On Mar 28, 1:59*pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "Omelet" wrote
>
> >> I always think it's interesting when I see people buying Alka-Seltzer and
> >> frozen pizza, or similar combinations.
>
> > <laughs> Me too!
>
> I learn a lot about people by checking out their cart... I find it
> titillating when I see a gal in the check out line at Lowes and all she has
> is two 24 packs of copper top D cells... I'm positive she's struggling to
> keep a straight face while noticing my salacious ogling and humming
> (bzzzzzzz). *Sometimes I brazenly mention how she must own a lot of
> flashlights and ask if she's considered rechargables. *And I'm not kidding,
> next time you're at one of those big box hardwares check out how many gals
> are buying D cells by the super economy pack.

Are you thinking, vibrator?

--Bryan

On Sat 28 Mar 2009 11:43:15a, sf told us...

> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:01:07 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>>
>>Yep, I buy Mary B's frozen biscuits. It's exactly as you say, toss them
>>in the oven and 20 minutes later you have nice fluffy biscuits! Be
>>careful to let the sides touch, though, so they rise nicely. I bake
>>them 6 at a time in a round cake pan... six of them *just* fit in a cake
>>pan. They rise very nicely that way. The one time I didn't do that I
>>got what I call "Ellie Mae" [Clampett, as in the Beverly Hillbillies]
>>biscuits. They were flat and hard as rocks. The birds out back enjoyed
>>them, though
>>
> I don't get it. Elly Mae was the young and pretty one.
>
>

But she couldn't cook or bake worth shit.

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

George Shirley wrote:

> Went to the store this past week, lady in line ahead of me had four
> cases of beer, three cases of Cokes, six big bags of chips, two or three
> boxes of cookies. Rather casually I just said, "Big party?"
>
> Just casually she said, "Nope, lunch for husband." We both cracked up
> and people were staring at us and wondering what we were laughing about.
>
> Turns out they were having some sort of to do in the backyard with their
> grown kids. I do like to meet people with a good sense of humor.


The other night I was getting andouille and some other gumbo fixings and the
lady in front of me started talking, she said she'd recently made 10 gallons
of jambalaya for a church event. She said she's yet to make gumbo, so I
gave her some tips...


--
Best
Greg

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Mar 28, 1:59 pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>> "Omelet" wrote
>>
>>>> I always think it's interesting when I see people buying Alka-Seltzer and
>>>> frozen pizza, or similar combinations.
>>> <laughs> Me too!
>> I learn a lot about people by checking out their cart... I find it
>> titillating when I see a gal in the check out line at Lowes and all she has
>> is two 24 packs of copper top D cells... I'm positive she's struggling to
>> keep a straight face while noticing my salacious ogling and humming
>> (bzzzzzzz). Sometimes I brazenly mention how she must own a lot of
>> flashlights and ask if she's considered rechargables. And I'm not kidding,
>> next time you're at one of those big box hardwares check out how many gals
>> are buying D cells by the super economy pack.
>
> Are you thinking, vibrator?
>

I might if they were C cells.
D cells? That is scary, but I might follow one home :-)

blake murphy wrote:

>
> i don't think it's so much that as it is 'well, i course *i* can use
> alcohol in moderation, but if we allow it to be sold on sunday or after ten
> p.m., those *other people* will cause all hell to break loose.'

When I moved out here 32 years ago it was a dry township. They went wet
within a few years and put in a liquor store that also sold beer. You
had to take your empty beer bottles to the John Deere store for refunds.
Now there is a liquor store and a beer store and they are both open
Sundays.

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> Are you thinking, vibrator?

More likely it's for powering her laptop.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:01:07 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>>
>>Yep, I buy Mary B's frozen biscuits. It's exactly as you say, toss them
>>in
>>the oven and 20 minutes later you have nice fluffy biscuits! Be careful
>>to
>>let the sides touch, though, so they rise nicely. I bake them 6 at a time
>>in a round cake pan... six of them *just* fit in a cake pan. They rise
>>very
>>nicely that way. The one time I didn't do that I got what I call "Ellie
>>Mae" [Clampett, as in the Beverly Hillbillies] biscuits. They were flat
>>and
>>hard as rocks. The birds out back enjoyed them, though
>>
> I don't get it. Elly Mae was the young and pretty one.
>
>
> --
But Elly Mae couldn't cook. Could manage all the animals, trap, shoot - but
not cook.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

On Mar 28, 5:24*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> > Are you thinking, vibrator?
>
> More likely it's for powering her laptop.

