http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8711058Oh my.
For a while there, I thought Pedro Picasso had been kicked off Skins's island, or voluntary departed for ulmic shores, where so many primitives have fled the past few months.
There's not much to this bonfire, but I needed to announce that Pedro Picasso is still as stupid as ever, if not more so.
liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-08-10 01:32 PM
Original message
Swipe, smile, blow: Pa. has wine vending machines
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Swipe your driver's license, look into the camera, blow into the breath sensor and — voila! — you have permission to buy a bottle of wine from a vending machine.
Pennsylvania, which has some of the most Byzantine liquor laws in the nation, recently introduced the country's first wine "kiosks." If the machines are successful in their test run inside two grocery stores, the state Liquor Control Board could place the high-tech alcohol automats in about 100 others.
But does anyone want to buy wine this way?
It seems the answer is yes. Customers using the machine at a Giant supermarket outside Harrisburg were thrilled that it could be a permanent fixture.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38142853/ns/today-foodwin... /
Lars39 (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-08-10 01:34 PM
Response to Original message
1. Sigh...yet here in TN we can't even buy wine in a grocery store.
NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-08-10 01:46 PM
Response to Reply #1
6. Same in Maryland
Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-08-10 01:48 PM
Response to Reply #6
8. and Connecticut
along with not being able to buy Alcohol on Sunday or after 8:00 PM.
Atman (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-08-10 01:52 PM
PEDRO PICASSO, #11 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
Response to Reply #8
9. It's actually 9:00 pm, but most Mom & Pops still close at 8:00
The funny thing is, the state is so small that it's pretty easy to drive to Massachusetts or Rhode Island if you're caught shorthanded. The laws in Connecticut don't even have anything to do with religion or temperance. They are entirely about protecting small store owners from being squashed by giant liquor stores who can afford to stay open late and employ more people.
After which other primitives discuss their own state laws about the selling of alcohol.
