Fri Apr 23, 2021, 03:16 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

Connecticut lingo... How do you spell package store nickname?

Packie

Packey

Packy

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Connecticut lingo... How do you spell package store nickname? (Original post)	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	OP
If you are a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.	cinematicdiversions	Apr 2021	#1
No, i'm just a displaced CT Yankee from the working class	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#14
Heaven?	MLAA	Apr 2021	#2
They're liquor stores in CT. Packies (sing.:packy) are farther north.	Scrivener7	Apr 2021	#3
Ok.. good to know! No one near NYC called it a packy.	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#13
For my parents it was	Tomconroy	Apr 2021	#4
I just say the wine store. Ours has a large selection and has the non-alcoholic wine I like to drink	CTyankee	Apr 2021	#5
You're so classy CTY!! I've heard you write about this "wine" before	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#15
Here's an article in the NYT about a rise in drinkers of non-alcoholic wines.	CTyankee	Apr 2021	#18
Interesting article, although I had to read a couple	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#20
I'm in the NYC orbit, so it's a liquor store.	krispos42	Apr 2021	#6
Don't think so... Since it was my friend in Boston who made	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#21
Booze joint. eom	sprinkleeninow	Apr 2021	#7
Likker store. Not package. eom	sprinkleeninow	Apr 2021	#8
I see it spelled packy and packie online, but mostly packy.	femmedem	Apr 2021	#9
That's where I want to move to! Eastern CT shore!	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#12
Look at New London!	femmedem	Apr 2021	#19
Thanks. That is very good to know! I kind of think of Niantic	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#22
Groton doesn't have a walkable downtown the way New London and Niantic do.	femmedem	Apr 2021	#24
What's a package store?	Ocelot II	Apr 2021	#10
UPS	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#17
Don't package stores also serve liquor?	Bristlecone	Apr 2021	#11
No serving, no. Just a store to buy liquor and wine. I was	Laura PourMeADrink	Apr 2021	#16
Bodega.	Baitball Blogger	Apr 2021	#23

Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 03:25 PM

cinematicdiversions (1,969 posts)

1. If you are a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.

Do not use you liquor store slang.

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:38 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

14. No, i'm just a displaced CT Yankee from the working class

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 04:06 PM

MLAA (11,129 posts)

2. Heaven?

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 04:08 PM

Scrivener7 (42,373 posts)

3. They're liquor stores in CT. Packies (sing.:packy) are farther north.

At least where my sister lives near Danbury.

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:30 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

13. Ok.. good to know! No one near NYC called it a packy.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:00 PM

Tomconroy (5,162 posts)

4. For my parents it was

always 'the package store, never the liquor store. I always thought it had something to do with Prohibition.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:09 PM

CTyankee (60,186 posts)

5. I just say the wine store. Ours has a large selection and has the non-alcoholic wine I like to drink

at dinner. It's called F.R.E. and they have a Merlot that is delightful. I love wine but cannot drink the regular wine because it made me sick.

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Response to CTyankee (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:41 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

15. You're so classy CTY!! I've heard you write about this "wine" before

Makes me curious about it.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #15)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 07:53 AM

CTyankee (60,186 posts)

18. Here's an article in the NYT about a rise in drinkers of non-alcoholic wines.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/dining/drinks/non-alcoholic-wine.html

I've shown it to the store to encourage them to stock a wider variety of such wines. I hope their demand increases and they can expand their stock. I'd love a non alcoholic Prosecco, for instance. I wonder if I could just order it online...

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Response to CTyankee (Reply #18)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 10:28 AM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

20. Interesting article, although I had to read a couple

paragraphs a couple times. Couldn't tell if they were touting or dissing it. I finally gathered that the concept was still a work in progress. As is the process.

That said, I'm with you! I hope they continue!

Don't know about ordering... If no alcohol no one should be subject to the rules about shipping to certain states.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:27 PM

krispos42 (49,310 posts)

6. I'm in the NYC orbit, so it's a liquor store.

Maybe it's a Bastahn thing?

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Response to krispos42 (Reply #6)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 10:30 AM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

21. Don't think so... Since it was my friend in Boston who made

Fun of me for saying it.

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:44 PM

sprinkleeninow (15,557 posts)

7. Booze joint. eom

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:46 PM

sprinkleeninow (15,557 posts)

8. Likker store. Not package. eom

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Fri Apr 23, 2021, 05:53 PM

femmedem (6,957 posts)

9. I see it spelled packy and packie online, but mostly packy.

I live along the shore, not too far from Rhode Island, and we do call them the packy. There's also one in town appropriately named "The Packy."

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Response to femmedem (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 10:29 PM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

12. That's where I want to move to! Eastern CT shore!

But, can't afford Stonington or Mystic. And my #1 requirement is walkability! Coffee! Pizza! Neighborhood tavern. Been away too long.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 10:34 AM

femmedem (6,957 posts)

19. Look at New London!

Very walkable. I walk to work, walk to the food co-op, walk to the coffee shops. We're technically a distressed municipality because our per capita income is low, but we are rich in community engagement, progressive activists and the arts. Our mill rate is high but our property values are still relatively low.

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Response to femmedem (Reply #19)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 10:37 AM

Laura PourMeADrink (38,287 posts)

22. Thanks. That is very good to know! I kind of think of Niantic

the same way. Like New London and Niantic and the Havens are interspersed between the wealthier shoreline towns of Madison, Mystic and Stonington.

One big plus in my mind is that in NL you can hop on a ferry to Block Island or Long Island too.

What's up with Groton? It looks really depressed there???

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #22)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 12:48 PM

femmedem (6,957 posts)

24. Groton doesn't have a walkable downtown the way New London and Niantic do.

Thames Street is the closest to a walkable downtown, but in general Groton has more strip malls, more EB traffic, less art and culture. Niantic has The Book Barn; New London has good, inexpensive restaurants and lots of artists and ethnic diversity. Niantic's downtown usually has more foot traffic--not snooty but New London's slightly wealthier sibling.

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Response to Laura PourMeADrink (Original post)

Fri Apr 23, 2021, 07:36 PM

Ocelot II (99,894 posts)