what sucks is I don't even drink anymore.
Still want to see liquor for sale at Wal-Mart.
Freedom be scary!
The WalMart's & Sam's Clubs here in Louisiana have wine, beer, & liquor. On Sundays, too.
leVieux
I was in California a few years ago and noticed liquor on the shelves at Wal-Mart. Available for purchase anytime-any day. A Wal-Mart in Michigan had a limited assortment of spirits behind the counter where the tobacco products were sold.
I'm old enough to remember when the Texas Blue Laws had almost everything closed on Sunday. Basically only grocery stores were open (and the grocery store could only sell food items, regardless of what other products the grocer sold)
To All,
When I was a brand-new grad student at Tulane, I was fascinated to see the DRIVE-IN roadside places in LA that sold MIXED-DRINKS out of a side-window, just like DAIRY QUEEN peddled burgers, fries & soft drinks from, back home.
My (then) new bride couldn't pass one of those places, W/O stopping for a White Russian.
When we were stationed at Ft Lee, I also liked the DRIVE-THROUGH beer & wine places on the way to the beach, which had PRETTY, SMILING girls on roller-skates to take your order/money & bring your beer to the car.
Also, once you crossed the NC line, you could get a "tray" of decent BBQ about 1,000 places.
yours, satx
I lived in Texas before bars or restaurant bars were "legal". Every nice restaurant was a "private club" a person had to join for a year, usually ~ $5/year, in order to have drinks with meals. But, Oklahoma was WORSE!
The Army sent me to Fort Sill in 1972. The BARS had no liquor. A person had to go to a government "package store", buy a bottle in a paper bag, take the unopened bottle to the BAR, where "set-up's" could be purchased. The barkeep opened the bottle, mixed the drinks, & put the owner's name on the bag. Once a bottle was opened in a BAR, it could not be taken out again. If a person wanted to have a drink in their hotel room, another bottle was necessary. Once that bottle was opened in room or home, it couldn't be taken out again, either. It was a NUTHOUSE ! leVieux