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nicci's daughter, who is 10 and a huge fan of twilight, wantsto watch true blood because it's about vampires too. - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:46 6
- yeah, not quite the same thing :) -- nm - decline Jul 12, 08:48
- just give her a DVD of the Lost Boys. - groiny Jul 12, 08:47 3
  - or Vampire Diaries -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:52
  - I thought that was a great movie - saw it when it came out and watch it when its on - very scared first time I watched it. -- nm - JenBro Jul 12, 08:48 1
    - Epic battle of Michael vs David. spoiler - Spawn Jul 12, 08:49
- THE SPARKLE STOPS HERE!!! -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:47
How do I politely say, "someone else can easily do what you're asking, they really should be the first person you ask, not me and... - Mel Profit Jul 12, 08:42 2
- your boss? suggest that their boss would prefer you continue on this and maybe that should be delegated to an underling? -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 10:57
- may not be polite - but give them your priorities ... if you don't need it done right away - sure - but if you do - I would ask ______ first because I - JenBro Jul 12, 08:44
This is the thread where we debate what the legal drinking age should be. Go! -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 08:32 30
- 15 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 12, 08:56
- 12 -- nm - Cappie si Jul 12, 08:46
- 18 -- if you're old enough to die for this nation, old enough to be given the right to vote...you should be able to drink. - Will Hunting Jul 12, 08:44 9
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    - Life has consequences. At 18, those consequences involve dying or killing others for your flag. If an 18yr old doesn't know decisions have impacts.. - Will Hunting Jul 12, 08:53 4
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        I'm not saying 2 sets of penalties...I'm saying the overall DUI/DWI penalties need to be far stronger - Will Hunting Jul 12, 08:56 2
        
        I thought you meant stronger for kids over adults. Got what you mean now. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:59
        
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    - This. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:46 2
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        Young people need to be allowed to make a mistake without it ruining their lives. - Krusty Jul 12, 08:55
- 18. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 08:43
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  - Actually I would be all for allowing drinking at 16 if the driving age was raised to 21. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:43
- I'm fine with 18. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:40
- Oddly, I'm fine with it at 21 and I'm ok with knowing most will be drinking at a younger age. I think making it difficult when the kids are younger - pmb Jul 12, 08:37 1
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- I think I'd be okay dropping it to 18, dropping the legal limit to 0.05, and upping the punishment for DUI on anyone under 20. -- nm - TWuG Jul 12, 08:36 6
  - it's .05 here, and zero if you've had your license less than 2 years. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:42
  - anyone caught with DUI should have their license revoked for... a good 10 years or so. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:39
  - I honestly would support a new nation wide DUI program where the second conviction = loss of privilege for life. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:39 3
    - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:40
    - i would support that too. second strike, sorry, you lose. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 08:39 1
      - Yup. You get one chance to learn from your mistake, not a second. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:40
- I completely agree that if you are old enough to be in the army, you are old enough to drink. - groiny Jul 12, 08:34 1
  - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:40
- 18 -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:33
- 25 -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:32 1
  - I kind of think 23. but then kind of I know it largely doesn't matter. -- nm - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:40
It's a Hurrisnake! -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:28
Tor-ninjas! -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:26
~blurred lines~ -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:24
ST Poll: If your drinking was underage, were you allowed to drink at home? - CrankYanker Jul 12, 08:22 24
- germany...omg...I can actually have a beer!!! -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 12, 10:58
- We were given beer at home from an early age - like French kids get wine. As a teen I'd sometimes have a glass of sherry or port with my Mom. - Meg Jul 12, 09:01
- i was allowed my own (teeny tiny) bit if wine from a pretty early age on the occasions we drank it with dinner (not that often) - Andie Jul 12, 08:44
- Before college my parents made me have a few beer with them one time to show me what it was like - MDH Jul 12, 08:42 3
  - nice. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 08:44 1
    - Ironically, I don't drink beer, and didn't even drink it freshman year. - MDH Jul 12, 08:45
  - Yeah, mine did that with heroin. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:44
- Yes. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 08:42
- on occasion. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:34 1
  - fun (well, not really) fact: in Alberta (where I mostly grew up), drinking in a residence under parental supervision is legal. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:38
- On occasions -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 08:32
- yep better to get drunk the first time at home then in the city -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 12, 08:29
- No. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:28
- No and (while every parent makes their own decisions) I think it's a mistake. I think it becomes very difficult to draw lines for kids when you're - pmb Jul 12, 08:27 4
  - chawl -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 08:36
  - No means maybe. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:33
  - wtf -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:29 1
    - Some parents take the view that the kids are going to drink and smoke anyway so it's better to do it supervised than on their own. I think there's a - pmb Jul 12, 08:34
- NFW. (I recall that when I was 15, my mom came to "stay with me" for a week when my dad was away. she brought me a case of beer; - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:27
- dunno. I never wanted to drink at home -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:26
- Only wine, nothing else. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:24
- yes. and they knew i was the one nipping that bottle of courvoisier during those cold arsed Buffalo winters. - Diva Jul 12, 08:24
- No. Did I: you betcha. I likely have some of my father's watered down Crown Royal in my liquor cabinet right now -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:23
- allowed? no, there was a stocked bar in the basement, which I hit quite often. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:22
Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. -- (link) - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 08:18
ST Poll: at what age did you start drinking alcohol? -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:16 53
- I got drunk after my senior prom and again at graduation - those were the only 2 times I drank until I was 21. -- nm - kelly Jul 12, 08:49
- 16 -- nm - con_carne Jul 12, 08:48
- Almost 22 --- my dad was an angry drunk and I didn't want to risk it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 12, 08:47
- 16 or 17. -- nm - decline Jul 12, 08:47
- I drank so much before 21, that when I turned 21, I did not even care to drink anymore. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:45 1
  - Right? I think I was over drinking by the time I was 24 or so. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:48
- 17 (OMG I was 17 when I started college, turned 18 the first month though) -- nm - MDH Jul 12, 08:43
- had a beer with my friends when I was 12 or 13. actually got drunk at 14. -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:33
- I didn't & still don't drink regularly - I drink socially nearly 99% of the time. 18-30 I smoked pot - JenBro Jul 12, 08:33 11
  - I only drink socially as well, though when I'm with my wife's side of the family that's a fair amount. I would pretty much never just drink on my own -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 08:39
  - I hate being stoned. I'm even more annoying stoned than I am normaly. -- nm - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:36 7
    - It stays in my system *way* longer than other people. I would get stoned at night and still be feeling it the morning when I got up. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:46 2
      - I felt dragged out for a couple days or so, plus once or twice there must have been some extra in it and I had hallucinations. Wasn't keen on the feel - zork Jul 12, 08:48
      - That's a huge bonus not a fault. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:47
    - how about we drop some acid together? nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:41
    - now I totally want to get stoned with you - JenBro Jul 12, 08:40 2
      - never again. karen's boyfriend always tries to get me to smoke with him but it's just so ... numbing. I'm dumb enough without being stoned. -- nm - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:41 1
        
