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Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 10:02 pm

If this happens, Piles Place will be very popular come Sunday afternoon. I've been feeding the locals some 'Horrible' Hootch over the years but its much better than no Hootch I'm afraid. Best hide the Single Malts and Brennevin and The Blue Stuff (Absinthe) and well you get the idea:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/05/16/as-lcbo-strike-looms-ontarians-stockpile-wine-and-spirits/

The Privately run 'Agency Stores' will run out of Booze very quickly. I stopped at my local and it was total mayhem. Kinda like there was a Zombie outbreak looming and the only way to kill them was with Spirits. On the plus side, I saw a couple of very Hot looking Women. Must be tourists....

Baiting Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 2200

Black market booze has probably been stockin up for it for a while.
We're lucky that down heaar the gubernment run licker stores only sell licker. You can get beer and a box o wine just about anywhere else thats sells anything else. supermarkets, variety stores, gas stations seben eleben you name it. Very Happy

Sent from my recliner on a crappy old keyboard whilst havin a few.

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:09 pm

No worries.....

We're good.

Posted: Thu May 16, 2013 11:26 pm

I am talking about liquor stores (yeah they sell beer too) not The Beer Store. I'll admit this Province/Country is a bit screwed up and please don't tell Pastor Frank because he'd never believe it and possibly cancel his Vacation plans.

There are some wine stores but they only sell (gag) certain Local Wines.

Edit - Spelled Country wrong fer shame....

Baiting Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 2200

^^ Nice tool stand for the Dewalt. You got all the good toys eh?

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 12:25 am

I live near your border and there has been a definite increase in traffic at the liquor stores.

Trivia question for you , Oscar, where is. The one point where Canada is south of the US?

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 12:41 am

@Capone - Trick question? Is it in Ontario? Windsor perhaps? Or Quebec City which is (sadly in Quebec) South West of Maine? That could lead me to some Eastern places like Novia Scotia as well....

I dunno but my Father was a Geography Teacher so if I'm wrong I'm done for....

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 12:55 am

You are almost there-Windsor is actually south of Detroit, because of the river. So Canada is south of the border to us! And the two cities are pretty interdependent-lot of Canuks shop US, lots of Yanks hang Out in Windsorand employment crosses both ways. A lot of Canadians that need medical care and have money come to Detroit for surgery rather than wait.

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 3:18 am

I would move.

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 9:07 pm

^Harumph! Where could I move to? The Missus has her Heart set on Reyjavik or Copenhagen or Tranent but I'm thinking somewhere in Estonia is a little more my speed...hang on got it Alaska! It's further North than a lot of Canada too!

Anyhow the Governor (General that is) called and the Strike is off! So what we are left with is memories of a brilliant Government decision. Scare us Folk into spending Gazillions on Booze in one day. Those Tax Dollars are just rolling in....

Baiting Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 2200

^^ I would pick Estonia. I have a friend there and the country is beautiful.
The music not bad either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XgCsv-y-mc
Try Karaoken that. Laughing

ETA: with pics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pQyB8kflcA

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 10:36 pm

A took one of those Ferries from Helsinki one day and landed in Tallinn. It was great. Many Finlanders go there and come back with Shopping Carts full of Booze as its so much cheaper.

The old city is Beautiful but filled with Hawkers, Beggars and the like. Even the Outdoor Cafes have Staff (Hot looking Tarts) who will literally drag you toward their establishment.

That is a fine Band and I could Karoake that (well except for that Rap bit) because I know the song so well:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oHqUipinDyw

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Many a run has been made here, http://www.casanovaliquor.com/ , because the baby Jesus forbids liquor sales on Sunday in Minnesota. It's in the Bible, check it out.

Sorry, I just doomed this thread.

Posted: Fri May 17, 2013 11:11 pm

^This Thread was Doomed from the get go but thanks for taking the Blame!

I remember when Ontario allowed Restaurants to serve Alcohol on Sundays. I was working at a Ponderosa SteakHouse which served Beer and Wine. Come Sunday at 11am sharp every questionable character from miles around would arrive and order a Super Burger with Fries ( the cheapest thing on the menu) a Large Draft and a Carafe of Wine. We could have simply passed these meals out to the next customer as they were seldom even touched.

