Fyron's 5000th Post

tbontob · #1 April 13th, 2003, 05:42 AM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
No Tbontob, adult and drinking age are not the same thing. 18 is the age you are legally an adult. You are old enough to be drafted, but not old enough to have a drink to drown out the misery of such an event.

Yes, I know.

I was just teasing you.

Thermodyne · #2 April 13th, 2003, 05:49 AM

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Originally posted by tesco samoa:
that's drink in a public place...

It is legal for you to drink at home with an adult.

Hell no! Don't even go there. Get caught giving alcohol to minors, even the ones that belong to
you, and you get to pay some lawyers.

tbontob · #3 April 13th, 2003, 06:01 AM

The question of drinking age is rather interesting.

In my parents house, we were permitted to have a drink whenever we wanted.

The interesting thing was that out of a family of 8 (6 children), no one took advantage of it.

I soon learned this was not shared by most of my peers.

Whenever I brought friends home and they saw the bar with the 300+ different bottles of liquor openly displayed, their eyes would light up.

When I was about 14 years old and not realizing the problems some people have with liquor. I asked if they wanted a drink.

It surprised me when all of them literally tossed back the drink, not even bothering to taste it and then looked at me expectantly.

Still not realizing the problem, I asked if they wanted another. To which the response was a unanimous "Yes!"

Again the drink was tossed back and the expectant look.

Only then did I realized my friends had a problem with liquor and stated "Bars closed."

IMO, there isn't a age when people are able to handle liquor better than another age.

18 or 21 are arbitrary ages used in an attempt to provide some protection to our youth.

tbontob · #4 April 13th, 2003, 06:14 AM

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Originally posted by Thermodyne:

quote:
Originally posted by tesco samoa:
that's drink in a public place...

It is legal for you to drink at home with an adult.

Hell no! Don't even go there. Get caught giving alcohol to minors, even the ones that belong to
you, and you get to pay some lawyers.

Yes, you are right.

It would be "contributing to the delinquency of minors."

I had my first "public" drink at the age of 13.

I was a big, strapping, muscular guy and looked somewhat older than 13.

Our family had taken a trip to Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

My parents, older sister and I went to a country bar (with sawdust on the floor), where I had a Hamm's draft.

I didn't like beer then, but I did like the experience.

Most 13 year olds want to be accepted as grown up and I was no exception.

My dad was taking a bit of a risk. But even if he was charged and convicted, he would only have a criminal record in the US.

At the time, a criminal record outside of Canada was only minimally pertinent to Canadian authorities in Canada.

Thermodyne · #5 April 13th, 2003, 06:56 AM

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Originally posted by tbontob:

quote:
Originally posted by Thermodyne:

quote:
Originally posted by tesco samoa:
that's drink in a public place...

It is legal for you to drink at home with an adult.

Hell no! Don't even go there. Get caught giving alcohol to minors, even the ones that belong to
you, and you get to pay some lawyers.
Yes, you are right.

It would be "contributing to the delinquency of minors."

I had my first "public" drink at the age of 13.

I was a big, strapping, muscular guy and looked somewhat older than 13.

Our family had taken a trip to Fargo, North Dakota, USA.

My parents, older sister and I went to a country bar (with sawdust on the floor), where I had a Hamm's draft.

I didn't like beer then, but I did like the experience.

Most 13 year olds want to be accepted as grown up and I was no exception.

My dad was taking a bit of a risk. But even if he was charged and convicted, he would only have a criminal record in the US.

At the time, a criminal record outside of Canada was only minimally pertinent to Canadian authorities in Canada.

Hey, I like places like that

narf poit chez BOOM · #6 April 13th, 2003, 07:37 AM

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Most of my (and SJ's) Posts are very helpful, informative Posts in repsonse to questions people answer. There are many people here more "blabby" than we are.

yes, but your big prominent targets

[ April 13, 2003, 06:39: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

Instar · #7 April 13th, 2003, 10:39 AM

Too bad my moderator status blocks out my rank... otherwise I would have a pathetic rank compared to Fyron's!

I'll just let my user number (292) be less than Fyron's... so Ive been here longer I take it. And SpecOps is so much cooler than ruler of world.

[ April 13, 2003, 09:41: Message edited by: Instar ]