> Not necessarily kidding. I don't know how it is today but back
> when I was a bit younger Ohio had much cheaper liquor than
> Pennsylvania. Most of the time the Pennsy police didn't bother
> anyone. But as the Xmas holdiays got nearere, the police would
> take an unmarked car to the closer Ohio liquor stores and radio
> the license plate of anyone coming out and loading up a
> Pennsylvaia car to state polices just inside Pennsylvania.
>
> The cars woudl be stopped and the liquor confiscated unelss you
> had a lot of liquor; then yo would be arrested.
>
> The rationale was that Pennsylvania taxes hadn't been paid on the
> liquor (rather like smuggling cigarettes).
>
> I worked for a while at an engineering office in Youngstown OH,
> which is quite near Pennsylvania. At lunch time in the holiday
> seasons coworkers from Pennsylvania would head out to liquor
> stores on the west side where there wouldn't be any Pennsy cops
> observing license plates.
Connecticut cops have been known to do the same thing in Sturbridge Mass.
The WORST time to try to stock up was on a Friday night. Usually a midweek,
midday run was safe... at least they never caught me in the 25 years I lived
in CT!!
Momma
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