” Britain’s descent to an all-encompassing public/private nannystate continues... “
Yup .
And at the other end of the spectrum , would you believe there are still liquor shops here in the Japanese countryside that sell beer in vending machines ?
Beer in vending machines.
Ft Sam Houston, BAMC, guest hotel, third floor, 1976.
Oh yes, I remember that.
When shopping in a store like this always remember to put in your cart lots of cold and frozen food. By law, these can’t be returned to the cooler and must be thrown away. This means when you refuse to pay and just walk off, the store loses big bucks.
Teach the bastards well that their holier than thou attitude should be stuck where the sun don’t shine.
- in the Japanese countryside that sell beer in vending machines
Wow! I did not see that in Tokyo or Osaka.
By a strange twist of fate, I was in Puerto Rico back in April of 1972, and there were beer machines all over.
I wonder if they still have them.
BTW, that beer was terrible stuff. Thanks - bill
I stumbled across one walking from the Okura hotel to the Mori tower outside what looked to be a car repair stall. Blew me away.
Although I haven’t been to Japan since 1999 I remember the beer and cigarette machines well. Just don’t use 500 won (South Korean) coins in them. It pisses the Japanese off.