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: > > > > ... > > > > > 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.
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