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It's Thursday night... y'all know what that means?
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Eating contests really are offensive.
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I agree.SandChigger wrote:Eating contests really are offensive.
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I want one!Freakzilla wrote:beer glass
"... the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
Sandrider: "Keith went to Bobo's for a weekend of drinking, watched some DVDs,
and wrote a Dune Novel."
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Game of Thrones glasses/mugsSerkanner wrote:I want one!Freakzilla wrote:beer glass
Ah English, the language where pretty much any word can have any meaning! - A Thing of Eternity
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More voters ditch blue law. Now, the waiting
By Johnny Edwards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The further demise of a Georgia blue law was on track to continue Tuesday, with more metro-area voters either approving or leaning toward letting stores ring up alcohol on church days.
Early poll results showed Sunday package sales approved by voters in Austell, Buford, Cumming and Lovejoy, as well as DeKalb and Henry Counties. Sunday sales were leading comfortably in other Atlanta-area jurisdictions that tacked referendums to Super Tuesday ballots. The yays appeared to have it in Cobb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties, as well as in the cities of Conyers, Marietta and Powder Springs.
Peter Bodycomb, a Democratic voter from east Cobb, said he went to the polls Tuesday just to cast a vote to legalize seven days of beer, wine and liquor sales.
"I just object to authorities basically throwing religious beliefs on us," he said. "This is supposed to be a free country."
But if the change passes, it will be an incomplete victory. Shoppers in the largest areas voting Tuesday will have long waits to enjoy their new freedoms, much longer than their neighbors did when they approved Sunday sales in November.
Both Cobb and Gwinnett will make businesses wait until June 1 – almost three months away.
Officials in those counties say political leaders and staffers need time to run required legal ads, hold public hearings, decide whether to charge additional fees, change alcohol ordinances, notify businesses of new rules and process hundreds of new license applications.
Cobb Community Development Director Rob Hosack said the schedule will give the county a full month to send out 300-plus notices to businesses, then process applications so they can all start at once and no one has an edge over another.
DeKalb sales won’t start until May 1. Spokesman Burke Brennan said the county won't require new licenses or fees, but the two-month wait will give staff about six weeks to notify businesses after election results are certified.
“For them to make us wait until May 1 makes no sense at all,” said Greg Wilson, owner of Smoke Rise Bottle Shoppe on Lilburn-Stone Mountain Road.
Wilson, who is vice president of the Georgia Alcohol Dealers Association, attributes a 15 percent drop in sales this year to shoppers heading to nearby Lilburn and Decatur. Super Bowl week, he said, sales were down 20 percent.
"I guess they don't need the revenue," he said of the county. "But they can raise everybody's taxes."
Other counties and cities have moved much faster.
Eighteen of the roughly 50 metro jurisdictions that held referendums on Nov. 8 got started two Sundays later, on Nov. 20, including Sandy Springs, Roswell, Snellville and Woodstock. Cherokee County, which also had to amend its ordinance and process new licenses, started on Dec. 11.
This go-around, Buford expects to start this coming weekend. Marietta and Forsyth County will start March 18 and Rockdale will start April 1.
David Hauser, of east Cobb, would rather the liquor shelves stay off limits on Sundays.
"I think it's a day to spend with your family, a day of reflection," he said.
By Johnny Edwards
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The further demise of a Georgia blue law was on track to continue Tuesday, with more metro-area voters either approving or leaning toward letting stores ring up alcohol on church days.
Early poll results showed Sunday package sales approved by voters in Austell, Buford, Cumming and Lovejoy, as well as DeKalb and Henry Counties. Sunday sales were leading comfortably in other Atlanta-area jurisdictions that tacked referendums to Super Tuesday ballots. The yays appeared to have it in Cobb, Forsyth, Gwinnett and Rockdale counties, as well as in the cities of Conyers, Marietta and Powder Springs.
Peter Bodycomb, a Democratic voter from east Cobb, said he went to the polls Tuesday just to cast a vote to legalize seven days of beer, wine and liquor sales.
"I just object to authorities basically throwing religious beliefs on us," he said. "This is supposed to be a free country."
