LCBO theft

[mariomike]

Not a Sallyport . Hardly a boutique, but seems to have worked.

Pay first. Then get your bottle. Even came with convenient ashtrays.

 

[lenaitch]

Not a Sallyport . Hardly a boutique, but seems to have worked.

Pay first. Then get your bottle. Even came with convenient ashtrays.

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And as grim and dour as the government intended. "Managed temperance" as the LCBO intended in 1927.

 

[Gordon Dundas/]

And as grim and dour as the government intended. "Managed temperance" as the LCBO intended in 1927.

Will I need a note from my Doctor as well?

 

[mariomike]

Will I need a note from my Doctor as well?

No.

But, until 1975, a doctor , among others , could put an individual on the LCBO Indiction List.

 

[YZT580]

And as grim and dour as the government intended. "Managed temperance" as the LCBO intended in 1927.

came with pencils too. Brewers Retail were the same. Don't know about now but conditions in Sweden were identical and that was only 20 years ago.

 

[Nvlgzr]

I highly suspect they are given non-intervention instructions, same as the staff. Assuming that is true, 'why they are there' seems like a good question.

I think all the staff should be carrying a Louisville Slugger on their belt. Just the visuals alone would do the job.

 

[RangerRay]

And as grim and dour as the government intended. "Managed temperance" as the LCBO intended in 1927.

How Soviet.

 

[lenaitch]

How Soviet.

It took all of marketing out of it. Those panels had strips with a product name and and LCBO stock number. No 'ooh, that looks interesting'. You had to know what you wanted and I don't remember if there was purchase limit (in the 1960s).

I remember living in small town northern Ontario and coming down to the folks in Scarborough for Christmas. I offered to buy the booze and went off to what was one of the first self serve stores. I was walking around with my shopping cart grabbing bottles left and right until I did some mental math and ended up putting half of them back.