How Old and where you from?

[Iron Mike]

How old were you when you went to your first bar Harv???

Hmmm... 18 or 19, I think. They didn't card quite as stringently back in the late 80s.

Ahhhhh, the good 'ole days, when if you turned 18 during your senior year of high school, you could leave campus for some "liquid lunch"

[billy_oliver880]

007, Partial is only 20, so I'm sure he's never been to any bars.

Ya right...

I never tried to get into bars before I was 21. There are plenty of other ways to drink.

[Deputy Nutz]

First time I went to a strip club I was 17.

[beakerman]

27 and from the U.P., had to be the first person on here to admit coming from the U.P.

[GBRulz]

Happy Birthday, Scott!

i just creeped another year older over the weekend, myself.

I wasn't alive for the Ice Bowl - I'll say that much

[GBRulz]

I believe the drinking age went up in 81 or 82. Last state to change their drinking age, god damn interstate tax funding was going to be cut by the national government if Wisconsin didn't change. Wisconsin law makers actually worked the numbers to see if they could make more money on the 18 year old drinking age, and give the finger to the national gooberment, the numbers just didn't work out in the end.

WI was also one of the last to change the legal limit of being intoxicated to .08. - same scenario, was threatend to lose millions in highway funding if they didn't.

All that does is make it look like WI has the biggest repeat drunk driving rate than any state in the U.S. !!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Personally, I think the change to .08 is a bunch of crap. MADD is out of control. I also don't think the federal government should be usurping state's right issues by withholding funds to force states to adopt a federally mandated limit.

[esoxx]

Didn't Titletown Todd start a thread like this on JSO? Where's Skinbasket.

[Partial]

I actually have not gone to a bar. I have a fake and could, but I don't really drink that much as I am really committed to improving my health and fitness. I eat really really healthy and exercise a lot too. I am down about 10 pounds and still going strong, so I am happy with that!!

[HarveyWallbangers]

We're happy for ya!

I was in shape when I was young too. I'm still in okay shape, but since I quite football about two years ago, I've been completely inactive--except for some golf.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

40 years old and living in Scottsdale, Az. I am older now, but still running against the wind.

Wisco, as I recall, changed the drinking age from 18 to 19 in/around 1984. Many of us hit bars when we were 14 or so. Nothing like be legal to drink in high school. Stepped out for a liquid lunch in high school many a time, and use to head down to Judges for taco tuesdays.."i'm going over to chuck's to study mom."

Back then you could still drink in the dorms at UW. So, you had some freshman and sophs (and the occasional junior/senior loser still living in the dorms) who could party, while others could attend but not drink. Part of your fees went to social events. We used to have Saturday 10 o'clock pregame screwdrivers and donuts in the dorms. Sanctioned by the university. It was freakin crazy.

[imscott72]

Happy Birthday, Scott!

i just creeped another year older over the weekend, myself.

I wasn't alive for the Ice Bowl - I'll say that much

Thanks!! Happy B Day to you as well!!

[regorUP]

I am from the UP in the middle of Lake Superior. I have been a Pack fan since before Tobin Rote, and my allegience was set for life when my favorite player was drafted, Paul Hornung. 58 and counting.

regorUP

[hurleyfan]

27 and from the U.P., had to be the first person on here to admit coming from the U.P.

Born in Marquette! Moved to NY when the Airforce kicked IBM off the base (my pop was a 'Bmer)

[BackPack]

I am from the UP in the middle of Lake Superior. I have been a Pack fan since before Tobin Rote, and my allegience was set for life when my favorite player was drafted, Paul Hornung. 58 and counting.

regorUP

My wife is from Keweenaw county...met her on Isle Royale where I lived for about ten summers. Truly the middle of Lake Superior. I'm a New Yorker now.