Blue Law
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/20/02 2:37:49 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I hated that! I think *blue* law came from the same place as *blue
light* district or something. Things that were/are forbidden are called
*blue*. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here. :-)
Andrea Kim :-)
Full Time Mommy to
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected] writes:
> You could go to a store on Sunday and buy a birthday card, but not aWhere I lived in NJ, you can't even buy a birthday card on a Sunday.
> broom. It was called "blue laws" (I don't know why). The list was
> bizarre.
> Any Texans with tales to tell us?
>
I hated that! I think *blue* law came from the same place as *blue
light* district or something. Things that were/are forbidden are called
*blue*. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here. :-)
Andrea Kim :-)
Full Time Mommy to
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected]
I think it's the Red Light district that you are thinking of. Blue light are
the specials at Kmart. LOL
Elissa, who doesn't think it's fair to state an opinion in an inflammatory
manner and then state that one doesn't want a debate over the topic
(different thread)
the specials at Kmart. LOL
Elissa, who doesn't think it's fair to state an opinion in an inflammatory
manner and then state that one doesn't want a debate over the topic
(different thread)
[email protected]
In a message dated 1/24/02 7:30:16 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
my Mom calling it a blue light district when I was a kid. But,
it could very well be she was getting all confused with KMart's
blue light special too!! LOL!!
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
We are moving this weekend!! Woo Hoo!
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[email protected] writes:
> I think it's the Red Light district that you are thinking of. Blue light areLOL!! You may be right there. However, I *thought* I heard
> the specials at Kmart. LOL
>
my Mom calling it a blue light district when I was a kid. But,
it could very well be she was getting all confused with KMart's
blue light special too!! LOL!!
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
We are moving this weekend!! Woo Hoo!
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Jennifer Billick
Clear DayAndrea- What town in NJ were you from?
I remember the "Blue Law" that used to be in some parts of NJ. I remember in Somerville, NJ, on Sundays you couldn't but clothes. I was very young then, so other items might have been restricted, but I don't remember. I do remember that you could go into the stores. For example, Woolworth's would be open, but the clothing section would be 'roped off'. Funny how certain words, or phrases, conjure up childhood memories. (As do certain 'smells') Just my 2 cents.
Jennifer (who now lives in Florida)
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I remember the "Blue Law" that used to be in some parts of NJ. I remember in Somerville, NJ, on Sundays you couldn't but clothes. I was very young then, so other items might have been restricted, but I don't remember. I do remember that you could go into the stores. For example, Woolworth's would be open, but the clothing section would be 'roped off'. Funny how certain words, or phrases, conjure up childhood memories. (As do certain 'smells') Just my 2 cents.
Jennifer (who now lives in Florida)
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[email protected]
In a message dated 1/26/02 3:49:02 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
It seems that nowadays, the Blue Law is only in Bergen County.
So, on Sundays, if people want to go shopping for anything
except food or gas, they need to go outside of the county.
Hubby and I spent many Sundays at the mall in Nanuet, NY
and in Clifton, NJ for that very reason. There's an awesome
children's clothing store in Clifton called the Childrenswear
Centre that sells brand name clothes at up to 80% off of
department store prices. I got lots of my girls clothing there!
However, I'm looking at the website now and it seems the
Clifton store may have moved. Here's the link if anyone is
interested,,,, http://www.netkidswear.com/chilcennet.html
things like toilet paper, paper towels, diapers and tampons though,
thank goodness!! But, nothing *unnecessary* like greeting cards,
wrapping paper, books, crayons, batteries, etc,,, If a store has
food AND those goods,,,,the goods affected by the Blue Law are
roped off. However, if a store has NO food at all,,,the entire store
is closed (like ToysRUs, Hallmark,,,ALL shopping malls, etc,,,)
Movie theaters remain open however.
While I was there, there was this one article in the newspaper
about how ToysRUs wanted their internet sales and marketing
team who handled internet orders to be able to work on Sundays
(because people BUY things over the internet on Sundays from
all over the world and these people needed to be able to keep
track of inventory and such). Bergen County said NO way even
though they were in an office that wasn't even in the ToysRUs
toy store!!
So, it seems all businesses not selling food or gas had to be
closed on Sundays too.
It was VERY inconvenient for most of my husband's family to
do any shopping at all since they all ran drycleaners that were
open 7 to 7, Monday through Saturday. Thus, leaving only
Sunday for shopping,,,,,and of course, they couldn't go shopping
on Sundays either because that was the day for GOLF!! (my
in-laws are all Korean and all Koreans *I've* EVER met are
addicted to Golf) :-)
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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[email protected] writes:
> What town in NJ were you from?I lived in Emerson. It's about 5 to 10 min north of Paramus.
It seems that nowadays, the Blue Law is only in Bergen County.
So, on Sundays, if people want to go shopping for anything
except food or gas, they need to go outside of the county.
Hubby and I spent many Sundays at the mall in Nanuet, NY
and in Clifton, NJ for that very reason. There's an awesome
children's clothing store in Clifton called the Childrenswear
Centre that sells brand name clothes at up to 80% off of
department store prices. I got lots of my girls clothing there!
However, I'm looking at the website now and it seems the
Clifton store may have moved. Here's the link if anyone is
interested,,,, http://www.netkidswear.com/chilcennet.html
> I remember in Somerville, NJ, on Sundays you couldn't but clothes. I wasYou can't buy anything that isn't food or gas. They do let you buy
> very young then, so other items might have been restricted, but I don't
> remember. I do remember that you could go into the stores. For example,
> Woolworth's would be open, but the clothing section would be 'roped off'.
things like toilet paper, paper towels, diapers and tampons though,
thank goodness!! But, nothing *unnecessary* like greeting cards,
wrapping paper, books, crayons, batteries, etc,,, If a store has
food AND those goods,,,,the goods affected by the Blue Law are
roped off. However, if a store has NO food at all,,,the entire store
is closed (like ToysRUs, Hallmark,,,ALL shopping malls, etc,,,)
Movie theaters remain open however.
While I was there, there was this one article in the newspaper
about how ToysRUs wanted their internet sales and marketing
team who handled internet orders to be able to work on Sundays
(because people BUY things over the internet on Sundays from
all over the world and these people needed to be able to keep
track of inventory and such). Bergen County said NO way even
though they were in an office that wasn't even in the ToysRUs
toy store!!
So, it seems all businesses not selling food or gas had to be
closed on Sundays too.
It was VERY inconvenient for most of my husband's family to
do any shopping at all since they all ran drycleaners that were
open 7 to 7, Monday through Saturday. Thus, leaving only
Sunday for shopping,,,,,and of course, they couldn't go shopping
on Sundays either because that was the day for GOLF!! (my
in-laws are all Korean and all Koreans *I've* EVER met are
addicted to Golf) :-)
Andrea Kim :-)
Mommy to two sweeties!
Laura (2/16/96) & Allison (8/31/99)
Kent, WA,,,,,,,,soon to be Seattle!
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