DevilBunny
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posted on 22/6/2002 at 08:00 AM |
This has been on my mind for quite a long time now... Why is being 18 years
old considered being adult... why in some countries in Europe you can buy
alcohol being only 16, while in the US it is far from that... what really
makes a person mature (itīs not the age for sure, as we can see here ...
;-) ____________________
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Shade
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posted on 25/6/2002 at 10:19 AM |
Oh man, everclear...ugh. I remember a friend of mine whose mom used to pick
it up from mexico for uh, medicinal purposes. We snagged one of her
pbottles one night and then never dd anything with it until one night when
I was feeling low and decided to start doing shots. I woke up with my
roommate and his girlfriend actually banging away on my back. they had
decided it would be a kind of no threat threesome or something. Iīm just
glad I hadnīt actually gotten drunk enough to hurl. ____________________ It is only through the lack of sex that humanity derives the need for an
all encompassing blind love. And in that moment of extreme horniness with
no relief in sight, in that moment can be found the birth of religion.
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 25/6/2002 at 08:10 AM |
Youīre thinking of Bacardi 151, which is the highest proof that you can get
in most states. I think that everclear is illegal in over half of the
country. :razz: ____________________ Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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Dolorosa
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posted on 25/6/2002 at 07:58 AM |
Word...I remember one night, in corpsschool no less, learning how to fix
people, we went out and drank a crapload of that Everclear junk, took like
seven or eight hits of acid...and then proceeded to attempt to light our
belches on fire.
Funny I was together enough to leave right before the cops arrived...ah, I
miss school. ____________________ In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King |
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Ironboots
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posted on 25/6/2002 at 07:26 AM |
Really? 190 proof? I thought it was more like 150... but since Iīve only
heard it from other numb nuts...
You canīt drink that stuff straight... itīd burn your throat, literally... ____________________ Piggy's got the Conch! |
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Shade
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 09:19 PM |
Rogue, Maybe it was up to the states nefore the drinking age went up to 21.
I thought it was 18 here in Neew Orleans before they finally caved. As for
the 16 thing that was just something I heard.
Dev, Marlboro lights, 19 bucks a carton from switzerland...of course my
stuipd order still hasnīt shown up, but boy what a savings if it ever does! ____________________ It is only through the lack of sex that humanity derives the need for an
all encompassing blind love. And in that moment of extreme horniness
with
no relief in sight, in that moment can be found the birth of
religion.
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Ironboots
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 08:22 PM |
Yeah... mrrffcckking CA has the stiffest laws reguarding driving. You start
at 15 and a half, and an adult has to be with you. Then you get a full
license at 16, but you canīt drive friends around without an adult for 6
months, after that, you can have friends in the car alone with you, but not
late at night. You only finally get a real license at 17 (earliest). The
bureacrats are so proud, since accidents have dropped. Well, yeah, because
we canīt drive!!! Its ridiculous! And they want to make it stiffer... Sons
of bitches...
Of course, once you get a car, you are free to take the short drive down to
the land of milk and honey (Tiajuana) where you can get all the
fireworks/pot/crack/hard booze/cheap sex you want...
So I guess they -do- have somewhat of a reason for raising the age, but its
an indirect thing... ____________________ Piggy's got the Conch! |
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 01:33 PM |
Everclear is either 180 or 190 proof.
which makes it 90-95% alcohol.
Rather strong stuff. ____________________ Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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Devin
Administrator Posts: 317 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Online
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 10:42 AM |
My mother was telling me that when she was 5 years old, growing up in
Virginia, their maid used to send her and her little sister to the store to
buy her cigarettes - for a nickle a pack.
Itīs probably good that they wonīt sell them to 5 year olds anymore, but
itīd be nice if they were still 5 cents a pack ____________________ So Sayeth Me |
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DevilBunny
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 10:07 AM |
Fuck Yeah!
Iīm going back to London!
Iīve always wanted to drive around a forestry tractor, wearing leather and
lace!
Wheeeee...!! ____________________
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Psychopixi
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 10:01 AM |
As to the driving age in the UK, you made me curious, and seeing as I do
want to learn how to drive ASAP I looked it up; http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/vehicle_cat_desc.htm
I really need something better to do with my time! ____________________ Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life. |
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DevilBunny
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 09:48 AM |
I know what Rut Gut is, but whatīs everclear... sounds like mineral water
;-) ____________________
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DevilBunny
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 09:45 AM |
The driving age ranges from 16 to 18, depends on the country... but see?
Thatīs the weird thing: in the US youīre allowed to drive, but not drink
and in Europe itīs the other way around (in some places). As if driving was
more dangerous then drinking, ot is it drinking than driving... ____________________
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 09:37 AM |
Everclear, ha, you want strange drinks, go to West Virginia. Got a friend
from there, when he visits family heīll walk down the street, and everybody
invits him up onto the porch for moonshine, or the oh so intoxicating, Rot
Gut(not just a clever name). ____________________ Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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callei
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 09:03 AM |
Hey now, the US does too have gay politicians and strange and dangerous
booze (everclear)! The drinking age in New Orleans changed about 6 years
ago. I was here when it changed.
At what age are you allowed to drive in the various countries in Europe? We
can drive at 15. ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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Xaoswolf
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 08:34 AM |
The bar by my house doesnīt card anybody, you can drink when youīre 16.
And we also found out, that if you walk in to the club with me, and flash
your ID, the bouncers donīt check, they just stamp your hand. I donīt know
if thatīs because I have befriended them, or if they just expect anybody
walking into the club with me to be an alcoholic... ____________________ Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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Rogue
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 08:21 AM |
Absinthe is reason enough to leave the states. Most places I have seen
lately card and enforce 100% since the police started sending secret
shoppers in to try and catch the stores selling to underage. Itīs a rather
serious fine and possible loss of licence to sell if stores are caught, so
they go along with it. Once I got carded for carbonated grape juice, sold
in a wine bottle, and when I explained that it was not wine they said they
didnīt care, I had to be 18 to buy carbonated grape juice. When we were
kids there were cigarette machines and our parents would send us downtown
to get some for them, letting us keep the quarter left over from the dollar
they gave us. The stores would sell to you (we were 8 years old or so) if
you told them that an adult sent you. Condoms you had to show ID though. ____________________ Plenty of time, my sweet. Plenty of time. |
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IamSquid
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 08:07 AM |
Yeah and this is the only country where yoo have o bust yor ass to get
Cuban cigars. ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
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DevilBunny
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 07:49 AM |
Yeah, weīve also got no speed limits (Gremany), legal light drugs
(Holland), Absynthe, gay politicians... and so forth... ____________________
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Ironboots
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posted on 24/6/2002 at 07:29 AM |
I donīt know how easy it is, personally, but I know that thereīs always a
sympathetic īadultī to get you some liquor for a party or such.
And as the saying goes: Its easier to get pot than it is to get alcohol.
But yeah, Europes a hell of a lot more liberal... Your tv stations have
stripping game shows... People over here complain if someone -mentions- a
breast. You guys get to drive on the wrong side of the road, even!
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