Can the Adults Please Smoke? Chapter 35: Look Who's Here,We're Still Here!! — Page 34

I would love to have Saturday weather again tomorrow. That was a PERFECT day!

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Happy HUMPY Day peeps!

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Addy - I'm glad you enjoyed it. I find it hard to think that something with Norm & Audra could be anything but perfect!

Morning.

Somms - are you 100% in better health? moony - how are you feeling this morning?

Boobs - you should have dry weather for the daytime but tonight is supposed to be nasty.

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Boobsie, there's hope!!!

TRENTON  New Jersey residents might soon be able to get wine shipped to their homes or visit an expanded stock of winery-owned retail outlets, under a bill passed Monday by the state Senate and Assembly.

The bill would allow small wineries, producing 250,000 gallons or less of wine annually, to directly ship wine to customers. It also lets each small winery, even if located out of state, operate up to 16 sales outlets in New Jersey.
The votes, cast after 11 p.m. Monday, were the final ones on legislation in the two-year session and ended months of wrangling. The bill passed 51-18 with four abstentions in the Assembly and 24-9 in the Senate.
The matter had become a regional battle of sorts, with Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Cryan, D-Union, supporting a more restrictive bill that didnt include direct shipping to protect local retailers in North Jersey from having customers drained off by an expansion in winery-affiliated outlets.
Cryans bill was passed by the Assembly last March, 52-20, only to be amended by Sen. Stephen Sweeney, D-Gloucester, in the Senate and passed in June, 24-11. Hours later Cryan got the bill changed back in the Assembly, and it stalled.
Change does not come easy, said Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Gloucester. You wouldnt think this would be as difficult as it was. ... But the step we took today I think will benefit consumers and the wine industry, and not at the expense of our traditional retailers or wholesalers.
The proposal was scaled back from where it stood in June. The number of sales outlets was cut by five per winery, to 15 for in-state wineries and 16 for out-of-state businesses without a central winery in New Jersey. The amount of wine that can be shipped to a customer was halved to 12 cases from 24.
The changes to the bill made Monday also said that if a small New Jersey winery wants to sell its product in retailers, they must use their own vehicles, not a common carrier.
If signed by Gov. Chris Christie , the law would take effect in May.

YAY!!!! Then I can have my wine shipped directly to me and not someone in NY who then I feel obligated in giving a bottle to!!!

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Me too!

My cousin just informed me that she's getting a puppy. This may be the first case I will know of where the kids will be taken care of the dog while she's out partying!

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Late night fly-by visit!

Still not used to the dreary weather, and it's not even raining that much. Looking forward to seeing West Side Story tomorrow night.

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'Morning! Back in the land of the living today. So grateful so feel "normal" again!

Mornin'

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Not exactly "top down" conditions, huh?

That's code, right?

I'm craving Thin Mints.

And stopping by to say hi.

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Good morning. Happy Friday. Stay dry and bundled up today north eastern peoples.

We have a big client coming in for a meeting/tour at 8:30 today. I am usually one of the first in for a good 20 minutes of peace. There are so many people here today already, screwing my internal schedule all up, lol.

Good news - my replacement debit card finally arrived.

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