<OT> Re: Two Questions

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:05:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Kurt Wall wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 12:10:27PM -0400, Net Llama! wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Bob Raymond wrote:
> > > > > I feel good about being only 17, anyway ;)
> > > >
> > > > I've been told i look 17  :P
> > >
> > > Whoever told you that lied to make you feel better. ;-)
> >
> > I've got one thing to say to that:
> > I am still consistantly carded whenever i purchase alcohol, and the legal
> > age in the US is 21.  Make what you like of that.
>
> I was in Illinois a bit back. The community, just outside of Chicago, had a
> rule that everyone was carded. Grey haired old ladies included. They took no
> chances. And, it was a senior clerk that had to do it. She ran from register
> to register. I always get a chuckle when visiting the US. Just what odd
> thing will it be this time?

Yea, there are alot of places that claim to card anyone who looks younger
than 35, just to avoid discriminating against 'young people'.  But my wife
almost always does *not* get carded, while i almost always do, and she's
the same age as me.  Needless to say, she is never too pleased by this.
:)

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