        I haven't smoked up since 1986 or 1987. Since booze often just gives me a headache, I sometimes think about trying it again. -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:43
  - I only drink socially, almost never at home unless it's a holiday. - Krusty Jul 12, 08:34 1
    - sadly, it's been I think 2 years since I last toked up :) - JenBro Jul 12, 08:43
- Any day now! -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 08:30 2
  - final decree papers are coming through? -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:31 1
    - My DNR is being notarized. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Jul 12, 08:33
- 13-14 -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Jul 12, 08:29
- 15 -- nm - ty97 Jul 12, 08:29
- first was around 16 or so. Regular wasn't until college. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:27
- 16 or 17. I became popular like *overnight* right around there and it came along with that. -- nm - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:26
- So many naughty boys and girls! -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 08:25 1
  - we still laugh about my 7th grade party. - groiny Jul 12, 08:27
- 17 and drinking age is 19. my brother got screwed the year they changed it from 18. -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:24 1
  - I had smoked up on occasion before that, starting at 15 (first time was 13 or 14). I never wanted to do any of it all that often. -- nm - zork Jul 12, 08:29
- Probably about 15 at parties. -- nm - pmb Jul 12, 08:24
- 15 -- nm - David Jul 12, 08:23
- I had 2 drinks before I was 21. -- nm - Ender Jul 12, 08:22
- First drink at 16, not really regularly until 24-25. -- nm - Jelly Jul 12, 08:21
- 18 I'd say. I turned 18 just after entering my freshman year of college and I drank a lot that year -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 08:19
- 5 -- nm - budice Jul 12, 08:19
- I threw a drunken fest party in 7th grade. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:19
- 16.......legal age was/is 21. -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 08:19
- How do you mean. On regular basis? -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:18 2
  - yes -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:19 1
    - 19 (college). Dad is an alcoholic, so never wanted to fall into the trap. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:23
- 16 -- nm - amoxy Jul 12, 08:18
- 21 -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Jul 12, 08:18
- probably 15. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 12, 08:18
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- I had my first drink around 8 or 9. It was a can of Genny Cream Ale that I couldn't finish. Is that what you mean? -- nm - Diva Jul 12, 08:17 3
  - heh, I almost added a definition to avoid this as I started sneaking sips of my dad's beer around that age too :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:18 2
    - I guess I started to really drink when I was 18. - Diva Jul 12, 08:19 1
      - "promptly fell asleep" Ha! :-) -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:21
- 16 or so. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:17 1
  - First drink was around 8 or so. Wine was available for anyone in my house no matter your age. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:19
- I was a late bloomer, probably grade 10. Vodka was my booze of choice when younger -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:16
"How to train your Dragon part 2" Teaser Trailer -- (link) - amoxy Jul 12, 08:15 3
- OK, that was like two minutes of fucking awesome. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 08:20 1
  - The dragon's face on the stall is priceless. Is it dusty in here? -- nm - oblique Jul 12, 08:25
- I hope they just did not throw this one together. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:18
Dear Newegg, when every day you send me an e-mail about a new sale, I stop paying attention to your sales. -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) Jul 12, 08:15
I'm thinking more around $400 million worldwide for Pacific Rim. - Inigo Jul 12, 08:15
No one (I think) is saying kids won't drink elsewhere. The issue is it is being provided by an adult in an area of limited supervision - Beaker Jul 12, 08:07 33
- you know the thing is - kids will be kids and accidents happen - maybe it's just my insurance experience but ... no way do I want to be held liable or - JenBro Jul 12, 08:18
- Limo companies are required to remove alcohol from the passenger compartment when driving minors....believe or not, this was not always the case. - CrankYanker Jul 12, 08:17 1
  - i got WASTED in a limo on my way to one of my proms. wasted. -- nm - Andie Jul 12, 08:48
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  - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Jul 12, 08:17
- and I'm with Spawn. It would be go time if someone did this with my kid without my knowledge... -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:09 2
  - Another factor/aspect of this is if it was just Mrs groiny and the niece, then maybe. - Spawn Jul 12, 08:18
  - Yep. Your kids are one thing. You do this with someone elses kids, and it's on -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:10
- An 18 year old is an adult. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:08 17
  - which some other adult has decided to give you responsibiliy over for the weekend. -- nm - Strongbad Jul 12, 08:30
  - An 18 year old is not really an adult. They're really just more experienced kids. Yes, I get that they'll go away to college and have that freedom, - pmb Jul 12, 08:23
  - then you should be hanging out at the liquor store buying 18 year olds booze then. Have the courage of your convictions! -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:10 10
    - oh, al's liquor. how I miss you. (this is where we used to dress like tramps to try to get old dudes to buy mad dog for us.) -- nm - amanda, dell Jul 12, 08:29 1
      - lol, I had a damn near full beard Sophmore High School year, I was the resident beer run guy. - groiny Jul 12, 08:30
    - What an odd leap you just took. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:10 7
      - I do that sometimes :) -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:11 6
        
