Hairy Buffalo

Oh, lord. There are many nights I can't remember, thanks to Hairy Buffalo. (Made with Everclear, which was illegal in Ohio, so people would drive to Indiana to buy it, along with beer at low low Indiana prices.)

(Made with Everclear, which was illegal in Ohio, so people would drive to Indiana to buy it, along with beer at low low Indiana prices.)

Also illegal in Florida, so we'd drive up to Georgia to get it. Ha!

My last semester of high school I was 18, so I could drink legally.

I turned 18 in November of my senior year and could drink legally for most of the year. Not hard stuff. Just beer and wine coolers. Not a bad deal for a high school senior.

Pictures of planets around another star

That is cool. Way-cool, in fact.

Me too, until I was 20 and then they switched to 21 without grandfathering us in.

Bastards!

In WI, the drinking age went from 18 to 19, and then to 21. They did grandfather people in, but each time I was old enough to not need the grandfathering.

Also, in my high school, parents often threw keggers for their kids, figuring it was less dangerous than their kids drinking in some field somewhere.

Louisiana was the last to change the law. I only had about 4 or 5 months where I couldn't* go to bars.

*Should read "Wasn't legal for me to, but I was dating/dated most of the bartenders, so what are you gonna do?

*Should read "Wasn't legal for me to, but I was dating/dated most of the bartenders, so what are you gonna do?

A friend of mine used to hang out with our circle at a bar a block away from the coop I lived in. Several of the bartenders also lived there. They all knew my friend was underage, and they'd sneak her out the back door if a cop came in.

When she turned 21, the bartender loudly announced to everyone that it was her 21st birthday and she was now legal! Everyone in the bar cheered and applauded.

Boris Becker. Blond in my book. Not sure what strawberry means.

I could drink legally--well, almost all my wanting-to-drink life, because of growing up in London and going to university in Quebec. I was shocked by the underage drinking culture I saw in Michigan--not necessarily that they drank more than we did at the same age, but it was all covert and held higher risks of drinking and driving.

Made with Everclear, which was illegal in Ohio, so people would drive to Indiana to buy it, along with beer at low low Indiana prices.)

It was only fair since Hoosiers had to drive to Ohio to buy beer on Sunday.

I dated my first bartender at 17. Occasionally they would have me run errands or work the door. Some of my HS friends were not happy when they showed up with their brand new fake i.d.'s

There are an appalling number of shows that I loved on this list of shows that were cancelled too soon.