New Turkish law clamps down on alcohol

[Ed Anger]

Those Turkish restrictions to alcohol don't seem that different from what we have over here.

Seriously?  It seemed like I got pitchers of Sangria with breakfast.  Granted it was summer...

Sangría with breakfast? I know that many of our tourists are of the boozy kind but that's too much.

I don't see how that relates to the new regulations, though.

Welcome to Austin, shithole of Texas.

[garbon]

Those Turkish restrictions to alcohol don't seem that different from what we have over here.

Seriously?  It seemed like I got pitchers of Sangria with breakfast.  Granted it was summer...

Sangría with breakfast? I know that many of our tourists are of the boozy kind but that's too much.

I don't see how that relates to the new regulations, though.

Well the hours seem a bit odd. I think here most states ban sales in the wee hours of the morning.

[PDH]

Wyoming bars have to be closed between 2am and 6am.

[CountDeMoney]

Wyoming bars have to be closed between 2am and 6am.

I think liquor stores/packaged goods stores in Maryland still have to be closed on Sundays.

[garbon]

Wyoming bars have to be closed between 2am and 6am.

Hence "wee hours"

[Valmy]

Sangría with breakfast? I know that many of our tourists are of the boozy kind but that's too much.

I don't see how that relates to the new regulations, though.

Well to be fair we slept in a bit

My point was it sure did not seem like there were all these social laws and taboos around alcohol consumption.  Wine drinking seemed just as much a cultural thing as in France, where far from charging a 100% tax on alcohol it was subsidized.  But hey maybe Spain is worse than Temperance Hitler, it just seemed odd to me.

Especially since you guys seemed to love staying out all night.

[Valmy]

Welcome to Austin, shithole of Texas.

Maybe but what does that have to do with my experiences in Spain?

[The Larch]

Sangría with breakfast? I know that many of our tourists are of the boozy kind but that's too much.

I don't see how that relates to the new regulations, though.

Well to be fair we slept in a bit

My point was it sure did not seem like there were all these social laws and taboos around alcohol consumption.  Wine drinking seemed just as much a cultural thing as in France, where far from charging a 100% tax on alcohol it was subsidized.  But hey maybe Spain is worse than Temperance Hitler, it just seemed odd to me.

Especially since you guys seemed to love staying out all night.

When were you over here? Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years or so. Plenty of places forbid the sale of alcohol after 22h. On shops and supermarkets, mind you, you can always go to a bar, pub or disco and get as hammered as you want.

[CountDeMoney]

Welcome to Austin, shithole of Texas.

Maybe but what does that have to do with my experiences in Spain?

Ed's just jealous because Austin has more culture than Columbus, except during Pride Week.

[Eddie Teach]

Texas is the shithole of Texas.

[derspiess]

Wyoming bars have to be closed between 2am and 6am.

I think liquor stores/packaged goods stores in Maryland still have to be closed on Sundays.

I used to go to State Line Liquors in Elkton to buy beer on Sundays.  Awesome place.

[Valmy]

Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years or so.

Yeah it was back in 2000, we were still using Pesetas.  Unfortunate that the laws have moved in that direction in the past 5 years.

[Barrister]

Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years or so.

Yeah it was back in 2000, we were still using Pesetas.  Unfortunate that the laws have moved in that direction in the past 5 years.

Why unfortunate?

There seems to be room for a reasonable and moderate laws implementing some restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol...

[CountDeMoney]

I used to go to State Line Liquors in Elkton to buy beer on Sundays.  Awesome place.

Well, you'd know better than I would, since I don't frequent such establishments of moral weakness and foul repute.

edit--looked it up, and it's Baltimore City that doesn't sell booze on Sundays without a special permit for Thanksgiving through Christmas.

[garbon]

Things have changed a lot in the last 5 years or so.

Yeah it was back in 2000, we were still using Pesetas.  Unfortunate that the laws have moved in that direction in the past 5 years.

Why unfortunate?

There seems to be room for a reasonable and moderate laws implementing some restrictions on the sale and consumption of alcohol...

What's the argument for banning retail sales at times when you can still purchase drinks at restaurants/pubs/bars/etc?