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NavyVet1959 wrote:

jmra wrote:

Keith B wrote:Yeah, that's just what I want to see at Walmart is some liquored-up redneck that is heading out to get in their pickup truck.

I was just thinking the same thing. Too bad there isn't a breathalyzer app for forums - blow into the tube before you can post.

Well, *some* of us who have lived in places where this was perfectly acceptable will also remember that there wasn't a rash of accidents attributed to intoxicated driving from grocery stores. Of course, one might argue that Louisianians are either able to hold their alcohol better than others or that they are just able to drive better while intoxicated. :)

Besides, for those neo-Puritan fanatics out there, it doesn't mean that the person drinking is the person driving. Or even that the person going to the store actually *drove* there. In some of the neighborhood markets back then, people walked or took the trolley.

Anyone remember Schwegmann's?

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We always used to say that the Louisiana solution to intoxicated driving back then was curvy unlit unmarked potholed roads with pine trees bordering them. Either you were able to drink and drive, you didn't drink, or you "became one with" the trees. Traffic was pretty close to nonexistent back then, so you were more likely to end up in the trees than hit another car if you started off a bit too drunk. And let's not forget that cars had metal dashes and seat belts were not required. Ahhh... The "good o'l days" before the Nanny-State and when Darwinism was practiced (even by those who did not believe in it). :)

Keith B wrote:

NavyVet1959 wrote: Personally, I think that you should be able to consume alcohol while you are in a store. It would make waiting in line at Wal-mart a lot more pleasurable. I can remember grocery stores back in Louisiana where you would show up at the cashier with just the plastic ring from a 6-pack and the cashier would just ask you what type of beer did that used to be. You would grab a 6-pack when you first came in the store and drink it while you were shopping. Things sure have changed over the years. Not necessarily for the better though.

Yeah, that's just what I want to see at Walmart is some liquored-up redneck that is heading out to get in their pickup truck.