        Sharknado! -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:11 5
        
        Sharks hanging out buy the Liquornado store, buying kids booze -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:12 4
        
        then: dancefight! -- nm - mafic Jul 12, 08:15
        
        a Booznado would be pretty cool -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:13 2
        
        And it would certainly explain the presence of Tara Reid -- nm - Beryllium Jul 12, 08:14
        
        aka Saturday night. -- nm - Shaun Jul 12, 08:13
  - ...that can not legally drink. -- nm - Spawn Jul 12, 08:09 3
    - Ok, but the idea that they need "supervision" like some 10 yo gets me. -- nm - Don Homer Jul 12, 08:10 2
      - if she buys them booze and takes them to a concert, your damn right they need supervision. -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:10 1
        
        I'd be crapping my pants any time they weren't in my direct line of sight -- nm - Beaker Jul 12, 08:11
- and I have to think that there would be a significant police presense at one of these. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:08 6
  - yep, you can't hide "drunk". -- nm - CrankYanker Jul 12, 08:12
  - at a lot of the all-ages festivals here, they give you a different wristband if you're of age. makes it even easier for security/cops - mafic Jul 12, 08:09
  - All it takes is one cop to see them stumble, slur a sentence, then it's all over with. Jail time. - Bacon Jul 12, 08:09 3
    - on a positive note, good luck getting the kids in a divorce when you are busted for this. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:10 2
      - Pretty much slam dunk. Oh you did what? In a year I might allow visitation rights. Next! -- nm - Bacon Jul 12, 08:11 1
        
        because if she did this, after I told her not to, that would be the next step. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 12, 08:12

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