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elchrist
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 Posted: 02 Jul 2003 05:41 PM Post subject: La Ley Seca |
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FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
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revramrod
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 06:28 PM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Not true. They decided to cancel it this time because it coincides with the Fourth of July weekend and they didn't want to piss off the tourists. |
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elchrist
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 07:30 PM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| revramrod wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Not true. They decided to cancel it this time because it coincides with the Fourth of July weekend and they didn't want to piss off the tourists. |
Could be, although I found the following local news article which states otherwise:
Bring Your Own Booze
http://www.msnbc.com/local/kyma/M308246.asp |
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revramrod
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 07:41 PM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| elchrist wrote: | | revramrod wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Not true. They decided to cancel it this time because it coincides with the Fourth of July weekend and they didn't want to piss off the tourists. |
Could be, although I found the following local news article which states otherwise:
Bring Your Own Booze
http://www.msnbc.com/local/kyma/M308246.asp |
Well, there's only one way to find out.... |
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Americano
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 10:33 PM Post subject: |
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This law blows.
I don't know about you guys, but I need to be drunk out of my ass when I vote. |
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chainsmokinmonkey
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| Posted: 02 Jul 2003 10:45 PM Post subject: |
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| a lot of tourists are already stocking up on their alcoholic beverages, and i'm sure we're going to get quite a few more tomorrow and friday. |
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bemisnorris
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2003 06:23 AM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Well, you can stock up on beer Thursday and drink it on the weekend, can't you? My understanding is that "la ley seca" just means that no alcohol can be sold that weekend, not that you can't drink. |
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revramrod
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2003 04:37 PM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| bemisnorris wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Well, you can stock up on beer Thursday and drink it on the weekend, can't you? My understanding is that "la ley seca" just means that no alcohol can be sold that weekend, not that you can't drink. |
| MSNBC News wrote: | | The consulate advise travelers to note that if you are found in the streets intoxicated you will be taken to jail. |
I think it translated more into: "The authorities better not catch you drinking." |
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bemisnorris
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2003 05:52 PM Post subject: Re: La Ley Seca |
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| revramrod wrote: | | bemisnorris wrote: | | elchrist wrote: | FYI:
No alcohol in Mexicali this weekend because of elections. From Friday at midnight, until Sunday at midnight.
You get busted, you go to jail. |
Well, you can stock up on beer Thursday and drink it on the weekend, can't you? My understanding is that "la ley seca" just means that no alcohol can be sold that weekend, not that you can't drink. |
| MSNBC News wrote: | | The consulate advise travelers to note that if you are found in the streets intoxicated you will be taken to jail. |
I think it translated more into: "The authorities better not catch you drinking." |
Even in the U.S., you can be taken to jail if you are "found in the streets intoxicated".
| MSNBC News wrote: | According to their laws that means a dry holiday weekend.
so vacationers will have to bring their own booze. |
| MSNBC News wrote: | | Their is a loop hole for travelers, you can bring alcohol into Mexico with you. |
Sounds to me like you can stock up on beer Thursday and drink it on the weekend...just don't drink it in public or be caught intoxicated in public. (Which sounds like good advice in any country, any time of the year.) |
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spic-ole
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2003 09:24 PM Post subject: |
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During "Ley Seca," alcohol cannot be sold, but it can be consumed, but in the privacy of your own home.
If you are arrested while intoxicated, then the charges are more extreme.
And as far as taking your own alcohol is concerned, a person can only cross 3 liters of alcohol at a time.
Either way, what's the big deal? Can't these people go a weekend without alcohol? |
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