When I first moved here 2 years ago I had to get used to a few things, like 7 dollar bottles of milk, but this has always baffled me:
“Boy oh boy, that was a long day of work. Whad-do-ya guys say we pick up some beer and play some cards?”
“Sounds like a time, but we can’t.”
“Why not? We’re responsible adults that can handle a few drinks.”
“True. But the liquor stores in Nova Scotia close after ten o’clock because…” —Still on Alberta Time
This article appears in Dec 9-15, 2010.
… they haven’t gotten rid of the NSLC yet. Something about how this province is allergic to saving money.
. . . there aren’t as many alcoholics here as there are in Fort McMurray”.
I doubt that, CE. I doubt that.
if you can’t get your beer in a 12 hour period, then you may just have a drinking problem.
Pooch, your right. Out there they can afford coke and heroin.
Oh fuck off, OP. If you can’t get enough liquor between 9am and 10pm you have problems OP.
In quebec the liquor stores close at 5pm. On friday and saturday nights. so suck it.
Truth be told, in Quebec you can buy beer and wine in 24 hour convenient stores. I guess I’m just used to the freedoms of tolerant society, as opposed to this nanny state. Give free enterprise a chance.
“. . . there aren’t quite as many alcoholics per capita here as there are in Fort McMurray”.
There, I fixed it 😉
It’s really not that difficult to get your liquor before they close at 10pm. Most other stores close at 10 (or before) and it’s not a big deal. Plan ahead or do without.
Also, where are you buying milk that it’s $7? I just bought a 4L jug on the weekend and it was $6.30, if I recall correctly.
Last I checked the population of Fort McMurry is 40% Newfaoundlander 40% Nova Scotian 20% people who have been forced to deal with all the assholes moving to their community. Hell, some of those alcoholics in Fort Mac are probably related to some of you.
well, last time i checked we are all canadians, but the newfs joined last. love ya sis…screee
” . . . Alberta is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Depraved”.
Loves ya too, sis. Some Newfoundlanders question the wisdom of following Joey’s lead but dear old Danny got her back on couse again. He will be greatly missed. I think he’d make a fine replacement for Harper. Danny Williams for PM!!!
I think the OB was commenting on being able to buy a beer. Many parts of the Country, don’t sell beer in special stores for alcohol only. Beer is available everywhere there is a conveinience store or even a gas station!
As for not selling beer after hours…in Newfoundland I found one 24 hour store in St john’s who wouldn’t sell beer after 11pm…because they weren’t allowed to.
What they sold me was “groceries”
You see they take a paper bag, put a case of beer in it & call it groceries !
Man I love ingenuity & that older lady working there that night made our evening.
there’s always 8000 bars open after 22:00 too if you had a real hankering…
“in Newfoundland I found one 24 hour store in St john’s who wouldn’t sell beer after 11pm…because they weren’t allowed to”
Gas stations and convenience stores can legally sell beer in Newfoundland until bars are forced to stop selling, which the last time I lived in NL and bought beer late night at a gas station was 3am on weekends, 2am on weekdays. It makes sense that they both have the same cutoff time, they both have liquor licenses. And that way, drunks can’t leave a bar and go buy more booze, unless you’re a smart drunk that leaves 15 min before last call.
I <3 AB.
However, I do like how there are bars here that stay open till 4am. Last call in AB is 1:30am. The liquor stores being open till 2am makes up for this.
Hey op – how about planning ahead? Now THERE’S a novel thought! Whoah! Or keeping your fridge stocked… Oooh no that would be too difficult.
Or hey why not start up your own moonshinin’ business. 2 birds, 1 stone.
Or make your own f*ckin wine. Not that hard. Get the gear off kijiji and a wine kit dirt cheap from that big box store that used to rhyme with rice club. Works out to 1$ a bottle. Problem solved.
Next?
Try the cold beer stores on Windmill road, I believe they are open until midnight.
Bishops cellar is open to midnight most night too.
Yep, I always have beer in the fridge and wine in the wine rack and booze in the cupboard. Go figure, if you’re not an alchie, you can have it around all the time whenever you get that cravin’. ha. Time to grow up, just because you’ve got it, doesn’t mean you need to guzzle it like a frat boy.
Go on back, we don’t need poor planners or complainers here.
…we have an entire municipal council full of them. >; )
Yessiree Mr Bean you are correct! Are you back at the Dunder Mifflin’ Ivan? Or still enjoying the glories of vacation?? Only 25 more hours of work until I’m FREEEEE!!!!!!!! 😀
I’m here at DM until friday, then off until after Christmas. Thank God A’Mighty – we is FREE AT LAST! Totally psyched for it. Got the folks’ parcel away yesterday; just SOBova to buy for now. Gonna do a leg o’ lamb for Christmas Dinner – that’s our traditional repast.
Sounds delightful! Tomorrow is payday so I get to go pick up the few little things for the folks I buy for. I’m mostly pumped for the parties and social wonderfulness of being home for 2 weeks… and eatin’ me grandma’s turkey on Christmas day – after the drunken hootenany to be enjoyed at the BF’s parent’s place Christmas Eve! Sigh… 24.5 hrs left…
I work right up until Christmas Eve. 🙁 Though I just remembered that I get paid in approximately 9 hours.
