Of course, the reason the drinking age ever got lowered to 18 was because folks were getting drafted and sent to war and couldn't get a frickin' beer.

Yes. What they should have done, was raise the driving age.

And, no one was legally allowed to buy packaged until 21.

When? This might have been a regional thing. When the drinking age here was 18, it was 18 at package stores, bars, restaurants, the whole shebang. However, it's been 21 for a very long time - for probably about 20 years - for the whole shebang.

Is a package store just, like, a 7-11 selling beer?

Is a package store just, like, a 7-11 selling beer?

No. They sell packages. They're all in identical boxes, wrapped in plain brown paper. If you're lucky the package you bought has beer. If you're unlucky you just bought a package of used diapers. It's kind of like the lottery.

Maybe it was only regional. La changed theirs, uhm, maybe 9 years ago.

Okay, but really, what the hell is a package store?

Where you go and buy packaged liquor as opposed to a wholesaler or buying it in a resturaunt or bar, or getting a daquiri from a daquiri place.

So-- it is a liquor store in Northern parlance? And there are daiquari places!?!

And there are daiquari places!?!

They look like slurpee machines, just sitting there.

I thought I was buying a slurpee, but I didn't give it back when I realised my mistake.

Hell, there are daquiri places in the movie theatres.

Wow! I feel like a wide-eyed innocent.... but I don't think they have them here. We have a Martini Bar.

They have them in the malls, even. Louisiana's different about alcohol. I don't think they have a law against open containers of alcohol in the car, either.