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Ha! This reminds me of when I was stationed in Little Creek, Virginia. The golf course had a vending machine with beer in it. They got rid of it after they found a bunch of 14 year old kids buying beer out of it. Thanks for the memory, OP
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Wow! That was Virginia, a state with ABC stores? (though I know beer is found pretty much everywhere, and NOT at ABC stores).
I know a bar in Virginia Beach that still has a 50's cigarette machine, but it's monitored at all times by a security camera as well as by staff, so underage sales aren't ever really a concern.
Wow! That was Virginia, a state with ABC stores? (though I know beer is found pretty much everywhere, and NOT at ABC stores).
I know a bar in Virginia Beach that still has a 50's cigarette machine, but it's monitored at all times by a security camera as well as by staff, so underage sales aren't ever really a concern.
Yeah, they had ABC stores then (back in early 1980's). The base club actually would sell beer to Navy personnel who were 18 when I first got to Little Creek, but it soon changed to 21 due to pressure from the state of Virginia (which was at 21)
Yeah, they had ABC stores then (back in early 1980's). The base club actually would sell beer to Navy personnel who were 18 when I first got to Little Creek, but it soon changed to 21 due to pressure from the state of Virginia (which was at 21)
Ronald Reagan was the death of pretty much any state/local government setting a lower drinking age than 21. Unfortunately, even though during the Vietnam War (which I'm sure Reagan very much believed in) the drinking age was lowered many places to allow young soldiers to drink, he with the help of MADD threatened all states to raise it back up or lose highway funds.
Which are probably also a big part of the reason that alcohol vending machines just don't really make sense here, since it's not like you can just crack it open on the street in most places.
In college (a very long time ago) I converted coke machines to beer in a couple frat houses.
For three years I paid for everything, including tuition, in quarters.
New Orleans has no open container laws, but that city isn't a good moral example of anything. Its education system is bottom of the barrel, crime is sky high, poverty is sky high, and worst of all, it has an international reputation as a place where tourists only go to stir up trouble.
Japan has some of the weirdest things known to man. In Japan you have a cuddle cafe, love hotels, naked festivals, odd game shows, a capsule hotel, and even toilet slippers. It's weird through our eyes but its normal for them. It's just a different culture and way of life.
The thing with Japanese vending machines is that they're not very different from ones found in Europe. It's their location and contents that are remarkable. You can find a vending machine at a temple, mountain top, and farms. You can expect to find underwear, toothbrushes and eggs in vending machines in Japan. The same goes with Alcohol.
I really, really wish religion would die. Religious people in the USA can't seem to keep their religion to themselves. Japan is one of the least religious nations.
FWIW, scratch-off lottery tickets, some at up to $30.00 a pop, are offered for sale at vending machines here in Pennsylvania, and there doesn't seem to be a great deal of policing with regard to the age of the purchaser, save for those obvoiusly too young.
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