Is the night before Thanksgiving really a big drinking night?
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Although some consider the night before Thanksgiving a big drinking night, Janesville Police don't increase their patrols as they do for New Year's Eve, the Fourth of July weekend, and Labor Day weekend.
Captain of Patrol Danny Davis says on Wednesday nights in November last year, police responded to an average of about 50 calls for service between 8pm and 2am. However, on the night before Thanksgiving last year, police only received 38 calls. Police averaged about 60 calls for service in that same time frame on Thursday nights in November 2007. Blame it on the tryptophan in the turkey, but Davis says on Thanksgiving night police received 37 calls.
The weather could be a factor. Wednesday night's forecast calls for mostly clear skies and lows in the 20s.
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Nov 26, 2008 at 6:10 a.m.
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When I worked at Beloit Corp. the night before any holiday was a big drinking night. I worked 2nd shift and instead of getting out of work at 1am, we got out at 11pm and lots of people headed out across the street to "The Works". I worked there for almost 9 years and it was always the same...."Let's go to the bar after work". I'm guessing with the closing of GM and all the layoffs, there won't be much of that going on now.
Nov 26, 2008 at 5:42 a.m.
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i lived in the janesville/beloit area most of my life, and never knew it to be such a big deal, now that i live in viroqua, its called "hog nite", and yes, just as busy as new years eve... weird, who'd have thunk it??
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