LucyK
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Got two as well! ALways nice to use the Italian one when doing custom anywhere in Europe!
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UK Guest Purchasing Alcohol
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Got two as well! ALways nice to use the Italian one when doing custom anywhere in Europe!
The Mighty Tim
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Well, mine is especially useful for my trips to the US. I'm on the Magical Express before everybody on the same flight as me has cleared immigration!
dave&di
Well-Known Member
Show off!
I can't stand the Immigration line, after a 9 hr flight and an 18 hour day, I'm at the end of my tether after standing in a snaked line for 45 mins!
EOD K9
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Testify!!
StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
Only 2 years, 9 months, and 22 days until I can legally drink. Maybe I should visit all of you in the UK!
I don't get why they don't accept a UK driver's license. If I had a passport, I certainly wouldn't want to carry it with me. A driver's license shows who you are, a government issued it, so who cares?
Maybe I should visit all of you in the UK!I don't get why they don't accept a UK driver's license. If I had a passport, I certainly wouldn't want to carry it with me. A driver's license shows who you are, a government issued it, so who cares?
StarWarsGirl
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They are so weird. That, and states set their own laws, so I have to check where I'm travelling to see if my parents are allowed to give me alcohol (100% legal in MD). I also don't understand why it's 21 and not 18.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
MADD
StarWarsGirl
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Exactly.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
Know what? I've been able to drink now for 44 years and, frankly, it has lost it's appeal. It turns out it's expensive to buy, causes you to do things that if you were thinking clearly you would never do, can absolutely destroy your liver (not to mention your onions), wreck relationships, cause accidental deaths and cause you to feel like shredded underwear the next morning. I found that none of those things were something that I classified as FUN. Who knew?
flynnibus
Premium Member
It's not legal for your parents for you to give it to you. It's up to the states because a of our constitutional concept of limited government. It's 21 due to pressures/lobbying to try to reduce traffic fatalities.
Just like there are pressures to raise driving ages and increase restrictions on young drivers
Actually, MD law has an exception to the general US law. Someone underage can drink as long as he/she is in a private residence, and is given the alcohol by an immediate family, usually a parent.
So yes, a parent can give you a drink at home (or in any home, if a parent is with you.) But not in a restaurant, bar, etc. in MD. But it is allowed in bars, etc in 11 states - as long as the parent is present.
Florida is not one of the 29 states that allow it.
http://drinkingage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=002591
flynnibus
Premium Member
StarWarsGirl
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I remember my history teacher telling me that. Which is why in Puerto Rico, you can legally drink at 18. They obviously don't care.
Yes - a very narrow exception
As someone who grew up in maryland- it's a non factor
Which is why StarWars Girl mentioned that she has to check whether or not it is legal in another state when she is traveling.
StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
Don't get me started on that. Getting my license was a pain in the butt. MD has really strict licensing laws. Some are good, like requiring drivers ed (I loved pointing out where my parents were wrong) but some things, like requiring a school attendance form if you're under 16 (the age for a permit is 15 and 9 months) is...frustrating.
StarWarsGirl
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Always do. Better to be safe than sorry. I checked with my high school nurse on MD's law since her husband is a police officer. She confirmed it. I also don't drink within 24 hours of driving just to be on the safe side. So if my parents drink, I'm allowed to at home.
I think I personally benefitted from it because my mom taught me how to drink (always drink with food in your stomach, drink a glass of water, don't mix certain drinks). I don't see myself being a huge drinker, but I enjoy a small glass every now and then.
StarWarsGirl
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Benefit of not being able to hold your liquor...after one, you're done. Or in my case, asleep.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
I'd just leave it alone at this point. SC does not have the same law that MD does. There is no curtilage exception in SC, and it is considered child abuse or "providing to a minor"...even though you are no longer a minor, both charges that you really would rather avoid. Your parents quite clearly broke the law in that state, and would be held to task if it was found out, private residence or not.
That being said, I grew up in Germany and sipped wine and beer at fests we attended, this is not criticism...just pointing out...for comparison, I was under 10 at the time.
The point that liqueur laws very state by state has already been well made. I am aware of MD laws (and how they vary) as I opened stores there and we served liquor / beer / wine so I had to deal with licensing.
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
True. Carnival Cruise Line uses your room key. At check in you verify you are 21. When bartender swipes the card it it flashes Under 21 if you are underage.