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Done a bunch of those kind of things - on another computer now, so expect to be banned here, too.   They have remained as insecure site for years, so maybe that is what tagged me.  Anyway, it has been nice talking to everyone if the Admin can't get their act together and fix the site problems!   Will try to drop in from time to time to see what is going on....

I think that since you can login from another IP means the address is really the issue.
The problem with blocking dynamic IP addresses is sooner or later an innocent party will inherit the blocked address.
Sometimes unplugging your modem for several minutes will flush the problem broadband address.
Have you sent your blocked IP address to the moderator?

At both places we hated it when the ABLE "storm troopers" showed up for a spot check. I don't remember anyone I worked with getting cited or the business being cited, and I never got cited. They showed up at Doolittle's a couple times because they were told employees were drinking, not straw testing, drinking behind the bar. At Speeds we had a near disaster because they showed up and the boss hadn't posted the new business liquor license, fortunately he and the new license were there and they just said okay and left after everything else checked out.   

The Oklahoma only DL smells like someone at ABLE that is power tripping (not surprised). I got carded at Hard Rock two years ago and Boulder Grill in 2017 no one told me that an Arizona, and Oregon in 2017, license wouldn't be accepted.

The sticky part is/was ABLE and TPD's Vice Squad improvisations. There is no statutory requirement that only a current license could be used to confirm your age, or that surrendering your DL to a cop in a bar is entirely voluntary. One even explained to me what they would do if you didnt volunteer.

If you don't look old enough they will ask for an actual ID.

Used to be that way at Walmart until last fall.  I guess they had some problems.  Policy now is to card everyone, period.

The grocers and Wallyworld are the same here, if they don't  enter a birth date they can't complete the transaction. If you don't look old enough they will ask for an actual ID. Some of the liquor stores actually scan the bar code to verify the ID of everyone some don't. When I go to my grocery store I go through the self checkout and scan any alcohol last and sometimes they come over and scan their card for the register and let me enter the DOB or they just put in one that's over 21.

Haven't been carded in a restaurant here in years.

Does anyone know when the City plans to replant the rose bushes in Woodward Park?  I went by there today and it was completely barren.  I know they a disease wiped them out a few years ago.  Sad to see it in this condition, it used to be beautiful with tons of roses and several fountains.

I've heard that they would have to replace all of the soil in the beds if they wanted to plant roses again.  I'm not sure if that is true or not, but that would be an expensive proposition.  I guess it was a major outbreak of Rose Rosette Disease.

Sometimes bans are based on a dynamic IP address. If yours recently changed you might have fallen into a hole.
Some things you can try are restarting your modem after its been off for a couple minutes to see if it changes again.

Done a bunch of those kind of things - on another computer now, so expect to be banned here, too.   They have remained as insecure site for years, so maybe that is what tagged me.  Anyway, it has been nice talking to everyone if the Admin can't get their act together and fix the site problems!   Will try to drop in from time to time to see what is going on....

Local Walmart stores card everyone for any alcohol sale.

Does anyone know when the City plans to replant the rose bushes in Woodward Park?  I went by there today and it was completely barren.  I know they a disease wiped them out a few years ago.  Sad to see it in this condition, it used to be beautiful with tons of roses and several fountains.

So, it's been a while since I was a bartender in Tulsa, Bush 41 was prez.

Back then, the two places I worked at, Doolittle's on North Sheridan in 1989 and Speeds Billiards at 49th & Memorial in 1990/1991, and for the most part it was up to our discretion as to who we ID'd. At Doolittle's it was never really an issue, it was strictly 21 and up, and when it did happen they were politely shown the door. I was going to school at Spartan and it was well known that they wouldn't serve under 21.

Speeds was a bit different because we allowed 18 in but they couldn't drink, and if there was any doubt they were ID'd. On Friday and Saturday were different yet because we didn't allow under 21 in after 10 PM and we actually had someone checking at the door. That was company policy. The problems we had on those two days was, in the same parking lot was an 18 and up country bar called Bronco's. They only served beer and we were a full bar so we would have people come over and do shots and then go back and people under 21 would try to sneak in with friends. We actually had a good relationship with the staff there and one of their door people would come over and tell us what stamp was being used to identify under 21 people.

As far as out of state ID's both places had a book with images of all 50 states DL's, Passport identification, military ID, and some foreign DL's. Speeds even had an employee handbook on what to watch for when checking DL's. The main thing then was a lot of states still used laminated DL's and policy was "If the lamination is split we could not accept it, and if we suspected it was fake we were told to keep it and if necessary call the police.

At both places we hated it when the ABLE "storm troopers" showed up for a spot check. I don't remember anyone I worked with getting cited or the business being cited, and I never got cited. They showed up at Doolittle's a couple times because they were told employees were drinking, not straw testing, drinking behind the bar. At Speeds we had a near disaster because they showed up and the boss hadn't posted the new business liquor license, fortunately he and the new license were there and they just said okay and left after everything else checked out.   

The Oklahoma only DL smells like someone at ABLE that is power tripping (not surprised). I got carded at Hard Rock two years ago and Boulder Grill in 2017 no one told me that an Arizona, and Oregon in 2017, license wouldn't be accepted.

[current Oklahoma Drivers License]

Its been a few years, but I was told flat out by ABLE agents doing "bar compliance checks" that only a current Oklahoma Drivers License is valad for the purchase of alcoholic beverages; expired ones arent valid

So, if you have an out of state friend/relative they wouldn't meet the requirements.  How sad.