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Old 03-23-2020, 03:15 PM   #505
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Explain this "State Run" liquor store concept...
In certain states, at least back in the day in Ohio, hard liquor could/can only be purchased in state licensed and operated stores.


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Dang! That brings on another back-in-the-day story. Back in the mid 70s, in Newtown, CT, it was a nasty winter. We had just had a 2 foot snowfall/blizzard and the snow had drifted real bad. Then we had a ice storm on top of that, then the temperatures headed down to zero.



It was funny watching my boys ice skate on lawns all over the neighborhood. The governor shut down the state for several days as far as vehicle traffic (except emergency vehicles) on the streets and roads.



We were OK, till I ran out of cigarettes and whisky -



So, I fired up my dirt bike and took to the ditches heading for the country store, which was about a mile away. I knew they would be open because they lived up over the store.



I scored the essential items and rode/slid back home.



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Nice looking property!

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Nice looking property!

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In certain states, at least back in the day in Ohio, hard liquor could/can only be purchased in state licensed and operated stores.

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Sounds ridiculous!
In Ontario wine, beer and liquor were sold through government run retail outlets as a monopoly until just a few years ago. Even now the very few privately stores that are allowed to sell them are heavily monitored.


Liquor Control Board Ontario Store





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Explain this "State Run" liquor store concept...
Beer and wine can be purchased at grocery stores, mini marts, etc., But hard liquor can only be purchased at the state run liquor store. They only sell hard liquor. So if you want beer and a shot, you gotta go to two stores.
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Beer and wine can be purchased at grocery stores, mini marts, etc., But hard liquor can only be purchased at the state run liquor store. They only sell hard liquor. So if you want beer and a shot, you gotta go to two stores.
Weird, hard liquor can be purchased here from any store licenced to sell it...including many grocery stores, dedicated liquor stores, etc.

So do the state employees in the state liquor store get a state pension?
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Sounds ridiculous!
What was ridiculous was "dry counties" where they didn't sell any liquor at all!

Do those still exist anywhere?


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Or, in Idaho, just go to the outskirts of town -


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Weird, hard liquor can be purchased here from any store licenced to sell it...including many grocery stores, dedicated liquor stores, etc.

So do the state employees in the state liquor store get a state pension?
Yea, I'm from California where same. Sucks not seeing liquor at the grocery store here in idaho, plus the state store gouges. On average, a bottle here is $5 more than I could buy it all day long at Safeway in Cali. Plus the selection is much less than the mega stores we had in Cali like BevMo. I had to special order Metaxa for making Saganaki. Took 2 weeks.

Don't know about the pensions. They say The state stores help keep taxes low.
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