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Until the turn of the millennium, it was hard to get a drink in the Western Isles on the Sabbath,
I think by then you could buy a drink with a meal in a hotel, but not even that in some parts -
and CalMac ferries weren't allowed to run on their usual routes - so they ran 'cruises',
with similar results.
 
In the US, after prohibition ended, it reverted to "local" control at the state or even county level. The railroads had to develop complex guidelines and rules for when a passenger train passed across into a "dry" state or even county line to cease serving alcohol until crossing to a "wet" jurisdiction.
 
Eulalia said:
Until the turn of the millennium, it was hard to get a drink in the Western Isles on the Sabbath,
I think by then you could buy a drink with a meal in a hotel, but not even that in some parts -
and CalMac ferries weren't allowed to run on their usual routes - so they ran 'cruises',
with similar results.
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Wales was dry on Sundays until well into the 1960s Which meant that unless you lived close the English border you needed to be a member of a club to get a drink, this in turn guaranteed good behaviour from club members who regarded their membership as precious.
 
connoisseurs said:
When I took the ferry from Kopenhagen to Malmö (both in Denmark),
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Malmö is in Sweden, not Denmark (did they get so drunk they did not realise they were in another country?):borra2:

Barbaria1 said:
Same thing happens on the ferries between Sweden and Finland ;)
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And more notorious, on the ferries crossing The Channel. A British tradition!:confused:

The oldest record of it is the White Ship disaster (1120), where crew and passengers were already drunk before departure.:copas:
 
It was intended for January 21st, but an overheated engine urged Pan Am to find a replacement plane.
So it was January 22nd 1970, today fifty years ago, that a Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight, from New York to London.

The plane that made the maiden flight, had registration number N736PA. Later in 1970, it would be the first B747 to be high-jacked. It carried a few names, during its existence, but undoubtedly, the most (in)famous one was Clipper Victor, which it carried both during its maiden flight, and at the time of its tragic end, the Tenerife air disaster, on March 27th 1977.
 
Migoz2 said:
Today in 1883, Gustave Doré died. His engravings were the definitive illustrations for many works of literature, including The Bible and the Mother Goose tales. And this is a good excuse to post this image


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Not to mention his Inferno nightmare fuel. Whenever I read or hear the expression "a scene from Dante," this is what I visualize.
 

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windar said:
Today is Lunar New Year. Best wishes to all of our Chinese members!

The new year is the Rat. Stan knew quite a few rats during his time on the NYPD, though he preferred to call them "police informants"...
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"Nark" was still in common use the last time I was in the Bronx.

And this is the Disneyfied New Year's Googledoodle.

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