Seriously? Why in hell would you need to run to the liqueur store after 10pm? Most people get off at five… that’s FIVE HOURS to buy your booze.
and those who get off late usually don’t work from 9am to 10pm! That’s a 13 hour shift! And even if they do (nurses, drs, etc…) couldn’t you go on a lunch break? Or get someone to go for you? I really don’t see why the LC’s range of open times should offend anyone!
ever hear of the cold beer store? They are open until at least midnight.
how do you cook your lamb commander? not a huge fan, but i did make some delicious moroccan lamb keftas
laaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmbbbbbbbbbbbb /drool
Evening bitchers 🙂
hey sweet newt^^
Leg of Lamb, rosemary, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, 325F. Go light on the ingredients.
Serve with mint jelly.
Basic marinade of olive oil, garlic, herbs and some red wine for 12 hrs. I mix flour, bread crumbs, a nice steak spice or rub and a spoonful of cornmeal or grits in a plastic bag and give it a good shake till coated. Roast in an open pan. I put a big spoonful of raspberry or Blueberry jam in the gravy – It goes really nice with the strong flavour of the meat. Invariably a Hannibal Lecter imitation is used when serving. Fe-Fe-Fe-Fe-Fe >; )
look at you guys with your recipes…nice. me ma loves the lamb, she makes shanks but i find it a bit too rich for my taste. i am cooking the whole tom turkey dinner this year but only for six. any strays out there need a place to go?
just saw your avatar hugo…saweet. ma sent me this she used to have a jack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSWB4TH_mA
Thanks for the laugh pg, sweet 🙂
Funny, it’s only the leg that I like, somebody else can have the rest.
OB, like everyone said, plan ahead. Are all your social events spontaneous, and only after 10pm? Weird.
Awwwwwwww…that was soooo cute, sis. We have a Jack in our family too. You are ever so clever with the links. Love it!
In response to this bitch I have just 2 words: plan ahead. If there’s always alcohol in reserve then the problem solves itself.
They close at ten because their union provides the right for clerks to not have to work until midnight. Think it’s easy to get buses after midnight? Think everyone wants to work until 12 because your drunk dumb ass can’t buy liquor before 10 or before your work shift?
Seems like all of you NSLC supporters/alcohol buying “planners” have never partied before or don’t know what spontaneity is. Please tell me you haven’t been to a good party where more alcohol wasn’t needed after 10pm because of the follow reasons:
more people showed up than expected, drinking games occurred, you spilled all over yourself, you decided you wanted to hit it a bit heavier that night or you wanna get someone real drunk so you can take them home? There’s many reasons why Alberta and BC better and one of them is because we can buy alcohol until 12-2 am!
First, I’ve lived here all my life and I’ve never heard anyone say “sounds like a time”.
Second, what kind of poor time management do you have to have to not get your booze before 10:00pm?
HAHA! Haven’t partied? If I only have a quart I’m sure as hell not sharing it with a bunch of people. The parties I go to everyone brings their own shit. I think it would be great if there were private booze stores or convenience stores could sell beer. I haven’t had a problem with getting my booze because I plan to get to a store before 9:00, not at 9:55. I get my new years eve booze the day before. If you seriously cared that much about partying (which I doubt) you would know how much booze you need and how to get it immediately.
Getting someone drunk so you can take them home is just soooo wrong on so many levels.
well now if you are out there, you are fucking in ralph kleins neighborhood. look him up, he’ll always have a drink close by. but if you are bitching about work,remember that many don’t have that luxury around here, or out there either.
Thanks to the one commenter who seems to have a social life. It sounds like the rest of you plan every shit you take. I bet if private liquor were allowed business would flourish because 1) those of use who are up past 10 pm not playing video games like to party with our friends 2) booze is great 3) I’m a proud beer guzzling, open minded, donught eating Canadian. Also, if there were private liquor stores prices would be cheaper because of COMPETITION. Fuckin’ Live a Little.
It’s got nothing to do with lack of partying or a social life. I’m simply smart enough not to be sober and empty-handed after 10! And I agree with competition and private stores, but for the time being I don’t want to work after 10 on a friday or saturday and don’t want to make other people work later than they need to.
Later than they need to? Is this Stalinist Fascism? There are plenty of people willing to work late nights, and if you don’t want to you don’t have to. As for being smart I wonder if you could calculate how many paid working hours and profit the NSLC would create by being open 3 or 4 hours longer?
Stalinist Facscism!!!! LOOOOOL
The people coming in at 2am are going to be too drunk to be served for the most part anyways.
I will remind you OP that the cold beer store is open till 12
And on friday and saturday bishop’s cellar is open til midnight. Different selection so sadly you can’t get your putrid captain morgan white rum.
Well now that you know the rules OP, it shouldn’t be a problem. For the record, Ive been living here all my life and I don’t remember anyone ever saying ” sounds like a time “. Now go back to Alberta where the streets are paved with crystal meth.
