In Australia, it's generally only if they think you look under 25 (legal age is 18 for most things and 21 at some gaming venues).
o.O 21? Can't think of anything that requires you to be 21....you're legally an adult here at 18... Sex, drugs and rock n roll..
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can
join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to hold
a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until
21...
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to h a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until 21...
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can
join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to hold
a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until
21...
As for being trusted with a gun, most states allow you to hunt from
around 12 years of age, and with a mentor much younger.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
k9zw wrote to Adept <=-
Most of the time the location where you are at spells out what age you
can drink/smoke. So you could be 25 but in a dry place and not allowed
to drink because of local rules.
These same "youngsters" are in charge of far more lethal things than a
few guns.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
IIRC, unless it has changed, there are some places in the US where the legal drinking age is 18.
On 05-16-21 20:19, k9zw wrote to Adept <=-
Most of the time the location where you are at spells out what age you
can drink/smoke. So you could be 25 but in a dry place and not allowed
to drink because of local rules.
As for being trusted with a gun, most states allow you to hunt from
around 12 years of age, and with a mentor much younger.
These same "youngsters" are in charge of far more lethal things than a
few guns.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
IIRC, unless it has changed, there are some places in the US where th legal drinking age is 18.
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to federal highway funding.
So, weird exceptions aside (as you can drink in Wisconsin well before 18 if you're with your parents), 21 is the rule in the US.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
And so many people cast theirs without thinking. :/
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to federal highway funding.
So, weird exceptions aside (as you can drink in Wisconsin well before
18 if you're with your parents), 21 is the rule in the US.
On 05-20-21 08:24, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
And so many people cast theirs without thinking. :/
A near more worthless thing I don't think I've ever had. All those
morons are the same ;) Like religion, politics doesn't seem to draw
the best people. Mostly the self serving, you wouldn't "read about it"
:)
Spec
1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.
2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.
3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)
On 05-21-21 09:57, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.
2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.
3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)
Sounds remarkably effective. Of course you could still get a complete
dud but at least a fairly neutral one :)
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to feder highway funding.
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a lot
of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to highway funding.
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a l of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
Did Wisconsin need to be nudged to up some of their roads to 70 mph
too?
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a lot
of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
There are a few sections of highways here in Ontario where they're "experimenting" with a speed limit of 110kph (68.4mph), but these are
just short stretches between Hamilton & Niagara Falls, Sarnia & London
and Ottawa to the Quebec border.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from 55, in order to receive federal funding.
Did Wisconsin need to be nudged to up some of their roads to 70 mph too?
In Australia, it's generally only if they think you look under 25 (legal age is 18 for most things and 21 at some gaming venues).
o.O 21? Can't think of anything that requires you to be 21....you're legally an adult here at 18... Sex, drugs and rock n roll..
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can
join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to hold
a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until
21...
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to h a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until 21...
Yeah, I've always thought 21 was rather excessive. In the US you can
join the military & vote at the age of 18. So they'll trust you to hold
a gun & send you off to war, but no smoking or alcohol for you until
21...
As for being trusted with a gun, most states allow you to hunt from
around 12 years of age, and with a mentor much younger.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
k9zw wrote to Adept <=-
Most of the time the location where you are at spells out what age you
can drink/smoke. So you could be 25 but in a dry place and not allowed
to drink because of local rules.
These same "youngsters" are in charge of far more lethal things than a
few guns.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
IIRC, unless it has changed, there are some places in the US where the legal drinking age is 18.
On 05-16-21 20:19, k9zw wrote to Adept <=-
Most of the time the location where you are at spells out what age you
can drink/smoke. So you could be 25 but in a dry place and not allowed
to drink because of local rules.
As for being trusted with a gun, most states allow you to hunt from
around 12 years of age, and with a mentor much younger.
These same "youngsters" are in charge of far more lethal things than a
few guns.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
IIRC, unless it has changed, there are some places in the US where th legal drinking age is 18.
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to federal highway funding.
So, weird exceptions aside (as you can drink in Wisconsin well before 18 if you're with your parents), 21 is the rule in the US.
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
And so many people cast theirs without thinking. :/
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to federal highway funding.
So, weird exceptions aside (as you can drink in Wisconsin well before
18 if you're with your parents), 21 is the rule in the US.
On 05-20-21 08:24, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Being trusted with a vote is perhaps more consequential?
And so many people cast theirs without thinking. :/
A near more worthless thing I don't think I've ever had. All those
morons are the same ;) Like religion, politics doesn't seem to draw
the best people. Mostly the self serving, you wouldn't "read about it"
:)
Spec
1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.
2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.
3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)
On 05-21-21 09:57, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
1. Anyone who actually wanted the job was automatically disqualified.
2. Put the rest of the names into a hat and draw one at random.
3. Declare the winner the new President. ;)
Sounds remarkably effective. Of course you could still get a complete
dud but at least a fairly neutral one :)
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s or something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to feder highway funding.
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a lot
of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
Wisconsin was one of the last to change this, back in the 1980s something, and they did it because the drinking age was tied to highway funding.
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a l of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
Did Wisconsin need to be nudged to up some of their roads to 70 mph
too?
Yes, I thought it was Wisconsin. The federal government will tie a lot
of things to highway funding if the state won't give into their way otherwise.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The
federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from
55, in order to receive federal funding.
There are a few sections of highways here in Ontario where they're "experimenting" with a speed limit of 110kph (68.4mph), but these are
just short stretches between Hamilton & Niagara Falls, Sarnia & London
and Ottawa to the Quebec border.
It was the same as the speed limit on the interstate highways. The federal gov't forced Wisconsin to raise their speed limit to 65, from 55, in order to receive federal funding.
Did Wisconsin need to be nudged to up some of their roads to 70 mph too?
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