Stock up your beer fridge before tomorrow

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:do they allow booze across the border now? or are you only allowed so much?

Yeah, but it will be limited. We'll max out what we can bring in for sure. We'll be in the US for over 48 hours so we'll be limited to: 1.14L of liquor, 1.5L of wine or 24 bottles or cans of beer. There will be 4 adults so we'll make sure we get our fill.

sweet, sounds like one hell of a road trip, get what you can because the booze/cigarettes are expensive this way.

It will be a wicked trip... Toronto --> Ottawa --> Montreal --> Vermont --> New Hampshire --> Maine --> Shediac, NB. We'll hit PEI and Nova Scotia while we're there before returning home via Canada going through Edmundston, NB and Montreal, QC.

3,300 km of road trip madness.

SensFan71 wrote:that is one cool trip, you will only be 20 minutes from me approximately, Dorchester is just a short jaunt down the highway from Shediac :^^^^:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:that is one cool trip, you will only be 20 minutes from me approximately, Dorchester is just a short jaunt down the highway from Shediac :^^^^:

HA! I'll roll down the window as we drive by on our way to Halifax and yell:

"GMHOCKEY.COM FOREVER!!!!!!"

Heh heh.

SensFan71 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:that is one cool trip, you will only be 20 minutes from me approximately, Dorchester is just a short jaunt down the highway from Shediac :^^^^:

HA! I'll roll down the window as we drive by on our way to Halifax and yell:

"GMHOCKEY.COM FOREVER!!!!!!"

Heh heh.

I will have a sign that says Shabbs rules, throw me a beer.

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:Thank goodness we'll still be able to go to the Beer Store and get Beer

oh yeah I forgot you guys have your stores separate, silly me, well then stock up on your hard liquor if you need it, here in NB, it would be catastrophic, the beer and hard liquor all in one place, it would be a mutiny if the workers went on strike here.

Better not be a strike in NB! We're headed that way very soon! HA HA! Mind you, we'll be coming through the US by way of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine so we'll stock up on super-cheap booze before we arrive.

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:that is one cool trip, you will only be 20 minutes from me approximately, Dorchester is just a short jaunt down the highway from Shediac :^^^^:

HA! I'll roll down the window as we drive by on our way to Halifax and yell:

"GMHOCKEY.COM FOREVER!!!!!!"

Heh heh.

I will have a sign that says Shabbs rules, throw me a beer.

Deal.

wprager wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

shabbs wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:that is one cool trip, you will only be 20 minutes from me approximately, Dorchester is just a short jaunt down the highway from Shediac :^^^^:

HA! I'll roll down the window as we drive by on our way to Halifax and yell:

"GMHOCKEY.COM FOREVER!!!!!!"

Heh heh.

I will have a sign that says Shabbs rules, throw me a beer.

Deal.

Save some letters:

Shabbs rulz! Beer me!

SensFan71 wrote:LCBO strike looms for Wednesday



Some local bars have stocked up on booze



http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/06/22/9892206.html




Ottawa bar owners have been stocking up on wine and hard liquor, arming themselves for a possible LCBO strike Wednesday.
And if the strike lasts too long and they run out, customers will have to switch their margarita for beer.
“We’ll always have something to sell,” said Patty’s Pub manager Gilles Leclair.
Leclair has enough wine and booze stockpiled — in a secret location — to keep the bar stocked for two months.
He’s anticipating customers, who are unable to get their alcohol from the liquor store, will head to bars, making the already busy summer season busier.
“We’ll be busier for a short time until we run out,” he said.
If the Liquor Commission Board of Ontario and its workers don’t reach a deal by midnight Wednesday, its 7,200 unionized workers will walk out.
Union officials say they plan to stop alcohol from flowing by picketing truckers and warehouses.
A main sticking point has been the LCBO’s move toward a more casual workers from permanent, full-time jobs. Other issues are sick days, vacation, retirement and wages.
“If the LCBO insists on destroying good permanent jobs, if it insists on crushing the hopes and dreams of our casual members, then we will not hesitate to take this battle to the streets,” Vanda Klumper, chairwoman of the bargaining team, said in release.
People in the bar industry are already talking privatization if the strike goes on too long, Leclair said, noting when the Quebec government went out it lasted five months.
Mayflower Restaurant assistant manager Jason Garner had just finished placing an extra large order Monday afternoon.
How long it will last will depend on the length of the strike and the crowd that descends on the Elgin St. bar on Canada Day.
“It will be extremely inconvenient for anybody in the restaurant industry, it’ll be bad enough for the individuals.”
LCBO spokesman Chris Layton is optimistic an eleventh-hour settlement will be reached.
Taxpayers demand the LCBO run the business efficiently and it would cost $15 million to make all casual employees full time this year. Employing casuals also helps the agency staff stores during busy times of the year, like in the run up before Christmas.
The LCBO is anticipatng a two-and-a-half per cent drop in net sales this year and the negotiations have to reflect the current economic conditions, said Layton.
“You can’t negotiate through a rearview mirror.”
[url=mailto://beth.johnston@sunmedia.ca