Now I don't really *know* what type of batteries you need to power a
steely dan, but I've never known a laptop to run off of D batteries.

According to Dave, vibrators operate on C cells. He didn't say how he
knew.

I have a buddy who makes very high end glass dildos that light up with
neon lights. They're very pricey, but for the woman who has
everything...

--Bryan

On Mar 28, 6:25*pm, "JonquilJan" > wrote:
> "sf" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:01:07 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> > wrote:
>
> >>Yep, I buy Mary B's frozen biscuits. *It's exactly as you say, toss them
> >>in
> >>the oven and 20 minutes later you have nice fluffy biscuits! *Be careful
> >>to
> >>let the sides touch, though, so they rise nicely. *I bake them 6 at a time
> >>in a round cake pan... six of them *just* fit in a cake pan. *They rise
> >>very
> >>nicely that way. *The one time I didn't do that I got what I call "Ellie
> >>Mae" [Clampett, as in the Beverly Hillbillies] biscuits. *They were flat
> >>and
> >>hard as rocks. *The birds out back enjoyed them, though

Out by the cement pond.
>
> > I don't get it. *Elly Mae was the young and pretty one.
>
> > --
>
> But Elly Mae couldn't cook. *Could manage all the animals, trap, shoot - but
> not cook.

They's called critters.
Beverly Hillbillies is one of my favorite shows of all time.
>
> JonquilJan
>

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Mar 28, 6:25 pm, "JonquilJan" > wrote:
>
>> But Elly Mae couldn't cook. Could manage all the animals, trap, shoot - but
>> not cook.
>>
>
> They's called critters.
> Beverly Hillbillies is one of my favorite shows of all time.
>
>> JonquilJan
>>
>>
>
> --Bryan
>

My children watched re-runs of the Beverly Hillbillies. When my
youngest son was about 9 yrs old, he referred to my family as Beverly
Hillbillies, since they eat just about anything.


Becca

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:56:41 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
> They's called critters.
> Beverly Hillbillies is one of my favorite shows of all time.
>>

you really are a cutting-edge type guy.

blake

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:19:24 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> On Mar 28, 1:59*pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>> "Omelet" wrote
>>
>>>> I always think it's interesting when I see people buying Alka-Seltzer and
>>>> frozen pizza, or similar combinations.
>>
>>> <laughs> Me too!
>>
>> I learn a lot about people by checking out their cart... I find it
>> titillating when I see a gal in the check out line at Lowes and all she has
>> is two 24 packs of copper top D cells... I'm positive she's struggling to
>> keep a straight face while noticing my salacious ogling and humming
>> (bzzzzzzz). *Sometimes I brazenly mention how she must own a lot of
>> flashlights and ask if she's considered rechargables. *And I'm not kidding,
>> next time you're at one of those big box hardwares check out how many gals
>> are buying D cells by the super economy pack.
>
> Are you thinking, vibrator?
>
> --Bryan

that's where sheldon's batteries go.

blake

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:17:02 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>
>> i don't think it's so much that as it is 'well, i course *i* can use
>> alcohol in moderation, but if we allow it to be sold on sunday or after ten
>> p.m., those *other people* will cause all hell to break loose.'
>
> When I moved out here 32 years ago it was a dry township. They went wet
> within a few years and put in a liquor store that also sold beer. You
> had to take your empty beer bottles to the John Deere store for refunds.
> Now there is a liquor store and a beer store and they are both open
> Sundays.

the d.c. suburbs in maryland aren't all that hinky about alcohol, but no
booze on sunday (beer and wine is o.k.). some state stores in virginia are
open sunday.

in d.c., liquor stores (all privately owned) are closed on sunday, but as i
recall they were permitted to open the last two times dec. 31st fell on
sunday by special dispensation of the city council.

your pal,
volstead

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
>
> in d.c., liquor stores (all privately owned) are closed on sunday, but as
> i
> recall they were permitted to open the last two times dec. 31st fell on
> sunday by special dispensation of the city council.
>
> your pal,
> volstead

About the same here in CT. State wants to let them open Sunday, but the
store owners do not. They figure the overall sales will be the same but
spread over an extra day and have to pay more for store help. Some border
stores want to open though. No big deal to me either way. I've never had to
get booze on an emergency basis.

Years ago (until the 1960's) the state run PA stores were not self service
and very little was on display. You had to tell the clerk what you wanted
and they went in the back room to get it. I worked across the street from a
store and on Friday you'd see the line of drunks forming to get their pint.

