mass voters are stupid
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Jeez. Do you guys still have restrictions on buying after 8pm or whatever and on weekends?
This is funny:
"Dominic Campochiaro, 68, agreed.
"That's going to give some young kids an opportunity to go in there and buy (wine). I'm not in favor of that," said Campochiaro, a lifelong resident of Boston's North End."
I lived in the North End from 92-96, that dude is probably not in favor because it means he won't get his cut for buying booze for the kids...
This is funny:
"Dominic Campochiaro, 68, agreed.
"That's going to give some young kids an opportunity to go in there and buy (wine). I'm not in favor of that," said Campochiaro, a lifelong resident of Boston's North End."
I lived in the North End from 92-96, that dude is probably not in favor because it means he won't get his cut for buying booze for the kids...
Colorado: anything over 3.2% has to be purchased at a liquor store. Liquor stores are still closed on Sunday.
When I lived in Nebraska you could buy ammunition and liquor at gas stations. Awesome.
You can stock up on hard liquor at CVS drugstore here...
I don't get it . I don't know any one who voted against it.
Just smoke our ounce of weed on Sundays.Colorado: anything over 3.2% has to be purchased at a liquor store. Liquor stores are still closed on Sunday.
that's exactly right...it was pitched as a public safety issue, when it's all about the financial aspects...the mass liquor wholesalers need to disappear...
MMMMM Giorgio's pizza and calzones....La Famiglia...Polcari Coffee...and that friggin bakery open late night...
Thinking about the North End makes me hungry.
Thinking about the North End makes me hungry.
i was always biased towards the south end...maybe because i lived there, but thought that there was way more variety, just as good if not better food, and it was cheaper.
but the bakeries in the north end definitely ruled.
but the bakeries in the north end definitely ruled.
I voted no for several reasons, mainly to protect small business(mom and pop liquor stores). There's no shortage or lack of selection when it comes to liquor outlets so I saw no reason to expand wine sales to supermarkets. But then as a business owner I always defer to supporting the local option even if its less convenient for me.
My decision had nothing to do with safety issues, I grew up in an area with drive-thru liquor stores.
OG: all the blue-law restrictions have been repealed. You can buy booze 7 days with normal operating hours.
but there were no such restrictions when Walgreens/CVS/etc pushed the mom and pop pharmacies to the curb, or when Home Depot and Lowe's crushed the local hardware store. why should liquor stores be any different?
i'm still pissed that the MA legislature made it (or more correctly, kept it) illegal for me to join this
i'm still pissed that the MA legislature made it (or more correctly, kept it) illegal for me to join this
I've got friend that owns a liquor/wine store in MA and he says the liquor industry there is the closest thing to the mafia that he's ever seen. Extremely crooked. Guessing the vote was fixed.
I vote North End. Especially Modern Pastry for ricotta cannoli. Is there a bell in here?
Do you think the supermarkets wanted wine sales to make your life more convenient? "our customers lives seem so complex, how can we help"
That's a valid question, especially in relation to pharmacies. I only use local lumberyards/specialty building product stores b/c the big-boxes suck in terms of quality, selection and often price.
edit: the restriction on out of state wine shipments is moronic.
no, i totally agree that they were in it for the $ too...but the opposition was the one who took it as a safety crusade, and bent facts accordingly.
that definitely sounds messed up but I think things are bad all over to one degree or another. Over here, Costco just won the right to buy directly from the producer instead of the distributors which was a convoluded law left over from prohibition.
The messsed up part is that some ultra premium wineries here don't want their product in a grocery store because they think it devalues their product and ruins their reputation. The wine shop owner by my house said that he found Leonetti in a grocery store so it is no good any more.
nutz.
The messsed up part is that some ultra premium wineries here don't want their product in a grocery store because they think it devalues their product and ruins their reputation. The wine shop owner by my house said that he found Leonetti in a grocery store so it is no good any more.
nutz.
more kids buy booze from those small, sketchy liquor stores than anywhere else. any kid who has a brain knows not to buy booze at a store where there are always lots of people and where someone they know can spot them. that's a fact, so i don't see how allowing grocery stores or gas stations to sell booze is going to make underage drinking that much more rampant.
my dad voted for it and my mom followed the herd and voted against it because she thinks it would lead to more underage drinking.
my dad voted for it and my mom followed the herd and voted against it because she thinks it would lead to more underage drinking.
Good point, but one that might be hard to argue with the legislature:
"Well you see, actually when I was underage I used to buy booze from liquor stores all the time and I would never...ahhh...well nevermind...."
Me too. I lived on Beacon Hill for 2 years. We used to go to the North End all the time.
Aside from that, I'm thoroughly confused about the analogy anyway, what does one have to do with the other?Microsoft sells computers?
He did ask us to call him stupid... I think. :huh: