Re:bringing a note

[dana tierney]

ummm the last time I was there was ummm May or June 2001 so I really doubt that it's "grown up" much since then:) and I was there for threee weeks so I had a pretty good look at the place. I do grant you that the conversation about selling gas was much earlier, maybe 1989.  I did hear that they repealed the blue laws around what, 1992? My brother-in-law was like well now people will go shopping on Sundays, the horror, the horror. The blue laws didn't cover just liquor and stuff... *no* store was supposed to be open on Sunday. But stores like Seven Eleven used to ignore them and I think they decided that they were just hurting the local competition. My understanding of it anyway.

And come back for a visit... you mean like the time I came back to Sault Ste Marie from the American side and they asked me why I spent so much time at the library?????

me<-- clearly subversive :)

Dana

>blue laws? haven't heard that _expression_...
>You know Canada has grown up a lot since you've left.
>Ottawa is an excellent city now.
>You're dating yourself! ;-P
>You should come back for a visit sometime and surprise yourself!
>regards,
>Patrick
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dana tierney
>
>lest you think I am picking on Winnipeg, I do a lot of jeering at Ottawa
>too, which is a similarly sized city. One of my favorite stories --
>apparently at one point (and maybe still) you could not buy gas in Ottawa
>after 10pm. I asked the gas station attendant why and he was like, well
>then... people would be able to buy gas whenever they want! The horror!!!
>
>Lots of people used to think the blue laws were a good idea; that's the
>mentality I'm dealing with here.
>
>Dana

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