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

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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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[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.

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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*