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Subject: Re: UK view - or what i did?
From: -JAM-
Posted: Mon Aug 4. 2003, 01:36 UTC
Followup to: "Re: LEGAL DRINKING AGE"  by scott  (Sun Aug 3. 2003, 22:20 UTC)
> I'm 22 and I think the legal age should always be 21.  If it were 18 
> I think kids younger then 18 would find it alot easier to get ahold 
> of alcohol when all they gotta do is ask a senior to pick them up a 
> 30 rack.
Outside of the good US of A is a place called England.  It's a strange land 
where different rules apply.  I don't think what I did over the past 10 years 
is unusual in the uk so i'll give my drinking history and my thoughts about 
it.
Age 11 - Dad offers me a sip of his beer - "Not sure i like the taste but 
it's kind of nice and frothy?"
Age 13 - On holiday, allowed a bacardi and coke after dinner while parents 
are having a few drinks. - "This is nice!!!!"
Age 13+ Fri/Sat night with parents before meal, 2 G&T for them and 
spirit/mixer for me. "Nice"
Age 14 - Cider. Mates. Local Park. "I'm best part of 6 foot, look oldest of 
group, no prob getting serverd at offi."
Age 16 - Served in pubs "no prob."
Age 17 - City centre bars, clubs etc. "No probs"
Age 18 and onwards - tried a lot of drinks, now know what i choose to drink.  
Still get drunk, still do silly things, but can apreciate the finer things.  
There are people here who have bartended a LOT longer than my 7 years, however 
i don't think it matters 18 or 21, it's what happens after starting that 
sculpts your future drinking life.
JAM
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