According to the porter in the bar car when i rode sunday on the Palmetto
Porter???
Several states are dry on Sundays, it's not that unusual. Federal law does not pre-empt local liquor ordinances per the 21st Amendment.
Bar car?
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Did he tell you the time? Did he tell you how much longer it would be before they crossed that Mason-Dixon line?
Well considering that I got on the train in N. Charleston Station which still had seperate waiting rooms for whites and coloured I am not sure what era I am in. However bar car guys could be considred "stewards" according to the ACL menus that I have back home and since I was on ACL track I guess they are "stewards" but that was for the dining car. I think it was a time thing not a location thing in South Carolina. So after 100pm ok.
54light15 Did he tell you the time? Did he tell you how much longer it would be before they crossed that Mason-Dixon line?
From SC it will be a long time until you cross the Mason-Dixon Line - it froms the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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There's a moral here, which has bitten me every time I've failed to observe it. Wherever you go, BYOB.
this was a long time ago, but I have a memory that not long after Amtrak came into operation it was determined that local laws concerning the consumption of alcohol did not apply to Amtrak, and as long as the lounge car was open people who otherwise had no restriction on doing so, could buy alcoholic beverages, no matter where the train they were were riding was.
I am puzzled--perhaps the purveyor of alcoholic beverages thought that the prospective buyer already had consumed enough?
Johnny
I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but in the vein of the discussion here's a bit of gentle Virginia humor...
Episcopalians don't recognize the Pope as the head of the Church.
Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah.
Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store!
Now I'm going to step outside and "Rest my feet on Southern soil and breathe that Southern air!"
Johnny's the man!
Firelock76 I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but in the vein of the discussion here's a bit of gentle Virginia humor... Episcopalians don't recognize the Pope as the head of the Church. Jews don't recognize Jesus as the Messiah. Baptists don't recognize each other in the liquor store! Now I'm going to step outside and "Rest my feet on Southern soil and breathe that Southern air!" Johnny's the man!
Probably the best kind of Southern Comfort. I tried the bourbon years ago and didn't care for it, a bit too sweet for my taste.
Now, try some "Virginia Gentleman." Good stuff! Not too hard, not too soft, good smoky flavor and smoooooooooth!
That sounds interesting. If I can get a ride to a state store, I will see if it is known here.
www.asmithbowman.com is the website.
If your local state store doesn't have it I'm sure they can get it for you.
By the way, anyone know where I can find that good Canadian stuff Shenley's OFC?
Trying to respond to ACY above -- specifically, to "No BYOB, except in private sleeping car accommodations" -- but this stupid web site suddenly won't let me quote.
Tom, great minds find ways around small-minded regulations. In the old pre-Amtrak days, before I could afford First Class, I found that a pint in the inner pocket of my sports jacket served me very well.
When one was discreet about his behavior and the distribution of his breath around seatmates, everyone was served, in my experience.
Anyone remember the actor Monty Wooley, "The Man Who Came To Dinner?"
He was a frequent passenger on the 20th Century Limited but had a bit of a problem. He loved Jack Daniels bourbon but the Pullman Company didn't allow it on the Century, they insisted they only served 100-proof bourbon and Jack's is only 90-proof.
Monty's soulution? A BIG book he carried on the train but was never seen to read. It was hollowed out and carried a flask of Jacks! More than enough to carry him through to the end of the trip.
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