On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:19:24 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
> wrote:

>On Mar 28, 1:59*pm, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>> "Omelet" wrote
>>
>> >> I always think it's interesting when I see people buying Alka-Seltzer and
>> >> frozen pizza, or similar combinations.
>>
>> > <laughs> Me too!
>>
>> I learn a lot about people by checking out their cart... I find it
>> titillating when I see a gal in the check out line at Lowes and all she has
>> is two 24 packs of copper top D cells... I'm positive she's struggling to
>> keep a straight face while noticing my salacious ogling and humming
>> (bzzzzzzz). *Sometimes I brazenly mention how she must own a lot of
>> flashlights and ask if she's considered rechargables. *And I'm not kidding,
>> next time you're at one of those big box hardwares check out how many gals
>> are buying D cells by the super economy pack.
>
>Are you thinking, vibrator?
>
I'm thinking kids toys.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that
interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

blake murphy wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:17:02 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>> i don't think it's so much that as it is 'well, i course *i* can use
>>> alcohol in moderation, but if we allow it to be sold on sunday or after ten
>>> p.m., those *other people* will cause all hell to break loose.'
>> When I moved out here 32 years ago it was a dry township. They went wet
>> within a few years and put in a liquor store that also sold beer. You
>> had to take your empty beer bottles to the John Deere store for refunds.
>> Now there is a liquor store and a beer store and they are both open
>> Sundays.
>
> the d.c. suburbs in maryland aren't all that hinky about alcohol, but no
> booze on sunday (beer and wine is o.k.). some state stores in virginia are
> open sunday.
>
> in d.c., liquor stores (all privately owned) are closed on sunday, but as i
> recall they were permitted to open the last two times dec. 31st fell on
> sunday by special dispensation of the city council.
>
> your pal,
> volstead

Ah, yes. In days of yore, the liquor stores in Mass. were also
closed on Sundays. Then we did the holiday thing. Then, IIRC,
some stores near the border with NH were allowed to open. Now,
our liquor stores are open on Sunday--maybe just in the afternoon
though.

--
Jean B.

In article >,
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:


> About the same here in CT. State wants to let them open Sunday, but the
> store owners do not. They figure the overall sales will be the same but
> spread over an extra day and have to pay more for store help. Some border
> stores want to open though. No big deal to me either way. I've never had to
> get booze on an emergency basis.

I went to Texas on business a few years back. I got in the day before,
on Sunday. I went to buy some booze, but the liquor store was closed.
I went back to the hotel for dinner. I could get booze with dinner just
fine, but it cost several times as much.

I flew in, it was way to far to drive. You can't carry liquids on the
plane. If I lived in Texas, I would just do a little planning and buy
booze in advance of Sunday. Like you say, the same amount of sales,
just spread out over more days.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

blake murphy wrote:

> the d.c. suburbs in maryland aren't all that hinky about alcohol, but no
> booze on sunday (beer and wine is o.k.). some state stores in virginia are
> open sunday.
>
> in d.c., liquor stores (all privately owned) are closed on sunday, but as i
> recall they were permitted to open the last two times dec. 31st fell on
> sunday by special dispensation of the city council.


Things have changed a lot here over the last few decades. Beer is sold
through the Brewers Retail, which started as some sort of consortium of
breweries. Liqor is sold at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO),
which also sells wine and beer. Hours varied depending on the location.
In our town, both the beer store and the LCBO are 9-6 Monday to
Thursday and Saturday, 9-9 on Friday and 12-4 pm on Sunday. There are
stores in the nearby cities that have extended hours. None are open
before noon on Sunday.

A few years ago they started selling beer wine and liquor in corner
stores in two rural towns. They can sell it during their regular
business hours which IIRC is 6 am to 10 pm



There are dozens of wineries around here and they have sell only their
own wines. There are also a few grocery stores and malls with wine
stores operated by some of the larger wineries and each sells only its
own wines.

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:


> the d.c. suburbs in maryland aren't all that hinky about alcohol, but no
> booze on sunday (beer and wine is o.k.).

This really ticks me off, on a theoretical basis. Some churches
celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday. Many churches are getting away from
having everything on Sunday. It's a waste of the facility for the other
six days, for one thing.

If we have separation of church and state, and freedom of religion,
what's with the restriction on alcohol on Sunday?