Baiting Guru Joined: 21 Nov 2010 Posts: 2200

^^To bad on the licker, cause they had plenty of ice to go around.

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 2:05 am

I think we're all doomed. County voted for "wet" vs. "dry" last week. Vote was won 576 vs. 473 in favor of "wet." I'm guessing the rest were in church, hungover, or couldn't be arsed about it. Laughing

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 2:28 am

That.Is.Shocking.

Time for home brew...

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 4:29 am

Wait, were power tools involved? Question

Edit: My friends' mead is coming along nicely. Pineapple and honey. Yeah, I know, go figure. That's why my phone messages say "!!!, ooooo, zzzz."

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 10:28 am

I remember the infamous "Beer Strike" here in 1985. It was horrible. Things never really were the same again after that. Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 3:18 pm

At least your country is making some progress. I have family ties to Saskatchewan and I remember being told that women were not allowed in bars there until the mid-60s.

@TheFae: you're in Texas, right? Can you guess who is really upset about that vote? The owners of the bars and liquor stores located right on the county line.

Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 4:58 am

^^You are exactly right, Lakeside. I'm in TX and their moan was about 'losing profits.' The way I see it, now we keep our local imbibers within county lines. At least they don't have to drive so far and we can get to them more quickly when they run into a building. I do not think this 'medical episode' involved poor health:

http://www.kltv.com/story/22289530/man-drives-into-nacogdoches-church

Plenty more where that came from, at least several times a week. Fellow Texans, hate on me 'cause I'm not a native, but y'all drive like you're late for June! Laughing

Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 3:19 pm

lakeside77 wrote:

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I remember being told that women were not allowed in bars there until the mid-60s.

You can still see the evidence of that from the older Saloons which typically had two separate entrances. There was a Men's side and a Ladies and Escorts section. From my understanding, only one Woman and one Man were allowed to be at a table.

Although the 'Ladies' side was typically nicer in appearance, it was also usually rougher as fights would often break out because that's what we guys do when competing for the affections of the Fairer Sex.

The 'Village' I'm currently in is very Religious so it was Dry until very recently. Even the Legion or Service Club could not get a Licence so Members brought their own. A few years back we finally got a Beer/Liquor outlet and it took off running. It is one of the busiest in the Province and outsells many of the larger Government run establishments. The first application for one of these was in the early Seventies and took just about thirty years to finally happen.

Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 9:56 pm

@TheFae: When I lived in south Texas the churches in dry counties would usually form an unholy alliance with the liquor store owners in the wet county whenever the threat of a referendum came up. Is Nacogdoches County dry?

@oscarpiles: I grew up in a state that was semi-dry at the time. Liquor by the drink was not allowed. Bars served only beer and prominently posted signs that said "No Spiking." All package liquor was sold through state-run liquor stores and no city had more than three of these. Unlike LCBO stores, they had a pharmacy setup -- all the booze was kept behind the counter and you had to go in and tell the clerk what you wanted. The liquor control commission issued you a book, in which all of your purchases were recorded. The store clerk had authority to refuse to sell to you if s/he thought you had been buying too much lately. If you were convicted of driving under the influence or of a firearms violation your book could be confiscated.

Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 10:52 pm

^ The 'No Spiking' reminds me of an Icelandic tradition of selling jugs of Near Beer (around 2%) with Vodka etc. added for a Punch. You see Iceland had prohibition lifted on Wine, then Liquor but Beer wasn't allowed until sometime in the Eighties and I'm not talking about the 1800s.

Beer Day is a big occasion over there....

Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 10:23 am

TheFae Wrote:

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My friends' mead is coming along nicely. Pineapple and honey. Yeah, I know, go figure. That's why my phone messages say "!!!, ooooo, zzzz."

I think Mead is technically just Honey Wine. If you add fruit they call it Malomel. I have some Mead and some Peach Malomel in the bottles aging right now.

I have the goods to make some Pineapple & Rhubarb wine this week and will be bottling a batch of Cranberry & Cinnamon wine this weekend. (It'll be ready for Thanksgiving)

Cheers!!!