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PaLiAcH · Mar 1, 2002

THREE MORE DAYS AND ILL BE 21!!

MARCH 3RD!!!

WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

BEEEERRR!!! :grin:

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rpmdds · Mar 1, 2002

Do all states have a 21 year old drinking age? It's 19 in Canada (maybe different in Que, not sure). I guess that's why our beer is stronger, we get desensitized at an earlier age! :lol:

BULLITTBRO1 · Mar 1, 2002

congrats just dont go out in the bullitt to celerbrate

Badkharma · Mar 1, 2002

Aren't some provinces in Canada at 18, like Saskatchewan?? I know it's 19 in BC. I think that 21 for a drinking age is ridiculous. I'll only have one semester of my 4-year university when I turn 21. How lame.

Bullitt1718 · Mar 1, 2002

HaHa!!! :-B

The age is 18 in Alberta! I can just taste the sweet Molson Canadian Going down right now. :smile:

I'll be 24 in 15 days so I guess Im being a little harsh. But I do remember when I turned 18 in HIGH SCHOOL in March.

texasbullitt · Mar 1, 2002

happy 21 st birthday....

BUL2294 · Mar 1, 2002

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Yup. Up until the mid-'80s, almost all states were at 18 or 19 (or some sort of hybrid like you can purchase beer at 18 and hard liquor at 19). States knew that kids would jump the border to the neighboring state and drink there (losing on tax revenue, complaints from the state tavern associations, having to deal with drunk driving kids who got drunk out of state, etc.) Reagan and MADD also knew that there was no way to mount a 50-state age 21 campaign, so they had Congress pass an act that would withold Federal highway funds from states that didn't have an age 21 drinking age within x years... Pretty much all states passed state laws mandating that very quickly and by 1990, almost everyone was at 21. While there were some loopholes here and there for a while (i.e. Louisiana's allowing of drinking under 21 due to some interpretation of the state constitution in the mid-'90s), AFAIK they've been pretty much plugged...

(P.S. In an ironic twist, the US Supreme Court ruled in '99 or '00 that the above practice of witholding highway funds to essentially pass federal laws was unconstitutional and reversed that act of Congress. But by then the drinking ages in all 50 states were 21, and once you pass a law raising the drinking age, there's no going back (especially with the political clout of groups like MADD))...

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Frank15 · Mar 1, 2002

<rant>
Plus, no one in any power is anywhere near the age of 20 or below.
Like now, I'm 25. As the years go by, I forget how much it sucked trying to have a good time responsibly.

When I was 3 months from my 21st birthday, I got a "Minor in Possession" ticket for $175. I was drinking at a party that got busted. I blew a 0.03 on the breathalyzer...I can't believe that is a crime. What a load of crap.

And all the spineless dweebs in Washington would never stand up for the rights of under 21 year olds.

If kids learned how to drink responsibly, at home with their parents, at an early age, we wouldn't have all the binge drinking that goes on in the 16 to 21 age group...

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From the other side · Mar 1, 2002

Paliach, Happy Birth Day!
Remember, take a cab when you get tossed in Vegas, don't take the chance of ruining your car / life.
So sobering, yech.

Bulittt · Mar 1, 2002

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Actually the drinking age is 19 in Saskatchewan but is 18 in Alberta.

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PaLiAcH · Mar 1, 2002

2 more days!!

Bullitt#238 · Mar 3, 2002

PaLiAcH, Happy Birthday Bro. Have fun in Las Vegas (sounds alot like Lost Wages, huh?).

From the other side · Mar 4, 2002

So, what's it feel like?

Pony XTC · Mar 4, 2002

Thats means Green beer Sunday buddy.

Trigger · Mar 5, 2002

Hey rpmdds we can booze it at 18 in Manitoba but maybe thats because we have to put up with these long (Bullittless) winters.

bullittkid · Mar 5, 2002

IT SURE IS 19 IN JUST OVER THE BORDER IN THE WINDOR AREA. THAT'S THE STOMPIING GROUND OF EVERY 19 YR OLD HERE IN MICHIGAN. IT'S LIKE A RIGHT OF PASSAGE. 1ST THING WHEN YOU TURN 19 IS TO GO OVER TO CANADA AND ASK FOR A "BLUE". AND THAT'S WHY KIDS DRIVE AS FAR AS OHIO TO TAKE THE BRIDGE TO A 19 YEAR OLDS FIELD OF DREAMS. AND IT'S WHY YOU SEE 25 YEAR OLD GUYS STILL GO TO THE CANADIAN BARS TO MEET UP W/ YOUNG DRUNK GIRLS.

PaLiAcH · Mar 6, 2002

i feel really old...

dammit i feel the same! kinda like when i lost my virginity... felt the same... :lol:

ill have lots of fun in vegas this weekend!

i will be rentin a car!

Bullitt00155 · Mar 6, 2002

The reason they bumped the legal drinking age up to 21 is because ITS ALL DOWNHILL FROM THERE! --- I'm kiddin! but I'll bet thats the way you felt the day after!

I TRUST VEGA$ WAS COOL AND HAPPY BE-LATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

DAVE

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