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Bruce[_28_]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 16:57:32 -0400, wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 06:41:23 +1100, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 08:32:10 -0500, Gary > wrote:
>>
wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I don't know about where you buy alcohol,
>>>
>>>Here in Virginia, beer and wine is sold in grocery stores
>>>and any smaller convenience store.
>>>Stronger stuff is sold in state-run ABC stores.
>>>
>>>> but here in our liquor
>>>> commissions there is all sorts of booze available in airline bottles,
>>>> they are there for desperate alcoholics who can't afford a bottle, so
>>>> I doubt you'll find there are no more!
>>>
>>>Interesting theory of why they sell those small bottles. Bums buying
>>>them because that's all they can afford. Probably true.
>>>I never even thought of that. I assumed they were samples to try
>>>before buying a larger bottle.
>>
>>An alcoholic needs a lot more than one of those little bottles. Being
>>bulk users, they'd have to be really stupid or really rich to buy
>>small bottles. Big ones are much more economic.
>
>So they may be - if - you have more to spend.

If they have more to spend, they'll buy a big bottle. They'll buy a
big bottle regardless.