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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:35 AM Original message |
Poll question: Did you wait until you were 21 to drink? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. The year I turned 18, the drinking age was lowered to 18 |
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MiddleFingerMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Isn't that sad? |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Well, the Vicodin could be fun, if I didn't hate how fuzzy it leaves me |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Well, the Vicodin could be fun, if I didn't hate how fuzzy it leaves me |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. That's funny - the year I turned 18, they raised it to 21 |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Oh Christ, I can beat that |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. LOL - that had to hurt! |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, but it really depends where you are |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. nope...grew up in europe..so started a lot earlier.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. No. But the few times I drank, alcohol disagreed with me. So I mostly avoided it. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. I could drink 3.2 beer legally at 18 |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Are you from Ohio? We had that in our part of Ohio when I grew up. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Denver Colorado |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Legal drinking age here is 16. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
8. I was always allowed to have alcohol |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. No, and I didn't even wait until the legal age of 18 (MD, a long time ago). |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
10. I don't recall exactly when I started drinking |
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mcctatas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. no... |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nope. The legal drinking age in the state where I grew up was 18 |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
14. The drinking age was 18 when I came of age--in 1978! |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. I could buy alcohol when I was 14; |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. barely made double digits |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
17. No way. I bought my liquor in West Virginia where the legal age was 18 |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. legal was 18 when I was that age |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. I did all my drinking BEFORE 21. I haven't had any alcohol since I was 20. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. In my day, 18 was the legal age |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. It was more fun before it was legal. |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yup. My parents would let me have some wine when I was |
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Tobin S. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. I had my first taste when I was 9 thanks to step-dad |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kind of... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. On a larger note. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. whoa... |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I think you have to dig deep to set a good foundation. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. Legal age was 18 and I didn't wait then either. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Probably around 22 or 23. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
31. Two words: New Orleans. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. Yep. Outside of a sip of my dad's beer when I was very young just to see what |
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fizzgig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. i did |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
34. I had my first drink when I was 11. |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
35. I did not wait. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. My parents demythologized alcohol |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes, even though they changed the law to 18 when I was 20. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
40. Hell no. The first time I got drunk was when I was 17, and wearing the uniform of the U.S. Army. |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. Nope, grew up in Nevada. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. Where is the "HA HA HA HA HA!" option? |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
44. I probably drank more between the ages of 18 and 21 than I have in all the years since. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. I started to drink in college. I was 17 and had fake IDs. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think I was about 12/13 the first time I got fall-down drunk |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
47. I was 12. Frozen dacquiris |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. I actually reduced my drinking drastically around the age of 20 |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
50. No. And I didn't wait 'til I was 20... or 19.. or 18... |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. Fuck no. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. No |
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dsn (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. I wish you would have said "legal" rather than "21" |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hell no |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
55. The drinking age was lowered to 18 a month after I turned 18, but |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
57. LOL |
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BfB (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
58. LOL! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-09-10 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
59. Nope, legal age was 18 back then nt |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. Yes |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
61. LOL |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Fuckin' Wisconsin! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. proud former FIB here |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I hate Illinois bitches. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. HEY! |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I love you wherever you are! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. AWWWWWWWWWWWW |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Pretty smooth, huh? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. aw you've always had those skills, Forkboy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 02:34 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Yeah, the birds are tripping over themselves to get to me! |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
71. No; i was drinking regularly by ~19 |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
72. Deliberately? |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
73. My friend and I drank all her brother's Bar Mitzvah wine when we were 12 |
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