If you have run out of liquor after 10pm, you’re a poor planner and you need to teach others what BYOB means. If you’re really in a pinch, grocery stores sell mouthwash well after 10pm. That, or just tell people their drinks are spiked. They’ll be too wasted to notice.
I think the point he is trying to make is why can’t Nova Scotia allow true private liquor stores like they have in Alberta (our private stores in NS are boutique stores, no hard liquor, limited selection) so why all the hating? Liquor laws are archaic in NS compared to most of Canada. Time to finally rid NS of the influence of the church.
Oceanchick, it was a joke! And sorry sodeypop, not all of us our alcoholics enough to PLAN times to go to the liquor store.
Love the vid, Painey! He’s so cute 🙂
Oh, oh, oh so excited for Santa!
Totally. The point is that since NSLC is a government institution and is seems that the rest of Canada is responsible enough to have the privilege of choosing to patron a private liquor store at a late hour to attain liquor, why are Nova Scotians denied? I think that believing people who want to purchase liquor at a wholesale price instead of buy overpriced booze at a bar past ten are alcoholics is just plain stupid. I bet if you couldn’t buy smokes past ten it would be a different story.
“And sorry sodeypop, not all of us our alcoholics enough to PLAN times to go to the liquor store.”
Well, when you take drinking seriously then you won’t have a problem going without. I take partying very seriously. I don’t disagree with having late night places to buy booze other than a bar, but having all booze shacks open late would be excessive. They only have a few soabeez that are 24 hours, so just have a couple liquor stores open later on the weekend.
Planning on getting real drunk tonight? Well then you better get more than an 8 pack. If you go back to a store after drinking 8 beers they might not be eager to sell you any more anyways. Working until 11? Then you better call a friend to get your shiz…
I love the fact liquor stores here in Alberta are open until 2am. Not much else to do in Edmonton anyway, really. Walk along Jasper Ave west of 109 Street after midnight and they’re usually the only places open, but there’s heaps of them, and with them come all the crackheads hanging around the Mac stores bumming money to buy more booze.
Prices, however, seem to be a bit higher than back down home. Then again, most things here are a bit more expensive anyway, but you get paid more so it mainly balances out. And gas is cheaper. Woo hoo Edmonton!
I agree dog love. As Nova Scotians we’ve grown used to the idea of the NSLC. Maybe it’s time we asked ourselves – is it still really useful? Maybe it’s time we got rid of this extra bit of bureaucracy and put alcohol sales into private hands. We might even save some tax dollars.
It’s the same in NB too. Not just NS.
Actually, NS has come a long way (or not, depending how you look at it).
When I moved here 30 years ago, almost every town was ‘dry’. A person had to drive quite a distance to buy more beer. And, since that person usually finished consuming what was consider enough when it was purchased sometime in the evening, the race to beat the closing of the liquor store doors often ended badly. Between that and having to pay twice the price at the bootleggers, things changed: a liquor store in every town, but the hours remained the same–most likely to check the very people who bought what they thought was enough only to change their mind once that amount was consumed.
once upon a time, cabbies were the bootleggers. i’m sure there are after hours clubs you could get into. if you know the magic handshake/password…hey ms kim^^
“Stalinist Fascism?” – Lemme guess – the trains to the gulag DO run on time?
hey, pain-t my day in whimsical-girl = )
Op can always head out to the Preston speak-easys for after hours drinking…where the only magic you need is green.
alberta can burn in hell….
Nova Scotians get pissed of at anyone that points out something valid.
And get pissed of and hate any other place that’s better than NS!
It’s quite entertaining actually.
better?
good god, I would live naked and homeless in uniack square than anywhere in alberta.
ns sucks sweaty balls, but it’s nowhere near as bad as alberta.
I wouldn’t call NS sweaty balls…but I’ve never been out west so I have no comparison.
In small towns there’s convenience stores that double as liquor stores…if there isn’t one in so many km’s. Like Eddy’s in Mt Uniacke.
I like our NS way of things….I would even go back to no shopping on Sundays.
Hey, no need for the Alberta hate! Edmonton’s no paradise, but it’s not as bad as many people make it out to be, and at least I’m making decent coin out here I could never hope to make in Nova Scotia doing what I do. With all the other East Coasters out here, it’s like the West Maritimes sometimes. Also lots of Saskies, who are kind of like Maritimers but farmers instead of fisherpeople.
And did I mention the liquor stores are open until 2am? Woo hoo! Still two hours left.
I hope one day a huge fissure cracks open and swallows the whole province off the fucking map.
rot in hell.
q, chortle. You’re right about the prarie boys being like maritimers, lot’s of them in the Navy.
Yep this place is a hell hole – if you wanted liberal attitudes about what you can do with your body you came to the wrong place.
We are stuck in 1950 (I’m surprised they even let you browse the booze at the LC – I’m waiting for them to go back to the soviet block style counter where you have to know what you are looking for – kind of like what they have done with cigarettes here too.)
Nope, if you value your freedom – anywhere, even Quebec, is better than Nova Scotia.