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  • Re: Beer On Sunday

    From Daryl Stout@1:2320/33 to Mike Powell on Fri Jul 15 00:31:00 2022
    Mike,

    You could not buy beer in the grocery store in KY on Sunday, either,
    until just very recently. Gatorade is on the same aisle. It must have changed during COVID because the plastic "drapes" that used to go over
    the side of the aisle where the beer is are gone now, and the lights
    are on in the coolers.

    I think of the meme where the bottles of "water" are now filled with wine, and the priest quips "He did it again". <G>

    Daryl

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DARYL STOUT on Sat Jul 16 09:37:00 2022
    You could not buy beer in the grocery store in KY on Sunday, either, until just very recently. Gatorade is on the same aisle. It must have changed during COVID because the plastic "drapes" that used to go over the side of the aisle where the beer is are gone now, and the lights
    are on in the coolers.

    I think of the meme where the bottles of "water" are now filled with wine, and the priest quips "He did it again". <G>

    Back in the 1970's (or real early '80's?) during the nationwide truckers strike, they were allowing trucks with necessities (like milk and other
    food) to continue to transport their goods. Other truckers who tried were
    open to being harrassed and even having their trucks destroyed. I remember this because my uncle, who drove for an independent non-union company, was
    very concerned about driving during that time. I think the company had to shutter until it was over.

    At any rate, I have heard rumors that there were some trucks that were
    marked for things like MILK but that were actually carrying other substances, such as gasoline and even steel beams!

    I was around 10 years old then. Someone who was a little older might
    remember it better.

    Mike


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Mike Powell on Sat Jul 16 10:55:00 2022
    Mike Powell wrote to DARYL STOUT <=-

    At any rate, I have heard rumors that there were some trucks that were marked for things like MILK but that were actually carrying other substances, such as gasoline and even steel beams!

    I read that during prohibition, Laphroaig scotch was imported into the US as
    a disinfectant...

    (for those who don't drink scotch, Laphroaig is made on Islay, an island off of the Scottish coast. The peat used in the fires to make scotch as well as where the malts grow lend a smoky, "brine and iodine" flavor. And I mean
    that in the best way possible...)


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:135/392 to KURT WEISKE on Mon Jul 18 07:23:50 2022
    Kurt wrote --

    I read that during prohibition, Laphroaig scotch was imported into the US as a disinfectant...

    Well, technicality alcohol kills germs, so....
    Joe
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  • From august abolins@2:221/1.59 to George Pope on Fri Nov 11 03:36:20 2022

    Then you get some guy who took a job that was to include scheduling on any days, per the boss' needs. & he later converted to some obscure religion that had certain days off, & sued, as the boss, when asked for those days to be blocked off, essentially said, "I hired you to fill any shifts without blocked off times," sadly, the courts ruled against the employer, & he had to pay back pay plus interest for those days worked against his newfound religion.

    Where and when did that happen? I would think that there would be equal "laws" and tests in law that define WHEN someone's idea of religion is actually a valid religion.


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  • From George Pope@1:153/757 to August Abolins on Fri Nov 25 09:23:06 2022
    Then you get some guy who took a job that was to include scheduling on any >> days, per the boss' needs. & he later converted to some obscure religion
    that had certain days off, & sued, as the boss, when asked for those days >> to be blocked off, essentially said, "I hired you to fill any shifts
    without blocked off times," sadly, the courts ruled against the employer, >> & he had to pay back pay plus interest for those days worked against his
    newfound religion.
    Where and when did that happen? I would think that there would be equal "laws
    and tests in law that define WHEN someone's idea of religion is actually a valid religion.

    It was preposterous; it happened here in BC; abbotsford, I believe (right in the middle of the biggest Bible Belt of Canada--I grew up just across the river
    & hung around in Abbotsford's malls as a ne'er-do-well teen)

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.21 to George Pope on Fri Nov 25 19:26:00 2022
    Where and when did that happen? I would think that there would be equal
    "laws and tests in law that define WHEN someone's idea of religion is
    actually a valid religion.

    It was preposterous; it happened here in BC; abbotsford, I believe (right in the middle of the biggest Bible Belt of Canada--I grew up just across the river & hung around in Abbotsford's malls as a ne'er-do-well teen)


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Perpetual_Exemption

    John Oliver created a fake church/religion.

    The YT segments about it are pretty funny.

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