SensFan71 wrote:LCBO strike looms for Wednesday



Some local bars have stocked up on booze



http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/06/22/9892206.html




Ottawa bar owners have been stocking up on wine and hard liquor, arming themselves for a possible LCBO strike Wednesday.
And if the strike lasts too long and they run out, customers will have to switch their margarita for beer.
“We’ll always have something to sell,” said Patty’s Pub manager Gilles Leclair.
Leclair has enough wine and booze stockpiled — in a secret location — to keep the bar stocked for two months.
He’s anticipating customers, who are unable to get their alcohol from the liquor store, will head to bars, making the already busy summer season busier.
“We’ll be busier for a short time until we run out,” he said.
If the Liquor Commission Board of Ontario and its workers don’t reach a deal by midnight Wednesday, its 7,200 unionized workers will walk out.
Union officials say they plan to stop alcohol from flowing by picketing truckers and warehouses.
A main sticking point has been the LCBO’s move toward a more casual workers from permanent, full-time jobs. Other issues are sick days, vacation, retirement and wages.
“If the LCBO insists on destroying good permanent jobs, if it insists on crushing the hopes and dreams of our casual members, then we will not hesitate to take this battle to the streets,” Vanda Klumper, chairwoman of the bargaining team, said in release.
People in the bar industry are already talking privatization if the strike goes on too long, Leclair said, noting when the Quebec government went out it lasted five months.
Mayflower Restaurant assistant manager Jason Garner had just finished placing an extra large order Monday afternoon.
How long it will last will depend on the length of the strike and the crowd that descends on the Elgin St. bar on Canada Day.
“It will be extremely inconvenient for anybody in the restaurant industry, it’ll be bad enough for the individuals.”
LCBO spokesman Chris Layton is optimistic an eleventh-hour settlement will be reached.
Taxpayers demand the LCBO run the business efficiently and it would cost $15 million to make all casual employees full time this year. Employing casuals also helps the agency staff stores during busy times of the year, like in the run up before Christmas.
The LCBO is anticipatng a two-and-a-half per cent drop in net sales this year and the negotiations have to reflect the current economic conditions, said Layton.
“You can’t negotiate through a rearview mirror.”
beth.johnston@sunmedia.ca[/quote]

The LCBO main outlet on Bank at South Keys had a lineup of several dozen folks and a full parking lot when they opened at 10am this morning...and the shoppers were streaming in, carrying shopping bags and pushing carts.

Thx 4 the tip. Being fully stocked is always important. :drinking:

TheAvatar wrote:Well, as you may know, I work in Laval and live near Rockland (ON) so if it comes down to it, I could bring back booze from Montreal There might be a slight surcharge tho

Cheers


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SeawaySensFan wrote:This is just the square-heads at Queen's Park sticking it to the french just before St. Jean Baptiste Day. They'll resolve this when it matters, English Canada Day.

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is just the square-heads at Queen's Park sticking it to the french just before St. Jean Baptiste Day. They'll resolve this when it matters, English Canada Day.

wprager wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is just the square-heads at Queen's Park sticking it to the french just before St. Jean Baptiste Day. They'll resolve this when it matters, English Canada Day.

There's no LCBO in Quebec. As long as it's not 11PM you can buy liquore pretty much anywhere.

wprager wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is just the square-heads at Queen's Park sticking it to the french just before St. Jean Baptiste Day. They'll resolve this when it matters, English Canada Day.

There's no LCBO in Quebec. As long as it's not 11PM you can buy liquore pretty much anywhere.