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In lugnet.loc.uk, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
>
> > > Who are "keep Sunday special"? Are they the same sort of nutters that we
> > > have here in the US that force certain sorts of stores to be closed on
> > > Sunday in certain jurisdictions and prevent certain sorts of merchandise
> > > from being sold even if they are open? (for example here in Grand Rapids, no
> > > stores can sell liquor before Noon on sundays. Talk about your unfair
> > > restraint of trade...
>
> > The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could • and couldn't be sold on Sundays.
> > Whilst for many years, much long after the US had changed, it was 'illegal'
> for most shops to trade on Sunday,
>
> I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might
> not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were
> closed on Sundays and that this wasn't true in California. What time frame are
> you talking about for the UK?
>
> Chris
In Texas we have "dry" and "wet" counties. You know when you've crossed from a
dry county to a wet county because the liquor stores and, not uncommonly, the
topless bars, crowd the county line. I'd wager that deaths from DWI's are
higher in dry counties than in wet counties because most adults (and teenagers)
probably don't travel to the bars or the liquor shop for just a drink or two.
You want to make it a event. I don't have any statistics, but I wouldn't be
suprised if per capita deaths from drinking and driving are indeed higher in dry
counties than wet ones here in Texas.
james
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