03-12-2003 06:20									#31
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In the US, I'm sure that MADD and religious funadmentalism has something to do with it.

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Because not everyone is ready to go to Hell like you, Monk.

Walking and drinking isn't that sure a bet, David.
Were you an honest man, you'd own up to that fact.

	03-12-2003 06:21									#33
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Except for the age limit, The rest of the list depends on where you are in the US

	03-12-2003 06:22									#34
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Sloww, huh?

Are you trying to say that it's legal to walk down the street drinking a beer? Because AFAIK, it isn't.

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Because not everyone is ready to go to Hell like you, Monk.

Oh, that's it!

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quote: Except for the age limit, The rest of the list depends on where you are in the US

Technically, the age limit is a state law, too, but in any case, you'll notice that I specified "In Texas...".

	03-12-2003 06:28									#37
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Sloww,

Your warning has made me a new man. When I go to the party next Saturday and we pass midnight, I'll make sure to hide all the beer when nobody's noticing, thereby saving the souls of my fellow partygoers. I'm sure that upon discovery, they will thank me for my kind act.

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WTG, Monk. Good man.

And David, what I'm saying is walking while drinking can be hazardous; and I call on you to be honest and acknowledge that, through personal experience, you know that to be true.
Come on, come on.

	03-12-2003 06:32									#39
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Alcohol restrictions in the US: -No hard liquor sales on Sundays, except in bars -Liquor stores can only stay open until 9 pm -Beer can only be sold until 12 pm, except in bars -Bars may only serve alcohol of any sort until 2 am -No one under the age of 21 may purchase or consume alcohol (except at home under parental supervision) -One may not, in MOST cities, drink alcohol while walking down the street (there are some exceptions) That's just off the top of my head. And those are ridiculous restrictions, too.

Where does it say Texas?

	03-12-2003 06:35									#40
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Whoops. Dammit, I meant Texas but typed US. Sorry

Sloww,

quote: And David, what I'm saying is walking while drinking can be hazardous; and I call on you to be honest and acknowledge that, through personal experience, you know that to be true.

Yeah, and so is skydiving. But we don't ban skydiving. In fact, skydiving is definitely more dangerous than drinking a beer while walking.

	03-12-2003 06:39									#41
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quote: Originally posted by centrifuge Where does it say Texas?

If I had only read quicker........

In San Antonio, they sell on Sundays, just not before 11 AM.

ACK!

	03-12-2003 06:44									#42
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Whoops. Dammit, I meant Texas but typed US. Sorry Sloww, Yeah, and so is skydiving. But we don't ban skydiving. In fact, skydiving is definitely more dangerous than drinking a beer while walking.

Nuh-uh. Is not either. And if I thought/knew you to have a diving under the influence to own up to, I'd ask for that.
But I know dadgum well you've stumbled, staggered, and likely fallen while walking drunk.
Don't lie to me, David.

	03-12-2003 06:59									#43
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Who's talking about walking around drunk? That isn't illegal - I do it all the time, and so do hundreds of other people on 6th St here in Austin. Now, yes, if you do something stupid you'll probably get a PI citation, but if I'm drunk off my ass, and stumbling around, I'm not gonna get arrested unless I'm trying to drive.

I'm talking about walking down the sidewalk drinking a beer, which is illegal.

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quote: Nuh-uh. Is not either. And if I thought/knew you to have a diving under the influence to own up to, I'd ask for that.

So you think there is a greater risk of serious injury if you are drinking a beer while walking than there is if you go skydiving?

Come on, that's just silly.

	03-12-2003 07:02									#45
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd I'm talking about walking down the sidewalk drinking a beer, which is illegal.

Sounds like a law designed to get rid of tramps and other undesirables.

	03-12-2003 07:03									#46
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Ok. Since you don't have the 'nads to just own up to something I wasn't particularly condemning, I will.
I personally have stumbled, staggered, and even fallen.
David hasn't, because he's so cool.