But if the change passes, it will be an incomplete victory. Shoppers in the largest areas voting Tuesday will have long waits to enjoy their new freedoms, much longer than their neighbors did when they approved Sunday sales in November.
Both Cobb and Gwinnett will make businesses wait until June 1 – almost three months away.
Officials in those counties say political leaders and staffers need time to run required legal ads, hold public hearings, decide whether to charge additional fees, change alcohol ordinances, notify businesses of new rules and process hundreds of new license applications.
Cobb Community Development Director Rob Hosack said the schedule will give the county a full month to send out 300-plus notices to businesses, then process applications so they can all start at once and no one has an edge over another.
DeKalb sales won’t start until May 1. Spokesman Burke Brennan said the county won't require new licenses or fees, but the two-month wait will give staff about six weeks to notify businesses after election results are certified.
“For them to make us wait until May 1 makes no sense at all,” said Greg Wilson, owner of Smoke Rise Bottle Shoppe on Lilburn-Stone Mountain Road.
Wilson, who is vice president of the Georgia Alcohol Dealers Association, attributes a 15 percent drop in sales this year to shoppers heading to nearby Lilburn and Decatur. Super Bowl week, he said, sales were down 20 percent.
"I guess they don't need the revenue," he said of the county. "But they can raise everybody's taxes."
Other counties and cities have moved much faster.
Eighteen of the roughly 50 metro jurisdictions that held referendums on Nov. 8 got started two Sundays later, on Nov. 20, including Sandy Springs, Roswell, Snellville and Woodstock. Cherokee County, which also had to amend its ordinance and process new licenses, started on Dec. 11.
This go-around, Buford expects to start this coming weekend. Marietta and Forsyth County will start March 18 and Rockdale will start April 1.
David Hauser, of east Cobb, would rather the liquor shelves stay off limits on Sundays.
"I think it's a day to spend with your family, a day of reflection," he said.
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
~Pink Snowman
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I always suspected you Georgians were an ungodly folk. Shame on you!
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Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
~Pink Snowman
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I like it.
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Bastard
(The people of Douglasville voted for it, and approved it, BTW)
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They're voting today to override his veto...
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City Council overrode the Mayor's veto, now it goes BACK on the November ballot.Freakzilla wrote:
Bastard
(The people of Douglasville voted for it, and approved it, BTW)
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Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
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Miller 64 is not bad if you chase it will Wild Turkey 101 and a Swisher Sweet.
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Beer torture:
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Documentary about how beer created civilization.
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I've seen that, pretty interesting.
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Hey everyone, it's been a while since I've been around, and what better way to come back to the forums than by replying to the beer thread?
So anyway, I just started a teaching job in Beirut, Lebanon, and the beer situation here is much better than I expected. I've been enjoying a local brew called 961 (named after Lebanon's international calling code). It's pretty good stuff, about on the level of a lot of the better quality beers I enjoyed in the midwest. It also comes in a variety of flavors, with their porter being a good dark beer. It's not too expensive, unless you buy it at a bar. At a store it runs about $1.33 a bottle, but at a bar it's going to jump to about $4.50, but I suppose that's normal anywhere. Besides, it's too damned hot to go out to a bar to drink on most nights, anyway.
Yeah, being here has definitely given me a renewed appreciation for Dune. There have been many times when I've been walking down the street and thought about those sections where the Atreides first arrive on Arrakis.
So anyway, I just started a teaching job in Beirut, Lebanon, and the beer situation here is much better than I expected. I've been enjoying a local brew called 961 (named after Lebanon's international calling code). It's pretty good stuff, about on the level of a lot of the better quality beers I enjoyed in the midwest. It also comes in a variety of flavors, with their porter being a good dark beer. It's not too expensive, unless you buy it at a bar. At a store it runs about $1.33 a bottle, but at a bar it's going to jump to about $4.50, but I suppose that's normal anywhere. Besides, it's too damned hot to go out to a bar to drink on most nights, anyway.
Yeah, being here has definitely given me a renewed appreciation for Dune. There have been many times when I've been walking down the street and thought about those sections where the Atreides first arrive on Arrakis.
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Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
~Pink Snowman
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Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus.
~Pink Snowman