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oh, no, it wasn't a matter of ordering them. More like bribing them with a share. It was usually customary to let them keep a couple of beers, or get them drunk once or twice if they pick up a bunch of liquor.
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But you kept receipts?
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oh, yeah, they had to bring them back so i'd know they aren't bullshitting me about how much shit cost. you gotta be careful when youre on a college budget. You gotta know JUST how much your booze costs you.
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True. heheheheeee. That's why we drank Old Milwaukee Light (Old Mud Light) because it was slightly under 5 bucks a 12 pack. This was in the 80s, of course.
Sinbad did a thing about 'college poor.' When you were happy to have money for the pop machine times (ours was 35cents and sometimes I still couldn't cut it.) He said you'd find a dollar and be all struttin' and proud..."I'm gonna just hang out with my dollar." |
Bennington is all about the PBR, buncha hipster fucks.
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I have a couple friends (admitted 'billies) who LOVE PBR. Won't drink anything else. I have set of younger friends who drink 'Natty Light' (Natural Light.)
My nephew brought home a PBR rocking chair from college, so I guess it is all the rage! |
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I used to buy that much about twice as often, until we figured out Minifobette is allergic to all forms of squash. So she eats a lot more carrots and onions now, to make up for it. |
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Marijuana can be bought legally only at a medical marijuana dispensary and you have to have a special card issued by the state. I'm interested to see what will happen once marijuana for the masses becomes legal after the first of the year. At least OUR low income people have ready access to fresh sources of vitamin C, so there's no excuse for any outbreaks of scurvy in Colorado. :D |
Are the liquor stores there state-owned/state-run or just licensed private businesses?
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Colorado has licensed private businesses. However, down here in the Lost Corners, it gets tricky. My town is right next to the Ute tribal reservation as well as the Navajo Nation. It is illegal to even carry a bootle of booze for yourself, never mind sell any in either the Navajo Nation or on Ute tribal lands. They are located in an alcohol desert as well as a literall one. Most Navajo's seem to have access to a pick-up truck of some variety. They solve the problem by driving over to New Mexico where you can find a gas station which also serves as a drive-thru liquor store at just about every cross road. They're open on Sundays, too which wasn't the case in Colorado until recently. Everytime I'm down that way and have to buy gas, I feel amazed all over again that I am walking into a liquor store to pay for my gas. Needless to say, the death toll due to drunk driving is astronomical on both the rez and New Mexico highways. Folks here about warn newcomers to never drive on roads that go thru tribal lands on the weekends. Go figure. Perky Coloradans from around here also have the option of a casual walk across the state line over to Utah - I prefer the 70 mile round trip to the town of Monticello, myself, but the show-offs put in the extra 25 miles each way to purchase their poison in Moab. Utah offers the discerning booze shopper tiny state owned stores staffed by disapproving Mormons. People in cars run the risk of missing Utah liquor stores altogether, since they are plain with teensy signs, relegated to side streets and only open from about 2 - 7pm weekdays. |
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I'll throw in that a lot of remote Aboriginal communities have this problem very severely*. How much do you think it costs to truck refrigerated vegetables 1,500 kms to a community of maybe 500 people, most of whom are scraping by on some kind of government support?
This is just one of the many interconnected problems. * For "very severely" I almost wrote "in spades". [hangs head in shame for even thinking it]. |
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Look, your position isn't convincingly supported by the evidence at hand. I'm not arguing the veracity of your position, or how many other factors weigh in to how you formed it. You made a statement specifically about a conclusion that can be reached from these maps, but it can't be reached from these maps. You were reaching, and you over-reached. I tried to inquire politely, but your answers became progressivley more vague. I'm not 'out to get you' on this, I'm just interested in a solid, well-founded defense of a claim which I wasn't personally able to confirm based on the evidence you presented. Now, you're saying it is supported by all this other stuff. That's fine, just don't say it's based on these maps unless you intend to back that claim. Either back it or retract it--these would be the two intellectually honest options you have.
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