skybytch 273 #1 March 24, 2006 You can have a drink in a bar in Texas, but you better not get drunk. If you do, the cops might arrest you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #2 March 24, 2006 damn, there go my plans for texas next month.. oh well.... hopefully the cops don't show up at the dz... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #3 March 24, 2006 There's really not a good reason to do just about anything in San Antonio. The overwhelming boredom of San Antonio was the impetus for Mexico creating such a prolific drug business. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #4 March 24, 2006 This reminds me of the Ron White "Drunk in public" bitI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #5 March 24, 2006 from the article... "...people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss." stupid people... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #6 March 24, 2006 Quote stupid BORED people... Fixed it for ya. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kai2k1 0 #7 March 24, 2006 Im so tired of the government trying to protect us from ourselves... In the future i see all of us in mylar suits and on permanent sedatives There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #8 March 24, 2006 QuoteQuote stupid BORED people... Fixed it for ya. isn't that the same thing? Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 March 24, 2006 Dont forget mandatory church on Sunday morning. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #10 March 24, 2006 QuoteYou can have a drink in a bar in Texas, but you better not get drunk. If you do, the cops might arrest you. My brother was arrested in the suburb they mention in the first paragraph. They weren't arresting people trying to get into a car, they were arresting people as they walked out of a local pool hall, even if they had only a few drinks, no where near being publicly intoxicated. I could understand if they were targeting drunk drivers, but I know of two people arrested that didn't even bring car keys with them, as they were riding with friends that weren't drinking that night. Personally, I think it's another one of the local PD's revenue-generation schemes.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #11 March 24, 2006 That's part of that crazy-ass/conservative schizophrenia I see in my old home state. Used to be you could drink a beer while driving, just don't be drunk. Now they're busting you for a few beers in a pool hall. Honky tonking' wild times, but some of the most draconian marijuana laws in the country. I think Texas is a great state, but they could learn a few things from Seattle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #12 March 24, 2006 I heard on the news from some spokeswoman down there .. they still have drive thru beer thingies.. but man... what are the local cops gonna do.. sit just downt he road from the place?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #13 March 24, 2006 Quote...Personally, I think it's another one of the local PD's revenue-generation schemes.... It's for publicity purposes...is there an election coming up in the near future, maybe? That money usually does not go directly to the cops. But it sure seems like they are building their xmas party fund at times. Crap like that and they wonder why the community doesn't back them more and why some communities just plain hate them.My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #14 March 24, 2006 QuoteI think Texas is a great state, but they could learn a few things from Seattle. Read: "...be more like Austin" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ncrowe 0 #15 March 24, 2006 Typical B.S for around here, I got a open container ticket on a beach near galveston where you can drive on the beach. The TABC officer let us know we were on a texas highway and could not have open beers in the car. Meanwhile while we sat there and watched 13 year kids drive golf carts down said highway...dirtbikes and quads were being driven by people of all ages on said highway....and get this...if you're legal age you can pull over and drink on the side of said highway in plain view.( think i'll try this one on I-10 this weekend) So like someone else said its just a revenue center for galveston county...the ticket doesn't go on your record...just a quick 167 dollar score for the local government. I'm suprised people don't fight this stuff more but I guess its just easier to pay the fine and thats what they're counting on. "Don't Mess Around With the Guy in Shades- Oh No!!! " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #16 March 24, 2006 QuoteQuoteI think Texas is a great state, but they could learn a few things from Seattle. Read: "...be more like Austin" Pass, thanks!!Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gordy 0 #17 March 24, 2006 Big brother really is watching you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #18 March 24, 2006 They had a segment about this on the Today show this morning...My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #19 March 24, 2006 QuoteDont forget mandatory church on Sunday morning. Well, since they don't sell alcohol in bars until noon on sunday, then might as well go to church. Wait....seems like if you buy food then maybe you can have a bloody mary with it, but no food no bloody mary. Something crazy like that. I think it's to keep the peeps in the pews. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #20 March 24, 2006 Unless they changed the law, it's perfectly legal to have any kind of open liquor container in your car in Texas. For you to violate the law, a peace officer has to see you drinking from the open container. I don't mean the above as some sort of joke as in, "it's only illegal if you get caught". It is actually written into the law that for you to be in violation, a peace officer has to see you drinking from the container. The law may have changed in the last couple of years, though.' Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrBounce 0 #21 March 24, 2006 Quotefrom the article... "...people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss." stupid people... Hmmm, sounds like a few skydivers I know on bad weather days - lol! Gavin Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. If you don't take it out and use it, its going to rust. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brains 2 #22 March 24, 2006 QuoteUnless they changed the law, it's perfectly legal to have any kind of open liquor container in your car in Texas. Walt, they did change that. Used to even the driver could be drinking, just not drunk. Now, NOBODY in the car can be drinking, and no open containers in the car at all. Wingnut: Yes, we have cops at the dz, however, they bring beer too. Never look down on someone, unless they are going down on you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #23 March 24, 2006 QuoteQuoteUnless they changed the law, it's perfectly legal to have any kind of open liquor container in your car in Texas. Walt, they did change that. Used to even the driver could be drinking, just not drunk. Now, NOBODY in the car can be drinking, and no open containers in the car at all. Wingnut: Yes, we have cops at the dz, however, they bring beer too. I don't drink, but damn, that's just downright rude. Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpwally 0 #24 March 24, 2006 Ahhh Texas will soon be the Big Pussy State !smile, be nice, enjoy life FB # - 1083 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeiber 0 #25 March 24, 2006 QuoteAhhh Texas will soon be the Big Pussy State ! This has Broke Back Mountain written all over it....Shhh... you hear that sound? That's the sound of nobody caring! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