Election days bug me too. Especially with the push to vote by mail. I
worked with a guy for many years. He knew all the candidates and all
the issues. He never voted. He was a French citizen. Voting isn't
even required in the US. Why should the bars be closed on election day?

Fortunately, I live in California, and most of these laws are long gone.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Ed Pawlowski wrote:


> Years ago (until the 1960's) the state run PA stores were not self service
> and very little was on display. You had to tell the clerk what you wanted
> and they went in the back room to get it. I worked across the street from a
> store and on Friday you'd see the line of drunks forming to get their pint.


We had the same deal back in the days before I was of age, not that that
stopped my. The drinking age was 21 but I was able to buy it regularly
when I was 17. There were lists of what was available and you had to
fill out a card with your name and address and right down the product
numbers, hand it to the cashier who would ring it up and then get the
bottles for you.

Of course I never used my real name. Most of the time I used my friend's
name. One day I was in there picking up some booze for me and my
friends and wrote down Bob's name and address and faked a signature.
Who should show up right behind me in line but Bob's father, who said
"Hi Dave" and I said Hi Mr. ..... addressing him with the surname I had
written on the card.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
>
>>> Heh! You never "people watch" in the checkout line?
>>> I look at other people's purchases all the time. It's entertaining to
>>> see the differences between "moderates", "junk food junkies" and those
>>> that actually try to eat reasonably "real" diets. :-)
>> Went to the store this past week, lady in line ahead of me had four
>> cases of beer, three cases of Cokes, six big bags of chips, two or three
>> boxes of cookies. Rather casually I just said, "Big party?"
>>
>> Just casually she said, "Nope, lunch for husband." We both cracked up
>> and people were staring at us and wondering what we were laughing about.
>>
>> Turns out they were having some sort of to do in the backyard with their
>> grown kids. I do like to meet people with a good sense of humor.
>
> Grocery store and checkout lane conversations have been most interesting
> over the years. :-)

One of my favorites happened several years ago. Was in line behind a
young mother and her daughter, who appeared to be about two or three
years old. Little girl was watching me and I was flirting with her,
winking and grinning. She looked up and said, "Are you somebody's
PawPaw?" To which I replied, "Yes, I am, several somebody's PawPaw." Her
mother was upset with the little girl for bothering me but I explained
that my grand and great grandkids lived more than 125 miles away and I
didn't get to see them that often. It was either that or she thought I
was pervert getting ready to make off with her kid. <G>

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> > Heh! You never "people watch" in the checkout line?
> > I look at other people's purchases all the time. It's entertaining to
> > see the differences between "moderates", "junk food junkies" and those
> > that actually try to eat reasonably "real" diets. :-)
>
> Went to the store this past week, lady in line ahead of me had four
> cases of beer, three cases of Cokes, six big bags of chips, two or three
> boxes of cookies. Rather casually I just said, "Big party?"
>
> Just casually she said, "Nope, lunch for husband." We both cracked up
> and people were staring at us and wondering what we were laughing about.
>
> Turns out they were having some sort of to do in the backyard with their
> grown kids. I do like to meet people with a good sense of humor.

Grocery store and checkout lane conversations have been most interesting
over the years. :-)
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > George Shirley > wrote:
> >
> >>> Heh! You never "people watch" in the checkout line?
> >>> I look at other people's purchases all the time. It's entertaining to
> >>> see the differences between "moderates", "junk food junkies" and those
> >>> that actually try to eat reasonably "real" diets. :-)
> >> Went to the store this past week, lady in line ahead of me had four
> >> cases of beer, three cases of Cokes, six big bags of chips, two or three
> >> boxes of cookies. Rather casually I just said, "Big party?"
> >>
> >> Just casually she said, "Nope, lunch for husband." We both cracked up
> >> and people were staring at us and wondering what we were laughing about.
> >>
> >> Turns out they were having some sort of to do in the backyard with their
> >> grown kids. I do like to meet people with a good sense of humor.
> >
> > Grocery store and checkout lane conversations have been most interesting
> > over the years. :-)
>
> One of my favorites happened several years ago. Was in line behind a
> young mother and her daughter, who appeared to be about two or three
> years old. Little girl was watching me and I was flirting with her,
> winking and grinning. She looked up and said, "Are you somebody's
> PawPaw?" To which I replied, "Yes, I am, several somebody's PawPaw." Her
> mother was upset with the little girl for bothering me but I explained
> that my grand and great grandkids lived more than 125 miles away and I
> didn't get to see them that often. It was either that or she thought I
> was pervert getting ready to make off with her kid. <G>

Just explain like I do, I compare other's kids to my nephews.
I really do enjoy babysitting.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Jean B. wrote:
>
> Ah, yes. In days of yore, the liquor stores in Mass. were also closed
> on Sundays. Then we did the holiday thing. Then, IIRC, some stores
> near the border with NH were allowed to open. Now, our liquor stores
> are open on Sunday--maybe just in the afternoon though.


