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Depending on where I was that wasn't hard at 14 or 15 either. (Your parents don't care if you drink, here honey or honeys (if my best friend was with me) have a beer or whatever the guy was drinking. Though we did quickly learn to ask what it was before taking a sip. Some whiskeys are just nasty. *in hindsight, I don't know if it was didn't care or just didn't notice because before the divorce , both parents drank like fish together, after the divorce (thank god they divorced), they still both drank just not together. And kids today wonder why they can't get away with as much and why the laws are harsher. I think it is the your parents and in some cases grandparents did it first. |
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01-12-2017, 12:09 AM | #32 |
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I started college in '70. I was 17 and the drinking age was 21. I told all of the upperclassmen to watch for damaged bottles when buying booze and buy me one if they found any. A few weeks later one of the guys found a bottle of Boone's Farm (another blast from the past -- just don't drink it!) and bought it for me. The bottle had a bubble in the neck that had cracked and leaked slightly.
Meanwhile, I had been "casing" the liquor stores in town. I found that the store was slow most nights, but especially Tuesdays. So, next Tuesday I went to that liquor store and brought the bottle in to exchange it for a "good" bottle. The store was empty and I struck up a short conversation with the clerk who must have assumed I'd been carded when I bought it. At least, that was my clever plan! After that, I could buy booze at that store on Tuesday nights. Last edited by cromag; 01-12-2017 at 12:12 AM. |
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01-12-2017, 08:47 AM | #34 | |
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I think 21 is too high. It's better if college kids can drink openly; it would cut down on the problems of front-loading and secretive bashes without oversight which lead to drunkenness and rape. When I was in college and we were all legal, most of our drinking was done at bars, drinking $2 pitchers of (lousy) beer. Much, much safer. I do see the argument on keeping drinking out of high schools, so I think 19 world be the right age. |
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01-12-2017, 12:26 PM | #39 | |
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I had lots of fun with this stuff as a kid and loved transferring images to it from the comic section of the newspaper; especially the Sunday comics. Bouncing it like a ball was also a blast.
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Wham-O was sure a popular toy company way back then! |
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01-12-2017, 01:50 PM | #41 |
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Silly Putty was right up there with the Slinky as two of my favorite toys from my early childhood (read: early to mid 1950s).
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01-12-2017, 03:15 PM | #43 | |
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And what was up with that 1960s male android soldier having breasts? |
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