tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post91290918760647457..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Our Failing Newspapers, Part WhateverRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27695460279590640052009-10-07T09:37:35.487-04:002009-10-07T09:37:35.487-04:00I seem to recall hearing about it but I think the ...I seem to recall hearing about it but I think the cat was given that day's paper before I could read it. It doesn't surprise me; when the Star dropped centered headlines and skinny black lines between stories, consistent editorial policy soon followed and it was all downhill from there. The sellout to Gannet was just the last dollop of icing on top.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8886380898413239532009-10-06T22:47:48.783-04:002009-10-06T22:47:48.783-04:00I assume you noticed that last week the Star came ...I assume you noticed that last week the <em>Star</em> came out in favor of expanding the smoking ban.<br /><br />Gannett: Never met a plan to take away your liberty (or raise a tax) they didn't like.Old Grouchhttp://oldgrouch.mee.nunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-21695290512476774972009-10-06T18:09:14.681-04:002009-10-06T18:09:14.681-04:00If someone actually wanted to make a difference, t...If someone actually wanted to make a difference, the day would be Thursday, not Sunday. Not only would this improve Friday attendance at factory jobs, but it would also shift the recorded crimes from DWI to armed robbery of liquor stores and kidnapping or assault of the owners.<br /><br />Of course, try getting an accurate measurement of a difference. There are too many hands in the bag with DUI stats.TJPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83182373969656834512009-10-06T10:36:41.168-04:002009-10-06T10:36:41.168-04:00The only Sunday law I like is the one that forces ...The only Sunday law I like is the one that forces car dealers to be closed on Sunday.<br /><br />Makes it a great day to go car-shopping, unmolested by salespeople.<br /><br />As far as Andrea Neal goes, she's been off her shelf for years.Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35593456658948720532009-10-06T09:45:21.761-04:002009-10-06T09:45:21.761-04:00In Pennsylvania, not only do they have blue laws, ...In Pennsylvania, not only do they have blue laws, but you can't buy hard liquor and wine in the same place as you buy beer. All are state-run and usually you have to go a few miles down the road to get to the beer place after you go to the liquor store. Of course they are run on state-set-hours which means you REALLY have to plan ahead if you're having a few folks over to watch a game or for dinner.<br /><br />In North Carolina, you have to go to the ABC store for hard liquor, but can get wine and beer at the grocery store.Midwest Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296327673871169304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59238514679080280032009-10-06T08:16:53.613-04:002009-10-06T08:16:53.613-04:00Newsprint is also sold as packing paper by moving ...Newsprint is also sold as packing paper by moving companies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-63182253166916495792009-10-06T07:55:37.224-04:002009-10-06T07:55:37.224-04:00Believe it or not, local liquor stores were the on...Believe it or not, local liquor stores were the ones most in favor of being open on Sundays when NY was thinking of going to 7 days a week for liquor sales(beer has always been like that, only now, you can buy it a 8AM on a Sunday, instead of having to wait till noon), because they're reasoning is, "If we're gonna be closed one day a week, we should be able to choose which day" - meaning they'd rather be closed on a Monday or Tuesday, when business is slow, vs. a Sunday, which would probably be the busiest day after Friday and Saturday.HTRNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-4502802067342561762009-10-06T07:51:53.921-04:002009-10-06T07:51:53.921-04:00She cites a booze study in NEW MEXICO!?!?
New Mex...She cites a booze study in NEW MEXICO!?!?<br /><br />New Mexico where everyone is three sheets to the wind by 9AM? <br /><br />Before I just saw this as what it is, liquor stores vs. all other merchants. Now I really want this stupid law gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44497032802487828352009-10-06T01:22:54.259-04:002009-10-06T01:22:54.259-04:00Well said. I don't mind the hope-smoking dipp...Well said. I don't mind the hope-smoking dippies living in a happy rainbow-farting world in their own minds, but I resent it when they mess up my life trying to make everyone else live it.<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19147722802061456822009-10-06T00:52:26.034-04:002009-10-06T00:52:26.034-04:00Whoa! Quite the (justified) diatribe, adorable one...Whoa! Quite the (justified) diatribe, adorable one.<br /><br />Ah, blue laws. I dismember them from when I was stationed in a Southern State. <br /><br />K-Mart tried testing the authorities by opening on a particular Sunday. The manager was arrested, and the store ordered closed for the day by the local constabulary.<br /><br />It was quite the kerfuffle on the local news for a while. I just laughed my way to the BX.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06266828722290789801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-37481581593589560572009-10-06T00:20:50.132-04:002009-10-06T00:20:50.132-04:00If you thought blue laws were stupid, down in Kent...If you thought blue laws were stupid, down in Kentucky we also have dry counties. Quite possibly the most asinine laws ever. You can always tell that you live in a dry county because on each main road out of the county there will be at least one (and sometimes several) liquor store just across the line in the "wet" county next door. The DUI stats for Hardin county, for example, are always higher than the surrounding counties where liquor is sold in stores. To their credit, the Hardin county gubmint is slowly coming around to their senses; they now issue liquor licenses for restaurants.<br /><br />wv: medrums<br />'cause me can't play gee-tar... :-)Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142221102961906077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46305662270857502992009-10-05T23:29:24.726-04:002009-10-05T23:29:24.726-04:00"A growing number seem to think it's not ...<i>"A growing number seem to think it's not the state's business to tell consumers what they can do on Sunday."</i><br /><br /><b>GOOD!</b>perlhaqrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920117742664645165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-27834164237962583882009-10-05T22:24:12.502-04:002009-10-05T22:24:12.502-04:00Indianer doesn't have a monopoly on weird/stup...Indianer doesn't have a monopoly on weird/stupid Sunday sales. I was once prissily informed by a grocery clerk who was putting my hand-selected twelve-pack under the checkout counter that "<i>in Memphis there are no beer sales before noon on Sunday.</i>"<br /><br />My recently-moved-from-California response was "<i>Whassa matter? Baptists afraid all the cold ones will be gone before they get out of church??</i>"<br /><br />I didn't shop there for a long time.rickn8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19757373070972941312009-10-05T22:20:59.694-04:002009-10-05T22:20:59.694-04:00Ridiculous.... like so many laws designed to prote...Ridiculous.... like so many laws designed to protect us from ourselves.Tango Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593296126387219845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-83301860689177808302009-10-05T21:33:33.894-04:002009-10-05T21:33:33.894-04:00I always thought the "no booze on Sunday"...I always thought the "no booze on Sunday" was just because the CHURCH didn't like the competition....<br /><br /><br />But when I lived in Indy years ago, the laws allowed me to make a few extra bucks on Sunday....I'd by cases of warm beer on Saturday and refrigerate and sell it to desperate people on Sunday at a small (but significant) profit. (at the time I cared little for laws, seeing them as merely guidelines).B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.com