A similar thing happened here with retail stores. The stores in NY state
were open on Sundays and our dollar was close to the US dollar. People
were flocking over the border to take advantage of cheaper prices, so
the local stores complained that they were losing too much business to
the American stores. The government opted to allow them to be open on
Sundays here.

I don't think anyone has more money to spend each week, but now the
stores have to pay people to man their stores 7 days a week instead of 6.

Dave Smith > wrote in news:49cffc1f$0$27434
:

> A similar thing happened here with retail stores. The stores in NY state
> were open on Sundays and our dollar was close to the US dollar. People
> were flocking over the border to take advantage of cheaper prices, so
> the local stores complained that they were losing too much business to
> the American stores. The government opted to allow them to be open on
> Sundays here.

The market area in Ottawa is similarly exempt from closures due to tourism.

--

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest
of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest
good of everyone. - John Maynard Keynes

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> On Mar 28, 5:24 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>
>>> Are you thinking, vibrator?
>> More likely it's for powering her laptop.
>
> Now I don't really *know* what type of batteries you need to power a
> steely dan, but I've never known a laptop to run off of D batteries.
>
> According to Dave, vibrators operate on C cells. He didn't say how he
> knew.


It's amazing what women will tell you after a few gin and tonics.
:-)
-

In article > ,
Dave Smith > wrote:


> I don't think anyone has more money to spend each week, but now the
> stores have to pay people to man their stores 7 days a week instead of 6.

For a large store with 27 full time employees who used to work over a
six day week, if there is no more business, then the store should need
to have 27 full time employees, but spread over all seven days. Net
change is zero.

For a very small store with the owner being the sole employee, there
would be a problem since they would no longer have a day off.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:32:49 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
>
>
>> About the same here in CT. State wants to let them open Sunday, but the
>> store owners do not. They figure the overall sales will be the same but
>> spread over an extra day and have to pay more for store help. Some border
>> stores want to open though. No big deal to me either way. I've never had to
>> get booze on an emergency basis.
>
>I went to Texas on business a few years back. I got in the day before,
>on Sunday. I went to buy some booze, but the liquor store was closed.
>I went back to the hotel for dinner. I could get booze with dinner just
>fine, but it cost several times as much.
>
>I flew in, it was way to far to drive. You can't carry liquids on the
>plane. If I lived in Texas, I would just do a little planning and buy
>booze in advance of Sunday. Like you say, the same amount of sales,
>just spread out over more days.

Back in the 60s, it was agin' the law to buy a mixed drink in Texas.
Folks wanting a slug with dinner (or at a bar) had to supply their own
hooch and buy a "set up". This had some odd consequences, including
the amusing sight of well dressed and impeccably coiffed Federal
Reseve Bank types heading into a bar after work with bottles of
bourbon in brown paper bags.
--

modom

Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Of course I never used my real name. Most of the time I used my
> friend's name. One day I was in there picking up some booze for me
> and my friends and wrote down Bob's name and address and faked a
> signature. Who should show up right behind me in line but Bob's
> father, who said "Hi Dave" and I said Hi Mr. ..... addressing him
> with the surname I had written on the card.

lol

Jean B. wrote:
> Ah, yes. In days of yore, the liquor stores in Mass. were also
> closed on Sundays. Then we did the holiday thing. Then, IIRC,
> some stores near the border with NH were allowed to open. Now,
> our liquor stores are open on Sunday--maybe just in the afternoon
> though.

We can buy any kind of alcohol in the supermarkets on Sundays, but not until
12 midday.

Ophelia > wrote:

>We can buy any kind of alcohol in the supermarkets on Sundays, but not until
>12 midday.

Thus forcing one to experience the shakes as one waits until
noon.

Diabolical, these blue laws.

