I hurt. Plus: drive-through liquor stores... and diluted liquor?!

[sid]

I helped my nephew move to Ohio today.  His father was working, all of his buddies had other plans (it was really short notice, so that part's probably true. *g*)  So my SIL and I were it.

Idiot did most of his packing today.  We were supposed to leave at noon.  Then it was two.  It was nearly three pm by the time we hit the road.  Oh!  And the night before, I pointed out that we could put things in my car if there wasn't room for everything in the truck.  "I don't have that much stuff," he sez, dismissively.

Yeah.  My car was stuffed full. 

His mom and I just got home around 11 pm.  *cries*  I am going to hurt so bad tomorrow, and Monday will probably be worse.  :-(

I did very little of the loading and unloading of the U-Haul truck.  My bad knee goes out even when I'm not hauling boxes and things around.  I really only helped with the treadmill, which was hard enough with the three of us.  They actually thought they could do it by themselves.  *rolls eyes*

When we got to his new home in Celina, Ohio, I mostly unpacked boxes while they did the unloading.

So: Ohio.  I've heard of drive-through liquor stores; hadn't ever seen them in the flesh before.  Wacky.

But nephew, doing some shopping at WalMart, thought he could pick himself up some Jim Beam there.  Only to discover that they only sold diluted liquor.  This... this... words fail me.

What's up with that?  *looks at Mabi*

(and the reason I devoted myself to unpacking boxes was so that I could bring them back home, since I will be needing them myself, when I move to Wisconsin to take care of Dad by the end of September if not sooner.  Oy.  *flails*)

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[lavenderlocks]

*hugz U*
Better yet?

[sid]

:-)

Not too bad. My knee is still much worse than usual on the stairs, but my back is okay and my feet seem to have recovered.

Had the report from nephew tonight regarding his first day on the new job, and things seem to have gone really well!

[lavenderlocks]

That is good news!

[or-mabinogi.livejournal.com]

Don't you look at me like that, young lady! Okay, maybe you can look at me like that.

Yes, I've seen drive-thru liquor stores. A couple in the southern part of the state and the northeast. Actually, I haven't been all over the state so I can't speak for all areas. I have always thought it a strange concept, what with all the concern about drinking-and-driving. They're actually hard to find in Hamilton county, but... Well, it's easier to just say that Ohio seems to really like Blue Laws but each county cherry picks what variation of Blue Laws they want to follow. So you can find drive-thrus in some areas, and other areas might only sell diluted items. Some places won't sell anything on Sundays, while other places will allow beer and wine, but only after 1pm.

And restrictions on porn are quite variable: banned in Hamilton county where I grew up, so it was kind of a shock when I took a job in a bookstore in Cuyahoga county and suddenly had Penthouse, Playboy and Playgirl to stock the shelves.

[sid]

Indiana has no package alcohol sales on Sundays. Every once in a while somebody tries to get that changed. But you can get a drink in a restaurant, or a bar as long as the bar sells a certain amount of food over the course of the year.

Fortunately, since the 500 is run on Sunday, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway qualifies by virtue of corn dogs and gyros and giant pretzels. *g*

[lolmac]

They have those damned drive-through liquor stores in New Mexico, also, along with a pro-booze culture and a shockingly high drunk driving fatality rate. Asinine doesn't begin to describe it.

Maybe the RDA Daily post for today will help you feel better. I thought of you when I picked out the caps. *WEG* At the very least, it ought to distract you.

[sid]

I'll be checking that out, yasureyoubetcha!

[lolmac]

Trust that it helped! You can add it to the porn section of your aromatherapy-and-porn gift package.

It's a damned silly episode, but it has its compensations. Though I'm not sure how much he's actually enjoying it; he's facing impending doom unless he gets loose. One of those scenes.

There's another seventh season Mac ep where he gets chained up with duct tape over his mouth. Haven't capped that one yet . . .

[sid]

Haven't capped that one yet . . .

Plz to bee notifyin me wen u do. :-)

[lolmac]

ROFL! For someone who isn't into MacGyver, you're showing a remarkable level of interest. Maybe I should tell you where all the bondage scenes are in my fic.

Meanwhile, here's another item for your gift package.



Feel better yet?

[sid]

Oh, well... it's just that I know that Mac grew up to be someone hot, that's all. *g*

Mmmm, bondage scenes. *drools discreetly*

[jd-junkie.livejournal.com]

*sends virtual aromatherapy massge to soothe and revitalise* Or would you just prefer porn?

[sid]

Erotic aromatherapy massage would probably work....

[starglyph.livejournal.com]

Diluted like how? 80 proof down to 40? Can you order it diluted with tonic?

