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Eh, by the mid 1970s even they could not keep a lid on the crime surge. Places in the Bronx and Brooklyn were almost ungovernable

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I enjoy a romanticized version of the mafia

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Daryl Cooper has an interesting series on NYC from the late 60's until about 1975 intersecting schools and mass migration from South to Northern cities in particular NYC

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I just discovered “Martyr Made” in the last year. I’m finishing “Fear and loathing in the New Jeruselam”.

I’ll check that out.

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A shell of its former self.

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Yep, they predicted this in The Sopranos when Pat Parisi and someone else tried to offer protection to a Starbucks.(I think it was a Starbucks, could’ve been a different corporation)

I love the podcasts. Mike Franzese, Sammy Gravano, Joey Merlino, all super interesting first hand accounts of mob life. The comments are fun too. People calling them rats, except Joey Merlino. That guy didn’t give up anything from what I can tell.

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So what did you get?

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Stagg and an Elijah Craig toasted single barrel store pick. Not mad.

I’m real happy with this one. Probably blew my load early. But I like Elijah Craig and I’m no bourbon expert.

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How does this work?

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The State government of Alabama holds a monopoly on liquor sales in the state. All liquor must pass the hands of daddy government. Each quarter they hold a sweepstakes where, if you get drawn, you can buy allocated liquor at a decent price. I’ve been entering for the past few years and just got drawn.

There’s people on this board that know a lot more about it than I do and can probably correct me.

I happened to read your post as I had storm trackers up on my TV looking for tornadoes and didn’t notice the link. Priorities and all. Thanks again, I’ll check it out.

Alabama folks,

I got drawn for the ABC allocated liquor sweepstakes/buy. Eastchase in East Montgomery location. I’m #35 in line.

Probably a stupid question, but does anyone have any idea what I can expect to get a shot at? Pappy any year? Stagg jr? Elmer T?

Just curious if anyone has had their number called and what they ended up with.

Minor league baseball is tits. I used my first born’s stroller to sneak a 12 pack of coors into a Little Rock Travelers game. We sat on the berm. It was the beginning of my love of minor league baseball.

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Long term this will help though.

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Ripping the the bandaid off is gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt less than leaving it on for another 10 years.

My frau gets mad when I spend money on shite for her on Valentine’s Day. Corporate holidays aren’t welcome in this household. She does appreciate the random bouquet/spa day throughout the year. The costs probably offset, but she prefers random surprises without the gay holidays.

Saves me from having to remember dates, plus spontaneity.

She just realized yesterday because she hasn’t been doing shite “from home”. Perfect example of the amount of worthless GS employees(I used to be one, but I actually had to work.) that are currently on the take. We used to joke about the amount of government employees at our base. We called them “middle class welfare recipients”. Here’s your 80 grand a year to do nothing.