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re: When you turned 21, or 18 in my case...

Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:06 am to
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73803 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:06 am to
my first legal alcoholic drink was a Vodka Sour at a bar on Bayou Bienvenue in Chalmette.


ETA: And apparently I'm too old to remember the bar name.
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 9:11 am
Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37116 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:06 am to
Am Mart, same place I usually bought it before I turned 21.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40587 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:06 am to
Bought a case of budweiser at a gas station in Grand Isle.

They didn't even ask for my ID.
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 9:09 am
Posted by lsuhunt555
Teakwood Village Breh
Member since Nov 2008
38976 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:08 am to
I remember going to the Varsity that night. I don't really remember anything else.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31324 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:09 am to
I do. At LSU during the summer, was so excited to finally have to show my id. Went to dinner and ordered a drink, didn’t card me. Went to the Shell on college @ Highland and bought beer, didn’t card me. Ended up going to 4 more places before someone finally asked for my ID.

And not a week later got carded by an old lady cashier at Walmart on Seigen buying a R rated movie.
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
57953 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:09 am to
quote:

Do you remember where you bought your first legal beer, and was glad to show an ID...?


There was a bar/convenience store in the parish that would sell to anyone as long as they were tall enough to put money on the counter. The cops never messed with them (no idea why). So this whole "legal drinking age" thing was not all that big a deal for those of us growing up in that area in the 1980's (and probably for those growing up there earlier as well).
Posted by couv1217
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
3531 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:09 am to
Circle K on Brightside. I was so proud to walk up and legally show my ID and pay for my beer....the bastard didn't ask for my ID. I walked out with my head down. Haha. If you know me, I'm 35 and look 16 when I'm shaved. I could only imagine how young I looked when I was 21 and shaven.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
113949 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:11 am to
Don't really remember. By 21 it wasn't that big a deal I guess. I drank in high school... then 3 years of drinking pretty much everyday in the Navy by the time I turned 21.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
83172 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:20 am to
Mine was at the Winn Dixie on tchopitoulas and I was mad when I didn’t get carded
Posted by litenin
Houston
Member since Mar 2016
2657 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:21 am to
When I turned 18, that was the legal age and remember drinking way too much around midnight (when turning 18) but all of the drinks were bought for me. I can't recall legally buying anything before the law changed about a month or two later (back and forth several times).

When I turned 21, I was on a short vacation with my parents (Pensacola I think) and they bought my beer at a restaurant that day. Two days later, I was with friends in Lafayette at a bar but can't recall if I was carded.
Posted by celltech1981
Member since Jul 2014
8139 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:24 am to
on the corner of patton and 27? they used to sell to us without carding all the time.

eta:

you can see a plant baw walking in to get his fix on google street view

LINK
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 9:26 am
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23121 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:24 am to
I got to experience it twice.

I was legal at 18 for about 3 months, then the age was raised to 21.
Posted by 19
Flux Capacitor, Fluxing
Member since Nov 2007
35501 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:24 am to
January 26, 1990.
I was a senior in HS, in a metal band
and just landed this hot blonde named NEVERMIND from Central.
Walked into a Circle K (circlequeer back then) near Jones Creek and bought a 6pack of Bush tallboys with MY OWN legit ID.
Blondie knew my b-day had been that Wednesday, and planned a very appropriate and appreciated gift.

At 18, it was amazing, but years later it was honestly on the low-end of the mediocre spectrum...

Posted by OSqueal
Member since Jan 2011
5967 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:26 am to
Well, I turned 21 in Riyadh Saudi Arabia where there was no drinking so I would say O'Hare airport on my way back from Saudi, 3 months after 4 months after my bday.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40587 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:29 am to
All of these stories about not getting carded...

When I was in high school and the first couple of years of college, if I didn't have someone to buy for me, then statistical probability was my go to method. I would set what I needed on the counter and if they asked for ID I would walk out. After a while you find places and employees more likely than not to not ask for ID.

It ain't illegal to try...
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 9:30 am
Posted by Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2014
1153 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:30 am to
I bought a bottle of mescal and crystal skull vodka. Total was $69.69

I figured it was a good sign.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
47781 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:30 am to
My first legal beer was on my 19th birthday at a casino on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls
Posted by Phate
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
11788 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:31 am to
I turned 21 on a Saturday. I went to the Albertson's around corner from my house at 10am. The cashier saw that it was my 21st birthday and asked what time I was born. I said 5:30pm and she told me she couldn't sell it to me until then. For a second I thought she was serious.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69331 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:31 am to
The Londoner in BR
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48999 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:32 am to
quote:

Do you remember where you bought your first legal beer, and was glad to show an ID...?



1993. Tiger Mart. Jennifer Jean @ Nicholson.
This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 9:33 am
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