Steve

Dan Abel wrote:
> In article > ,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>
>> I don't think anyone has more money to spend each week, but now the
>> stores have to pay people to man their stores 7 days a week instead
>> of 6.
>
> For a large store with 27 full time employees who used to work over a
> six day week, if there is no more business, then the store should need
> to have 27 full time employees, but spread over all seven days. Net
> change is zero.
>
> For a very small store with the owner being the sole employee, there
> would be a problem since they would no longer have a day off.

But I thought someone said it was because people were going over the border
to buy booze? Surely if they are now getting the custom, they are better
off?

Steve Pope wrote:
> Ophelia > wrote:
>
>> We can buy any kind of alcohol in the supermarkets on Sundays, but
>> not until 12 midday.
>
> Thus forcing one to experience the shakes as one waits until
> noon.
>
> Diabolical, these blue laws.

lol

Ya shoulda said "Dunno, doesn't matter, I'm paying with food stamps".

"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...
> Dan Abel wrote:
>> In article > ,
>> Dave Smith > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I don't think anyone has more money to spend each week, but now the
>>> stores have to pay people to man their stores 7 days a week instead
>>> of 6.
>>
>> For a large store with 27 full time employees who used to work over a
>> six day week, if there is no more business, then the store should need
>> to have 27 full time employees, but spread over all seven days. Net
>> change is zero.
>>
>> For a very small store with the owner being the sole employee, there
>> would be a problem since they would no longer have a day off.
>
> But I thought someone said it was because people were going over the
> border to buy booze? Surely if they are now getting the custom, they are
> better off?

Many of the stores here in CT are small with the owner and one or two
employees at best. Opening longer hours and an additional day would be a
burden. They have their "regulars" and little sales are lost across the
border, ten miles away in the case of my town.

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> Many of the stores here in CT are small with the owner and one or two
> employees at best. Opening longer hours and an additional day would
> be a burden. They have their "regulars" and little sales are lost
> across the border, ten miles away in the case of my town.

So long as they are able to make a decent living from their shops

"Dave Smith" wrote

>> According to Dave, vibrators operate on C cells. He didn't say how he
>> knew.

> It's amazing what women will tell you after a few gin and tonics.
> :-)

LOL! Reminds me of a pickup line a fellow tossed at me once. He 'offered
to replace my vibrator for free'. ;-) Perhaps, ya had to be there but it
was a timed perfect deadpan delivery.

cshenk wrote:
> "Dave Smith" wrote
>
>
>>> According to Dave, vibrators operate on C cells. He didn't say how he
>>> knew.
>>>
>
>
>> It's amazing what women will tell you after a few gin and tonics.
>> :-)
>>
>
> LOL! Reminds me of a pickup line a fellow tossed at me once. He 'offered
> to replace my vibrator for free'. ;-) Perhaps, ya had to be there but it
> was a timed perfect deadpan delivery.


A few weeks ago, there was a new television series about U.S. Customs
and Immigration. In this episode, Customs heard a noise in a piece of
luggage, so they sounded the alarm and closed the entire terminal at the
airport. Passengers could not catch their flights, others could not
pick up their luggage, the entire terminal was evacuated. They rushed
people along, shouting, "Out! Out!"


First, they had to find the owner of the luggage, then, the owner had to
open the luggage while law enforcement from the bomb squad stood
nearby. It was a vibrator.


Becca

Becca wrote:

> A few weeks ago, there was a new television series about U.S. Customs
> and Immigration. In this episode, Customs heard a noise in a piece of
> luggage, so they sounded the alarm and closed the entire terminal at the
> airport. Passengers could not catch their flights, others could not
> pick up their luggage, the entire terminal was evacuated. They rushed
> people along, shouting, "Out! Out!"
>
>
> First, they had to find the owner of the luggage, then, the owner had to
> open the luggage while law enforcement from the bomb squad stood
> nearby. It was a vibrator.
>
> Becca

That happened once at the APO (Army Post Office) in Germany once. Some
stupid chick mailed it to her beau (some poor Lt. who probably never got
to live it down) and as you say, they had to clear the place out and get
the ordinance folks over there.

Becca wrote:

> First, they had to find the owner of the luggage, then, the owner had
> to open the luggage while law enforcement from the bomb squad stood
> nearby. It was a vibrator.

Oh, I felt bad for that guy. (laugh) I love that show.

Did you see the one at Miami airport where this guy was
bringing in what he called beef? They were all set to
confiscate it until it was explained it was guinea pigs,
all dried out little carcasses wrapped in newspaper.
Oh, that's different! and he was allowed to keep them.

I would have bet a lot you couldn't bring something like
that into the country.

nancy