Mom and pop stores, supermarkets, etc., sell beer, wine and hard liquor
subject to only two rules:
1. Not between 0200 and 0600.
2. Not if you are under 21.
Get your bread, cereal, milk, meat, beer, and gin all in one shopping basket
at the local store.
States get involved for two reasons:
1. The state makes money.
2. It makes the moralists think that there is some kind of control.
Carleton
In a message dated 2001-08-16 18:16:27 Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ME,NH, VT: state stores
MA, CT, RI: private stores
Nat Hager III wrote:
That is a difference John. In PA both wine and liquor is sold in state
stores, and not even beer is sold in grocery stores. (real pain when you
want to have friends over Sunday night, and can't buy a bottle of wine).
But MD has private wine and liquor stores, and I can't honestly remember
seeing FFU there. Seems to me though, the Ohio model is prevalent
throughout New England, and I'll be getting there soon so I'll check it
out.
As for demanding they show where FFU appears - no, I don't. I prefer the
more subtle approach of playing dumb, and getting the jab in in more
devious
manner. Keeps 'em guessing better! <g>
Nat
Nat and Others,
In Ohio, only "hard" liquor is sold in "state stores". That is stores run
by the government of Ohio. I don't buy hard liquor, so I don't frequent
those stores. They may in fact price as you say. However, Wine and beer
can and are sold in grocery and convenient stores, etc. It is
these stores
that advertise in FFU. I hope this is clear now!
BTW, the next time they call the containers by pint and
half-gallon, demand
that they show where on the container those words appear. It would be
interesting to see what their response would be.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nat Hager III" mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 2001-08-15 23:03
Subject: [USMA:14916] Re: metric booze
John,
In all honesty I never see that, here in Southeast PA, MD, DE, NY state.
All PA Liquor store labels are in proper metric sizes, including shelf
labels and hand written island displays, and pretty much the
same for the
large window signs in MD and DE. The price per unit volume may still
be
in
floozies, but I never pay attention to that.
Now once in a while a clerk will refer to a half-pint or a
half-gallon, to
which I look confused and say "what-ever". <g>
Nat
2001-08-14
The stores I go to always convert and display the metric fills in
ounces,
such as 25.4 fl oz and 50.7 fl oz. The person doing the ads
seems to thing
the public will relate more to these numbers than 750 mL or 1.5 L.
Nobody I've ever spoken to knows the metric sizes of any of the
wine/liquor
bottles despite 22 years of metric sizing. I still hear fifths,
half-gallons (for 1.5 L and 1.75 L) and gallons (for 3 to 5 L).
If I inform
them they are metric and have been so for 22 years, the response
is usually:
"what-ever!!!" or something else that is cynical in nature.
The metrication of the alcohol industry has done nothing to
further the
cause.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Trusten" mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-08-14 00:22
Subject: [USMA:14905] metric booze
I know that this subject was once talked to death on this
listserv,
but US metric liquor sizes leapt out at me from a liquor
store window
sign last week. A sale item was quoted per 750 ml bottle, no WOMBAT
stated. Gee, those distillers have gotten into the spirit of the
thing!
Of course, the 750 ml thing is the son of the fifth, which was,
technically, 757 ml, precisely one-fifth of a US gallon (3785 ml).
Maybe metrication will succeed if the nation is thoroughly lit while
it
is going on <BIG GRIN>.
--
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
(915)-694-6208
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Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apt. 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
(915)-694-6208
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