Liquor Stores are Essential
Mar 25, 2020 10:35:19 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In case you ever had any doubts, yes, liquor stores are essential to modern American life. That's why, when most stores are closed, liquor stores are still open. I'll drink to that! 
They closed the State Stores here in PA but wine and beer are still available at grocery stores and I saw a beer store open yesterday. I guess if the hard stuff is unavailable one could just double on wine!
Mar 25, 2020 10:41:49 #
singleshot
Loc: Georgia
dpfoto wrote:
Let's face it; California NEEDS more potheads. California: The Land of Fruits & Nuts.
And as a very old friend once said, " them that ain't fruits and nuts are flakes".
Mar 25, 2020 11:01:19 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
repleo wrote:
My big bottle of vodka has been shrinking behind my back. The missus says she is using it for hand sanitizer but I'm not sure I believe her.
A Vodka maker in Texas sent out a notice a couple of weeks ago telling people NOT to use their vodka as a sanitizer because it didn't have enough alcohol to do the job right. Just the other day they announced that they had received permission from the liquor control authorities to sell a line of sanitizer that they were making, after repurposing some of their production line and bringing in some new ingredients.
Mar 25, 2020 11:09:26 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In case you ever had any doubts, yes, liquor stores are essential to modern American life. That's why, when most stores are closed, liquor stores are still open. I'll drink to that!
In my area of the country, gun stores are also considered "Essential"
What could possibly go wrong with that combination?
Mar 25, 2020 11:28:44 #
Pot shops and liquor stores in Denver were initially ordered to be closed, but the mayor succumbed to the pressure and ordered them to be left open. Doobie and jagerbombs are staples, I guess.
Mar 25, 2020 11:31:39 #
wrangler5 wrote:
A Vodka maker in Texas sent out a notice a couple of weeks ago telling people NOT to use their vodka as a sanitizer because it didn't have enough alcohol to do the job right. Just the other day they announced that they had received permission from the liquor control authorities to sell a line of sanitizer that they were making, after repurposing some of their production line and bringing in some new ingredients.
Here in the Lehigh Valley a local maker of Vodka has made up a batch of Rum flavored hand sanitizer to go to the hospitals in the area. My daughter who works for one of the large hospitals said yea, those will end up in the Doctors and administrators offices and we won't see a drop of it in the ER!
Mar 25, 2020 11:41:41 #
domcomm
Loc: Denver, CO
The mayor of Denver announced that liquor stores and pot shops would have to close, but the next day, our horrible governor changed it and said they were "essential".
Mar 25, 2020 11:45:52 #
I don't have a problem with them staying open. But I wonder why "essential". Most in my area will allow you to call them with your order and they will deliver to your car.
Mar 25, 2020 11:48:01 #
Mar 25, 2020 11:51:27 #
wrangler5 wrote:
A Vodka maker in Texas sent out a notice a couple of weeks ago telling people NOT to use their vodka as a sanitizer because it didn't have enough alcohol to do the job right. Just the other day they announced that they had received permission from the liquor control authorities to sell a line of sanitizer that they were making, after repurposing some of their production line and bringing in some new ingredients.
It would have to be at least 120 proof to be useable as a sanitizer, so I'll just have to drink my gin and bourbon. I think there are some rums that surpass that level.
Mar 25, 2020 11:51:28 #
jerryc41 wrote:
In case you ever had any doubts, yes, liquor stores are essential to modern American life. That's why, when most stores are closed, liquor stores are still open. I'll drink to that!
Yes...I have decided to revisit my liquor cabinet recently to put a dent in that extra large Vodka thingie !.......WNNING !
Mar 25, 2020 12:07:58 #
I've heard that the corner drug dealers are limited to a single customer at a time and that they must maintain a minimum distance of 6-ft. apart when they do business. However just like drive-through restaurants, selling drugs out of the car are still allowed.
Mar 25, 2020 12:11:40 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
Give entrepreneurs a week and they'll figure out a completely new way to run their old business. It's what they do.
Mar 25, 2020 12:12:25 #
MrMophoto
Loc: Rhode Island "The biggest little"
I had a sociology instructor in college once tell the class that from a historical perspective, as soon as any group/society gets beyond having enough food and shelter (hunter/gatherers in caves) the first thing they do is make some alcohol or other substance to "adjust their attitude"
With that in mind it IS essential.
With that in mind it IS essential.
Mar 25, 2020 12:14:55 #
Steve V
Loc: New Jersey
repleo wrote:
My big bottle of vodka has been shrinking behind my back. The missus says she is using it for hand sanitizer but I'm not sure I believe her.
Now that's funny.
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