	03-12-2003 07:03									#47
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Alcohol restrictions in the US: -No hard liquor sales on Sundays, except in bars -Liquor stores can only stay open until 9 pm -Beer can only be sold until 12 pm, except in bars -Bars may only serve alcohol of any sort until 2 am -No one under the age of 21 may purchase or consume alcohol (except at home under parental supervision) -One may not, in MOST cities, drink alcohol while walking down the street (there are some exceptions) That's just off the top of my head. And those are ridiculous restrictions, too.

this is not true in many states (I have often visited liquor stores after midnight)

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Hence your preference for a neon avatar.

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BC,

quote: Sounds like a law designed to get rid of tramps and other undesirables.

Probably. Doesn't really change my opinion of the law, though.

Sloww,

quote: Ok. Since you don't have the 'nads to just own up to something I wasn't particularly condemning, I will. I personally have stumbled, staggered, and even fallen.

Actually I thought I had admitted to that. In any case, I will certainly admit to that.

On my 21st birthday, I got so plastered I had to be half-carried to the car, spent most of the ride home puking out the window, and went to sleep in my hallway when I got home.

I still don't see what this has to do with walking down the sidewalk drinking a beer

	03-12-2003 07:18									#50
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Alcohol restrictions in the US: -No hard liquor sales on Sundays, except in bars -Liquor stores can only stay open until 9 pm -Beer can only be sold until 12 pm, except in bars -Bars may only serve alcohol of any sort until 2 am -No one under the age of 21 may purchase or consume alcohol (except at home under parental supervision) -One may not, in MOST cities, drink alcohol while walking down the street (there are some exceptions) That's just off the top of my head. And those are ridiculous restrictions, too.

I some places strip clubs cannot go fully nude if alcohol is sold. Other places have no such restriction. The only places I've ever been where drinking on streets is accepted is in New Orleans or Memphis on Beale street.

All the restrictions you encounter are local in nature. I live in what we southerners call a dry county (no alochol sold at all supposedly) But there are 4 clubs that sell it and 2 restaurents. And. there is a ward inside the county that is allowed to sell it. America is strange where alochol is concerned.

	03-12-2003 07:21									#51
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Again, I meant in Texas only, I mis-typed when I said "US".

But you're right - the strip club law is another alcohol restriction I've seen before.

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Public Intoxification is something very subjective. Ive been that plenty of times around cops that knew I was that way but never have I been arrested for it. If I had been acting like an ******* and creating problems then they would have been more than happy to haul me off. At least thats the way it is around these parts. It may be more strict where some of you all live..

	03-12-2003 07:24									#53
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That's probably about what the reality is here in Austin, too, although I rather imagine that you can get away with more here than you can in many other cities.

	03-12-2003 07:26									#54
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Again, I meant in Texas only, I mis-typed when I said "US". But you're right - the strip club law is another alcohol restriction I've seen before.

I wasnt correcting you. Most of those Texas laws you quoted are very similar to Arkansas and Missouri. In fact here in Arkansas in some places there is no alochol sales on sunday at all. 20 miles north in Cardwell MO, I can buy on Sunday. But only beer

	03-12-2003 07:30									#55
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For the longest time, people under 21 had no problem at all buying alochol on military posts at the Class Six or at one of the small shopettes. But now I get carded when I buy on post and I'm 29..

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Personally, I think that all bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and liquor stores should just give the finger to the government, and sell whatever they want whenever they want to whomever they want. If they all did it, the government really couldn't stop 'em

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One thing that has happened here in my county is that when the issue comes up on the ballot about getting rid of the dry county thing, the two groups that always get together are some church organizations and the liquer store owners in the neighboring county. Every year the margin gets closer and closer. The major get out the vote issue here is becoming "Lets Make Our County Wet"

	03-12-2003 07:44									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel where is access to booze restricted in the US? ('cept that stupid below 21 rule that doesn't apply to most americans. )

It´s the kind of beer they have there

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quote: Originally posted by Adalbertus But honestly: Imagine a really free country with free access to alcohol and free access to guns. Is it paradise on earth or is it rather hell?

depends on the culture that goes with it. in Los Angelas culture it would be hell, in canadian culture it would be heaven

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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Sloww, huh? Are you trying to say that it's legal to walk down the street drinking a beer? Because AFAIK, it isn't.

it is in certain parts of Las Vegas and New Orleans