On Monday 03 December 2007 07:05:50 pm Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Monday 03 December 2007 12:20, Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Monday 2007-12-03 at 16:26 -0000, peter nikolic wrote:
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Close all pubs at 21:30 hours full stop .
No thanks! Then they will come to Spain on weekend booze non stop parties en masse! :-P
You know, this reminds me of Wisconsin (my home state) and Illinois. When I was growing up, Wisconsin's drinking age for beer was 18 (21 for other alcohol), while Illinois, just to the south (with Chicago near the northeast corner of the state) had a 21 minimum age for _all_ alcoholic beverages. There used to be ongoing vehicular carnage in the zone between southeastern Wisconsin and northeaster Illinois with kids from Illinois driving up to Wisconsin on weekends to party. Finally, in part under pressure from Illinois citizens and legislators, Wisconsin changed its drinking age to 21 for all alcoholic beverages.
That wasn't only Wisconsin and Illinois. It was New Jersey and New York also. New Jersey was an age 21 State for alcohol. New York was 18 for any alcohol. I was a NJ police officer back then and I can vouch for the carnage along the roads coming back from New York State. They didn't change New York to 21 for many years until after I left there. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org