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

Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:34 am to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104367 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:34 am to
Yes. Some convenience store near my house. I bought a pint of wild turkey. I said to the clerk it sure is nice to be able to buy liquor legally and he just rolled his eyes. Later that night as I was puking uncontrollably, I cursed him for selling it to me.
Posted by Perrydawg
Middle Ga Area
Member since Jan 2014
5054 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:36 am to
At a bar called The Brick in Milledgeville, GA where I went to school. I had been drinking there since I was 18 and the owner knew my friends and I being that it was a small town. He had an odd look on his face when he brought a tray of shots for my 21st birthday considering he had been giving me free shots for the better part of three years. I had a hell of a time and three co-workers were fired from Lowe's the next day because of no call no shows stemming from the party
Posted by ladygoodman
under there
Member since Oct 2016
371 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:37 am to
I was caught in a weird time when the drinking age changed from 18 to 21, so I "became legal" twice.

I ordered my first legal drink at age 18 (senior in high school) at dinner with my boyfriend -- a Tequila Sunrise. Then a couple months later, I wasnt legal any more.

When I turned 21, I was in a bar in New Orleans--some place on the lake, I think -- with a bunch of friends. Don't remember what my first legally purchased drink would have been.

I did go to the Circle K at Highland and State one last time before we left for NOLA that night -- just to get carded and turned down one last time.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
119977 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:38 am to
I actually do, and it's a special gas station even well known here: Chicken on a Stick.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48999 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:38 am to
quote:

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...


Not sure about 1990 but by 1992-1993. Circle K's didn't sell to 18 yr olds despite our drinking age.
Same thing went for Albertson's, Exxons and other national chains.

I did steal a lot of booze from the Circle K at Jones Creek and Ferrell before I was even 18.


Posted by redbullwings
Member since Aug 2013
871 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:39 am to
quote:

Ryan Perriloux was in line in front of me
... with a fake ID I assume
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48999 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:41 am to
quote:

I actually do, and it's a special gas station even well known here: Chicken on a Stick.


Nom Nom Nom. The Chevron. I've been there 3 times in about 20 yrs. In 07 I was chompin on some chicken on a stick after the LSU victory while watching some drunk Ole Miss student talk back to a cop and get arrested in the parking lot.

Great Memories. And damned fine chicken on a stick there.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
48999 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:45 am to
quote:

I was headed home from class and bought a 40 at the tiger mart or whatever off of Lee in between highland and the apartments before Lee high.


They were open 24 hrs too. We used to get that late shift guy to sell to us way after 2am by throwing him a $20 on top of what we wanted. It came in handy 3 times ~01-03.
Posted by HeadyMurphey
Los Santos
Member since Jan 2008
17279 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 9:46 am to
Mike's bar and grill
Posted by The Burner
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2018
8 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 10:04 am to
Ahhhh my first purchase was a 12 pack of The Champagne of Beers, $4.99
Posted by nola000
Lacombe, LA
Member since Dec 2014
13139 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:41 am to
The year before I turned 18 and could buy alcohol was when Louisiana up the age to 21. I was so fricking pissed.

I was also picked up for curfew( Orleans Parish had just passed this ordinance a few months before) 2 hours before my 18th birthday 3 blocks from my house after I had just walked from the French Quarter to my house by the lakefront tripping balls after a rave. Cop drove me two blocks and was sitting at the stop sign at my corner one house from my house and got a call from dispatch. He told me, "sorry I got to take this one" and took off and dropped my arse off at Orleans lockup.







This post was edited on 8/22/18 at 11:51 am
Posted by nola000
Lacombe, LA
Member since Dec 2014
13139 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:43 am to
quote:

bought 2 shiner bock 24 oz bottles at the circle K on brightside. Ryan Perriloux was in line in front of me


That's fine but what side of the counter was he on?
Posted by redneck
Los Suenos, Costa Rica
Member since Dec 2003
54158 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:43 am to
we were walking from the quarter to harrahs. At midnight stopped at one of those grocery/souvenir stores on canal. Bitch couldn't understand that after 12 it was the next day and still wouldn't let me buy a beer
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103533 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:46 am to
My 21st was on a Sunday, back when BR still had the blue laws.

I lived in Plantation Trace and walked to the gas station at Highland & Lee to buy come Crown Royal (pretty sure) as soon as it was past midnight and officially my birthday. I was pretty hammered already and went out with my family the next day extremely hungover.

Posted by Hogwall Jackson
Member since Feb 2013
5272 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:48 am to
I do. I was at dinner and got a burger and a pitcher of beer.
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171955 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:49 am to
Straycat in downtown Shreveport just after midnight. Then Larry flynts.
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:54 am to
I had been drinking and buying beer for a couple years before it was “legal”. At that point it wasn’t even a big deal anymore
Posted by SUB
Silver Tier TD Premium
Member since Jan 2009
24799 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:55 am to
Bought some Crown from Albertson's and wasn't even ID'd. I was disappointed.
Posted by tss22h8
30.4 N 90.9 W
Member since Jan 2007
18791 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 11:58 am to
I turned 18 in 1975 (that was drinkin' age). 1st beer was probably Time Saver in Westwego. My favorite was the Miller "ponies," the perfect size for hiding from parents, cops, etc..



NObody got carded back then.
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
31328 posts
Posted on 8/22/18 at 12:01 pm to
First legal beer I bought was at a gas station overseas when I was 17 or 18. First legal in the us I can’t remember, I think at the Hustler Club
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