Thursday, April 14, 2016

Just Interesting Stuff about NC

1.  The City of Jacksonville has 4 Fire Department stations situated around the city but none are near us.  There are two volunteer fire departments near us:

Haws Run Volunteer Fire Department    and
Southwest Volunteer Fire Department

We live in the area referred to as "Southwest" but we live just off of Haws Run.  I don't know who would respond to an emergency at our house.


2.  Buying alcohol here is a lot different than in California.  Grocery stores and retail stores can sell beer and table wine but if you want other types of alcohol, you buy it from an ABC store (Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission run by the state). Alcohol can be sold and purchased between 7 a.m. and 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday, however, you may not sell or buy alcohol between 2 a.m. and 12 noon on Sundays.  That means if you are grocery shopping at 11:30 Sunday morning, you can't buy that bottle of wine you want for dinner that night.  

I'm learning new things about this state all the time!






3 comments:

Sue said...

Wow! That sounds like a great idea. Wish they would do that in CA.

Patty said...

Reminds me of when we first lived in Vermont (1972) where they had "blue laws" and alcohol couldn't be bought on Sundays at all! They sometimes had the section in the stores covered by a drape of some kind!

Patty said...

Reminds me of when we first lived in Vermont (1972) where they had "blue laws" and alcohol couldn't be bought on Sundays at all! They sometimes had the section in the stores covered by a drape of some kind!