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  • palitoy
    live. laugh. lisa needs braces
    • Jun 16, 2001
    • 59794

    Liquor Frenzy in Canada

    It appears that workers in our Government run Liquor Stores in Ontario are preparing to walk off the job at midnight.

    I don't drink liquor but my wife enjoys an Italian red wine that you can only get at the LC so she asked me to sneak in and grab a month's supply (two bottles)

    You know on the Simpson's when there is going to be a hurricane and they raid the Quickee Mart? That's what this looked like. Just bare shelves and panic. Every stereotype was there, the old lady and her gin, the young teen with her pre mixed coolers, all of them filling carts with liquor.

    The cash register line was 20 people deep on every lane, I even saw a guy with beer, which is available elsewhere, must have been a fancy import.

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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32979

    #2
    Did Apu try to charge you $20 dollars for a bottle of Tylenol that was tampered with by an escaped mental patient?

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    • SlipperyLilSuckers
      MeGoing
      • May 14, 2003
      • 9031

      #3
      Funny but sad all at once. I am sure it would be exactly the same, or worse, here. Brb, just going to get a fancy beer :D I'll have a Chang thanks.

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      • Mikey
        Verbose Member
        • Aug 9, 2001
        • 47258

        #4
        I was thinking of the Simpson's episode with the beer baron

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        • Adam West
          Museum CPA
          • Apr 14, 2003
          • 6822

          #5
          It seems like every state, county, country has its own liquor laws.

          Where I live in Maryland, the liquor stores are not run by the government but you can't buy beer or wine at a grocery store but it's available at some gas station convenience stores (I still haven't figured out the rationale behind that).

          In an adjacent county, you have to purchase liquor from a government run store and they do sell beer and wine but you have to buy beer by the case and none of the wine or beer is sold cold. You can go to a beer and wine store and some grocery stores carry beer and wine.
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          • toys2cool
            Ultimate Mego Warrior
            • Nov 27, 2006
            • 28605

            #6
            Here in Florida you could buy beer,wine and liquor at grocery stores. Wal-mart even has it's own liquor store
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            • Mikey
              Verbose Member
              • Aug 9, 2001
              • 47258

              #7
              In Jersey you have to buy beer, wine and booze only at a liquor stores... they're not state owned.

              You can buy take-home beer at a gin mill, but there's a two 6-pack limit (I think)

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              • Earth 2 Chris
                Verbose Member
                • Mar 7, 2004
                • 32979

                #8
                We still have wet and dry counties in Kentucky. Most have gone wet now, though. There used to be a pretty famous liquor store on the Fayette/Scott County line called "Last Chance/First Chance Liquors".

                Our Wal-Mart sells liquor, as does our Rite-Aid. Except on Sunday. No liquor sales on Sunday.

                I don't drink, so none of this ever bothers me.

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                • EMCE Hammer
                  Moderation Engineer
                  • Aug 14, 2003
                  • 25766

                  #9
                  Isn't bum wine considered liquor?

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                  • MysteryWho
                    Persistent Member
                    • Dec 16, 2008
                    • 1047

                    #10
                    Oh wow, I have to go and see this. My drinking these days is confined to a couple beers in a bar from time to time, so I'm not worried, but that's gotta be a colorful crowd to behold.

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                    • Seeker
                      Neptunians RULE!
                      • Feb 20, 2008
                      • 1954

                      #11
                      Originally posted by MysteryWho
                      Oh wow, I have to go and see this. My drinking these days is confined to a couple beers in a bar from time to time, so I'm not worried, but that's gotta be a colorful crowd to behold.

                      Wait till they all run out and the strike is not over yet.
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                      • MysteryWho
                        Persistent Member
                        • Dec 16, 2008
                        • 1047

                        #12
                        Oh man, do the bars get their beer from the LCBO? Is that how it works? We are doomed.
                        Actually, I think they reached a tentative agreement this afternoon.

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                        • cjefferys
                          Duke of Gloat
                          • Apr 23, 2006
                          • 10180

                          #13
                          Yikes, I never even heard about this. Are just LCBO stores potentially affected, or beer stores and those wine kiosks they have in some retail stores as well?

                          Luckily we bottle our own wine, so we have plenty of that in stock, and I guess I could go for the occasional beer run over the border if this drags on. Still, Canadians not having access to booze can get ugly fast.

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                          • Captain
                            Fighting the good fight!
                            • Jun 17, 2001
                            • 6031

                            #14
                            Ontario needs to privatize their liquor stores like Alberta did. We got liquor stores everywhere and anywhere these days....and sadly, the drunks too!
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                            • saildog
                              Permanent Member
                              • Apr 9, 2006
                              • 2270

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Azrak
                              Isn't bum wine considered liquor?


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