Guess my offer of an alcohol rubdown just won't work. :(

Will nephew now be obligated to help you move? There's gotta be an upside!

[sid]

Hi, baby!

It... troubles me. Because once you add ice, it'd get diluted even more. And that's just Not Right!

I wasn't in the store, so I didn't see the actual crime being committed. I believe the number "21" was mentioned to me. ABV maybe? Which would be 42 proof.

I can't actually find any details online. Google is failing me!

I'm going to hire a moving company and spare everyone's feet, legs and backs (except the studly young moving professionals. *g*) Nephew is only obligated to pay back the 200 bucks I loaned him, lol.

[lunachickk.livejournal.com]

WTF is diluted liquor??? Does the label say Diluted Jim Beam??? That is insane!

Okay, drive-through liquor stores are just wrong. LOL

[sid]

And I can't quite put the two (equally wrong) concepts together in my head. Those two things do not belong side-by-side!

I stayed in the car, so I didn't see the diluted bottles in WalMart. I don't know if the liquor stores also sell the diluted stuff. I... can't comprehend why anyone would want it!

More wackiness: you have to buy your trash bags at a Shell station (or a couple of other outlets). They have the name of the city on them and they're the way you pay for trash pickup.

*wonders how many empty bottles of diluted liquor fit inside them*

Ohio is like an alien planet! *g*

[lolmac]

Technically speaking, a bottle of diluted liquor isn't empty. But it might as well be.

And you should recycle them anyway.

[sid]

Hmm, I don't think Celina has a recycling program.

If they do, it's probably drive-thru:

THROW CANS AT THIS CONTAINER

THROW PLASTICS AT THIS CONTAINER

THROW BOTTLES AT THIS CONTAINER (but only if they're empty of diluted liquor, plzkthx)

[archersangel (from livejournal.com)]

on a liquor-related note; when i went to los angeles they had liquor in the rite-aid that i went to. don't know how "pure" it was, i was busy looking for something for the bad sunburn i had.

[sid]

We have liquor in our drug stores here, too.

One thing I was surprised to find in L.A. was alcohol being served in Denny's restaurants!

(and it rained the entire time I was there, so no sunburn for me. And no chance to use the hotel pool. *pouts*)

[rhiaa.livejournal.com]

I grew up in KS where they had 3.2 beer. NASTY! You probably know to do this, but I pack all my dishes and glasses with towels and t-shirts since everything has to be packed anyway and this way you don't have to use bubblewrap(even if it's fun to pop)and you don't get ink from the paper all over everything. Also, I can't recommend the idea of a bag prepped with what you will need for you first night highly enough (meds if you have any, pj's, next day clothes, paper towels, shower stuff, pet stuff if needed, TP and $ to order delivery) it's actually the first thing I pack and it's the last thing I unpack from my vehicle so I know where it is. It was a major help during my last move where I was so sick with a sinus infection, I passed out as the movers left. I love your icons especially your Mal huh one.

[sid]

I lived in Iowa for a short time, and I probably would never have known about their restrictive beer laws, except for taking my brother out to a brewpub when he came to visit. He made a face after one sip, and the waitress explained to him that any beer over 5% ABW in Iowa is considered to be liquor and taxed accordingly higher, so they brew at the lower ABW. It was quite a nasty shock to him! He always looks forward to visiting new places and sampling their local brews.

I've been packing my dishes either with actual packing paper (left over from my last move) or I've slipped them inside plastic grocery bags before wrapping in newspaper. But the t-shirt idea is a really good one - I've got a drawerful that I hardly ever wear! I'll definitely keep that in mind, since there's still a lot to be packed.

I've started a list of things that will go with me in my car. Things the moving company won't take, things like family photos that they recommend you take yourself (since insurance certainly can't replace them), things that I absolutely have to have before my things get delivered. There's even a possibility that my things will go into storage for a month or two, so my list is pretty long!

I'll take your advice and put everything that I'll need the first night and morning into one specific bag or suitcase. That'll cut down on the stress!

I had a bladder infection during a move once. I was absolutely exhausted, but I couldn't sit still. I'd collapse into a chair and be up two minutes later, unpacking a box or hanging a picture. There was just so much to do! :-)

[khyrra.livejournal.com]

I live in northeast Ohio(near Cleveland), and we have drive throughs up here too. There's one about five minutes away from me actually, but I've never used it. I don't recall ever seeing diluted alcohol, though.

[sid]

I was on a website today that listed Strange Beer Laws, state by state (and also threw in/substituted wine, booze and underage drinking laws, etc.), and for Ohio they didn't mention the drive-throughs OR the diluted liquor.

Ohio
It is illegal to get a fish drunk.

:-D