
>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law>
>>>
>>> for example, in some states you can't sell cars on sunday.
>>
>> I'd heard that car dealerships were closed on Sunday, only
>> because someone said they like to check out cars then without
>> someone breathing down their neck.
>
> Car dealerships were open here until the oil shortage in 73-74? I
> don't think it had anything to do with what you heard. It was some
> dumbass way to keep people off the roads from what I remember. I
> thought it was a federal mandate but I could be wrong. It was a long
> time ago.

Oh, I don't think they closed so people could shop, it's that I had no
idea dealerships were closed on Sunday before someone mentioned
that. For all I know, they're still closed on Sundays.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
news:1KsPn.34941$No5.30389@hurricane...
> blake murphy wrote:
>> properly speaking, blue laws concern the regulation of trade on the
>> sabbath day, not only sales of liquor:
>>
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_law>
>>
>> for example, in some states you can't sell cars on sunday.
>
> I'd heard that car dealerships were closed on Sunday, only because someone
> said they like to check out cars then without
> someone breathing down their neck.
> It used to be that most stores were closed on Sundays and that
> was something of an inconvenience. When I was dating my ex,
> I stayed at his parents house in NJ and stopped to buy pantyhose
> for work the next day at some quicky mart type of store. Imagine
> my surprise when he didn't want to sell them to me. Oh, that's
> clothing, woah, don't buy that on Sunday! Don't tell anyone, he rang it
> up anyway.
> I don't consider it a blue law that alcoholic beverages are sold in
> liquor stores, just a control thing. They are trying to get a law passed
> to sell beer and wine in supermarkets. Great, I wonder
> how many food products I'll have trouble finding once all that
> space is taken up by booze.
>
> nancy


I remember in the 70's when the shops at the malls were only open on Sunday
between 10AM and 6PM. Good news for those of us who worked at the mall.
Bad news for the people who camped outside at 3AM to do their Christmas
shopping in case someone bought the last [insert latest fad gift here].

They don't sell liquor at my grocery store but they do sell wine. It's one
side of one aisle. The beer is a half an aisle, refrigerated. The store
hasn't run out of food yet. I wouldn't worry about it.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote

> They don't sell liquor at my grocery store but they do sell wine.
> It's one side of one aisle. The beer is a half an aisle,
> refrigerated. The store hasn't run out of food yet. I wouldn't
> worry about it.

They don't have an aisle to spare where I shop. Or a half an
aisle. The other day I did consider that there is a place where
they had a bank in the store, it could have its own cashier. Perhaps
they could use that for booze. But this is not a super store, there isn't
a lot of extra room for an entire new class of products.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
news:htvPn.12659$aO4.8835@hurricane...
> jmcquown wrote:
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
>
>> They don't sell liquor at my grocery store but they do sell wine. It's
>> one side of one aisle. The beer is a half an aisle,
>> refrigerated. The store hasn't run out of food yet. I wouldn't
>> worry about it.
>
> They don't have an aisle to spare where I shop. Or a half an aisle. The
> other day I did consider that there is a place where they had a bank in
> the store, it could have its own cashier. Perhaps they could use that for
> booze. But this is not a super store, there isn't a lot of extra room for
> an entire new class of products.
>
> nancy


Yeah, I've seen those too. I don't understand bank kiosks in grocery
stores. Demo Dollies, sure. An ATM, sure. A bank teller? Um... how about
you open your branch half a day on Saturday and let the guy work *at the
bank*.

Jill