Bible Belt nonsense

(06-06-2016 11:30 PM)The4thOption Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 11:16 PM)HowlForAState Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 10:27 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 04:45 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 04:06 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  That ain't dry.
Come to Jonesboro.

That's called Damp.

Tarleton, my other team, is located in Erath County, Texas. Up until 2008, Erath was dry and you had to drive 23 miles to the county line to purchase alcoholic beverages for home consumption. That didn't stop anyone from drinking, it just meant a bunch of people left the party at 10:30 to make a last run for booze before the stores closed.

Bars were all private clubs with annual membership fees. Even places like Chilis were not immune. They had to open without a bar because the city delayed issuing their liquor license. Ever eat Chilis without booze? I don't recommend it.

That's how Jonesboro is. For a restaurant to serve alcohol they have to be a private club with yearly memberships and a certain percentage of receipts have to be from food. Most places just have a sign in sheet and you can sign in under member or guest, they don't really care. But when you check in at the Olive Garden they just automatically hand you a membership card.

All pretty ridiculous to most people with common sense. Who does it stop from drinking? The only thing it does is make citizens/students more tempted to drive to the county line liquor stores when they've already been drinking. Why not keep the money in the county?

Ahhh...... But what if several county commissioners are partial owners of those stores at the county lines? Gotta love small town politics.

Bingo. In Erath's case, rumor has it that the owner of the county's largest bar and honkytonk had sway with officials. In addition to Chilis, a BBQ chain chain came into town and wanted to sell beer but struggled to get a permit. Opening night came and they decided that they would just give beer away if they couldn't sell it. My understanding is that they have continued this practice to this day.

(06-07-2016 10:09 AM)chrisattsu Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 11:30 PM)The4thOption Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 11:16 PM)HowlForAState Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 10:27 PM)GoBigRed26 Wrote:  

(06-06-2016 04:45 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  That's called Damp.

Tarleton, my other team, is located in Erath County, Texas. Up until 2008, Erath was dry and you had to drive 23 miles to the county line to purchase alcoholic beverages for home consumption. That didn't stop anyone from drinking, it just meant a bunch of people left the party at 10:30 to make a last run for booze before the stores closed.

Bars were all private clubs with annual membership fees. Even places like Chilis were not immune. They had to open without a bar because the city delayed issuing their liquor license. Ever eat Chilis without booze? I don't recommend it.

That's how Jonesboro is. For a restaurant to serve alcohol they have to be a private club with yearly memberships and a certain percentage of receipts have to be from food. Most places just have a sign in sheet and you can sign in under member or guest, they don't really care. But when you check in at the Olive Garden they just automatically hand you a membership card.

All pretty ridiculous to most people with common sense. Who does it stop from drinking? The only thing it does is make citizens/students more tempted to drive to the county line liquor stores when they've already been drinking. Why not keep the money in the county?

Ahhh...... But what if several county commissioners are partial owners of those stores at the county lines? Gotta love small town politics.

Bingo. In Erath's case, rumor has it that the owner of the county's largest bar and honkytonk had sway with officials. In addition to Chilis, a BBQ chain chain came into town and wanted to sell beer but struggled to get a permit. Opening night came and they decided that they would just give beer away if they couldn't sell it. My understanding is that they have continued this practice to this day.

Pretty sure that's illegal in Arkansas.

As to who owns the liquor stores on the county line in Arkansas..people that know how to get the church crowd fired up and to the polls when they need to.

(06-06-2016 04:45 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  That's called Damp.

Tarleton, my other team, is located in Erath County, Texas. Up until 2008, Erath was dry and you had to drive 23 miles to the county line to purchase alcoholic beverages for home consumption. That didn't stop anyone from drinking, it just meant a bunch of people left the party at 10:30 to make a last run for booze before the stores closed.

Bars were all private clubs with annual membership fees. Even places like Chilis were not immune. They had to open without a bar because the city delayed issuing their liquor license. Ever eat Chilis without booze? I don't recommend it.

And all of the bars close at midnight right? Takes me by surprise everytime when they make the last call at 11:45....