That is not accurate. Brewers have to apply for a completely separate license. The distro license is 4 grand a year. Also, I think it needs to be reiterated. This is and has been 100% legal. The DBR is also against this. And what treehouse was able to do is a perfect example of how Rhode Island breweries are disadvantaged compared to their piers in Ct and MA.

Both of those states a brewery license allows for distro. They can also sell wine and unlimited cases to customers.

I don’t see distributors failing there, And tree house doesn’t even distribute fyi.

But then the smaller breweries teaming up with the same distributors as the bigger ones would mean that the small ones would have access to the exact same delivery and sales infrastructure as the bigger ones. They could distribute further, have access to way more stores and bars, and not have to invest capital into their own system.

Basically any retail place that sells Whalers or Narragansett would have immediate access and ability to purchase and sell Moniker or Rejects or whatever.

There's a documentary called 12 O'clock Boys about the ATV culture in Baltimore. It was the first place I heard about it and then sure enough next summer Prov was swarming with them.

Right? It's sick people feel otherwise. I disagree with the whole subculture with every fiber of my being but my god we're all still human right?

That’s not really accurate. The three tiered system protects independent retailers and also helps to keep the selection from becoming a corporate cesspool of lowest common denominator swill. Currently brewer’s licenses are far more accommodating and attractive and give brewers more ability to grow and make money than retailers, who have zero opportunities for growth beyond what they can sell off their shelves. Brewers can “brew”, be a restaurant, a retailer (think it’s the equivalent of a case at a time??), and distribute on a license that costs what, $1500? Retailers have to spend at least $100k for a license that only lets them sell retail. So all in all, brewers have it pretty good, which is probably why there are so many of them! Not RI but check out Tree House and all their swanky locations. Impressions can be deceptive but it appears they are making bank. Perhaps the solution is to expand retailer’s licenses so that on-premise sales are allowed as well. Why not have a free for all? Get your scratchy and crack a cold one at your local packy!

Logical but still sad, they are not mutually exclusive. I can't stand the ATV's and dirt bikes but I hate to see anyone lose their life, especially doing something so reckless and dumb. I'd love nothing more than to see them go away, but yes it is still sad lives were lost.

Life finds a way.

Didn't someone die last year in PVD too?

It's one of the worst subcultures going. It would be one thing if they didn't just go around harassing people, but nope.

IDK, her exercising the second amendment turns an incident where nobody even went to a hospital into one where someone ends up in a morgue. That doesn't really seem like a better situation, even if the person in the morgue was the bad guy

To be clear, Cox can definitely be cheaper and probably fine for a lot of people. It totally depends on need and what matters. I look at it from the lens of quality/reliability because of personal/professional needs, but that isn't for everyone.

Exactly. This is not about unions. It’s about making this state friendly for new and small businesses. The current three their system is all about protecting big beer/brands.

Not really. The big boys already have contracts with distributors (whalers, Gansett, grey sail, Newport etc.). The smaller brewers don’t need all that. in most cases an owner is the van driver and sales rep.

Anyone can google medic protocols. Now ill ask again, what is your NREMT #? (You can find it on your license) :)

Love the condescending question, of course that's not vigilantism. You also talked about community self defense.

>When government does not act it is up to the individual and community to protect themselves.

I was providing input on why someone called you a vigilante. Literally no one is saying people shouldn't defend themselves but when you say stuff like "When government does not act it is up to the individual and community to protect themselves." after saying "This why the second amendment exists" it isn't out of the realm of reality for someone to interpret that as you wanting more than 'individuals using "adequate self-defense"'. It is especially not out of the realm of reality considering the country we live in.

Well that's a gross mischaracterization of what she said.

How bout this as proof “vtach code defibrillated to course vfib with bilateral 18g and 1mg/kg lido on board. eat tube is 7.5 22 at the lip and etco2 43.”

Either I’m a fantastic creative writer or I spent 15 years on a rig, you can choose which to believe.

>Crushing a few ATVs is doing... "something." I also guess I'm an avid book reader since I read a book a few years ago.

There's not a lot of great solutions here but the city and state police have been working on this for a while. You being smarmy about an incoming mayor because you're grumpy over one completely unrelated issue is disingenuous.

If your opinion of the guy is this hopelessly biased based on one completely unrelated issue, it's hard to take it seriously. Anytime the opportunity has come up, you go out of your way to take a shot at him over this hyper fixation on whatever you think you read between the lines. If the guy was all about ripping up bike lanes, they'd be gone already. It's easy to get rid of them in January and February because nobody's fucking using them anyway.

Let it go.

I pay for $54.99 for the "Fios Internet 100/100." Used to be $40 for the first year. Rarely have outages. Is plenty fast.

Edit: I don't pay rental fees for equipment. Bought my own router and they don't charge for the modem.

Nope it was the point that why if I wanted to kill people would I not join the military or police? Kinda odd place for someone to work if they wanna kill. Also my point was about self defense of your life. Not really what I would consider being a bad person.

I love how everyone immediately goes to call me a psycho because I believe a woman who is dragged from her car and beaten has the right to self defense.

I specifically brought up the recent case of a woman and then a man being dragged out from the car and beaten. Is this something you Consider vigilantism to stop the person or persons attacking you? I didn’t speak of vigilantism, that was brought up by you. I believe in adequate self-defense.

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/staff-at-risd-on-strike-over-unfair-labor-practices/

I'll just add fuck Cox (huehue) as well. Had them while in PVD for a couple years and I've never had a worse ISP in the United States. Yes it was cheaper than Verizon (although only marginally for the plan we had) but we'd lose service ALL THE TIME. We lived in a townhouse and the other two units had verizon and would never lose service when we did. Little windy in the winter - no internet for 12 hours, a particularly rainy spring day - bye bye internet, oh its august and its hot - no internet for you. It happened all the time, probably 20+ times throughout the year (we'd still have power just no internet), and it would always last a minimum of 4-5 hours before service would be restored. They never sent anybody out to fix anything at our place as we were told it was always "on their end" and related to larger infrastructure breakdowns.

Verizon can be real scummy about pricing, definitely check if there are any discounts you might be eligible for (if you have verizon for your cell service) as they will NOT automatically apply the discount, you literally have to "apply" for it. That being said, the service has always been as advertised with upload/download speeds as expected. Plus, after having verizon for 4+ years now in RI (across 2 different residences) I can't remember a single instance where we lost service (aside from when we lost power all together)

Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the rec. I pay double for my plan and don’t think it’s worth it.