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Ugly Kid Joe (gt8148b@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
: Dan Newcombe (newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu) wrote:

: : In all the states I've been though, I don't recal ever seeing hard liquor in 
: : grocery stores.  Only beer, wine, wine coolers and their like.

: : Where was it they sold hard liqour...I know they didn't in NY, NJ, and lots of 
: : other states in that area.

: : 	-Dan

: My family and I went to St. Louis, MO to visit relatives last Christmas, and
: the grocery stores there sold hard liquor.  Therefore, I guess that all of
: Missouri is that way.

St. Louis is my home town, and as I remember, there is still a city/county
option as to whether or not liquor would be sold.  The City of St. Louis
(one of only two cities in the U.S. NOT in a county) and St. Louis County
(surrounding the city) both allow sales of liquor in grocery stores, and
drug stores and similar.  Missouri used to be dry on Sundays, but that may
have changed.  St. Louis country (unencorporated areas) used to allow 
only 3.2% beer to be sold.  (Again used to, don't know if it's changed.)  
That made for interesting drinking travelers as the airport was in the 
unincorporated country, so at the airport, you used to not be able to buy 
anything stronger than 3.2% beer.  In the airplane, once pulled away from 
the jet-way, somehow different laws prevailed and liquor by the drink 
could be sold.  I remember once having to wait on the taxiway or apron 
for some considerable time for clearance, and being served drinks.  For 
some reason, we had to return to the gate and the attendents had to pick 
up all the drinks 'cause we were going to again be covered by St. Louis 
County regulations.

It's fun to buy it in a grocery store with an underage checkout clerk
ringing up your purchases.  (I used to work in a drug store as a kid.) The
(underage) clerk will ring up everything except the alcoholic beverages,
saving them 'til last, and then call the manager who will then scan the
alcohol and take the money.  That way, an underage person is not actually
selling it.