What "Blue Laws" are in effect where you live ?

[glatt]

We were charged with making dinner one day on vacation in Pennsylvania, and we went to the grocery store to get supplies, except there was no beer or wine there, so we asked someone, and they said we had to go to the liquor store, and (I think I'm remembering this correctly) we showed up at the liquor store, where we could buy the wine, but not the beer. So we asked there, and they said we had to go to a beer distributor to buy the beer, but refused to recommend one, so we drove around blindly until we saw beer signs, and went into this warehouse, and the smallest thing they sold was a case. We only wanted a six pack, so they told us to go to a bar. We didn't know where a nearby bar was, so we just bought a case. Meanwhile, we drove past the liquor store on Main street like 5 times during all this. It would have been a lot easier to just go buy a bottle of vodka or something to drink with dinner.

If the idea is to give you a healthy relationship with alcohol, Pennsylvania is doing it all wrong. They are encouraging you to DRINK, and not moderately.

[SamIam]

Our grocery stores don't sell hard liquor ever. They do sell that 3.2 crap though which I never thought was worth the bother in my drinking days. Do you know how much 3.2 you need to drink to get a buzz? I don't, because my bladder always gave out.

It used to be that our privately owned liquor stores couldn't sell anything on Sunday. However, at a store called "State Line" that is right on the border of Colorado and New Mexico (which has far more liberal liquor laws), you could drive the 40 miles or so from here to there and buy all the liquor you wanted and take it home. State Line cured many of my Sunday hangovers back in the day.

The Colorado Legislature finally legalized the sale of liquor here on Sundays a while back. However, I still don't think you can buy liquor on election days until after the polls close.

Also, it is illegal to sell liquor on either the Navajo or Ute Reservations - ever. I'm not sure if this is due to a blue law or an effort to lessen the decimating effect of alcohol on Native Americans. Whatever the reason for its implementation, the liquor ban on the rez is a joke. There are plenty of bootleggers who will sell Natives whatever they want - for a higher fee, of course.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by glatt

If the idea is to give you a healthy relationship with alcohol, Pennsylvania is doing it all wrong. They are encouraging you to DRINK, and not moderately.

It's not about the relationship with alcohol, it's about paying for the flood that happened 122 75 years ago (There were two floods in the same place, but we're only still paying for the second one).

That is, incidentally a completely accurate description of the Pennsylvania Booze Buying Experience, except you left out the part where you drive into Maryland, Delaware, or New Jersey with the intent of smuggling liquor back into the Commonwealth.