When I first moved to Texas some 20 years ago, some friends to me out for a night on the town.
We went to the local watering spot in the dry town..
“do you have a club mebership?” they asked. No
“thats $5 but its a lifetime membership” I ponied up.
“there’s a 5 dollar cover charge” I ponied up
We get in and i order a beer.
“do you have a unicard?” No.
“its $5 but its a lifetime membership” I ponied up and order a Bud...
“that’ll be $5 hon” here’s your tip.. LoL
I take a sip and one of my friends says “its dead in here, let’s go someplace else”
LoL lather rinse repeat!
Now the place is wet and we can dispense with this BS robbery.
We found that during voting for wet or dry, that the local bible thumpers that said in circulated flyers it was going to bring crime and vice to the area actually were the people that had liquor clubs.
They just didnt need anyone cutting in on the action LoL
I got in trouble in Tyler TX in 1991 during a bicycle race. I was racing for Lone Star Racing Club at the time. The club’s sole sponsor was Katy Schwinn on Mason Road just west of Houston. Did not matter, according to “The Law”, I was advertising for Lone Star Beer. No amount of logic could get around that conclusion.