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- From: mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas)
- Subject: Re: Drink ages?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.174526.28111@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1993Jan23.010700.25385@news.acns.nwu.edu> <1993Jan23.041031.145@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan25.144711.28746@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:45:26 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.144711.28746@cs.nott.ac.uk> eeyimkn@unicorn.nott.ac.uk (M. Knell) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.041031.145@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> mechalas@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (John P. Mechalas) writes:
- >>Here in Indiana, you have to be 21 to even enter a bar, so a lot of the
- >>problems with underage students declining the attendance don't seem to
- >>apply. I will admit that bars back in Illinois that admitted underage
- >
- >21? Ouch... How do you survive?? :-)
- >Out of interests, what do students do in their spare time? Over here quite a
- >few spend a lot of time in the respective drinking establishments (we have 14
- >on campus here, I occasionally work one of them..) as more of a social venue.
- >It's not compulsory to get pissed all the time :-)
-
- Some people who are interested in the bar scene (for dancing or whatever)
- will go to Illinois where bars will admit those 19 and up (but won't serve
- underage). Others will go to Chicago or Indianapolis where there is simply
- more to do.
-
- >> As for off-campus bars, I find them more appealing because I don't have
- >>to deal with the campus crowd that thinks drinking is then end-all and
- >>be-all of life. You get a better atmosphere, IMHO. Your mileage may vary.
- >
- >Too right. It's nice to get off campus and to a place where the drink comes in
- >glass glasses.
- >
- >Cheers, Mike
-
- Amen!
-
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