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I could buy beer when I was 17. I occasionally got carded, but usually not.

I remember one time I said in passing that my 35th birthday had been a few days earlier, and I had become eligible to run for president. The man I was talking to, who had known me for a while, was incredulous that I was not at least 40.

I think the clerks who ask for ID when the customer is obviously well over 21 are just acting like robots because that is what they were trained to do.

(Employers really don't want employees who can think independently, because those employees might decide they need to be paid more or be treated better).

- Jim

True story: I was in the checkout line behind a woman who was about 4 foot 11 1/2 wearing heels. I would have said she was 14 years old and trying to look like 16. She bought some alcohol and got carded.

When my turn came I asked the clerk how old she was. He said 22, and her ID looked valid.

- Jim

Texas_Tactical wrote:I'm 22 and I'll probably be I.D.'d until im forty

Don't knock it. Some day you will wish you looked as young as 40.

- Jim

Well, to be perfectly wonky, a submachine gun (Tommy gun type) is a carbine.

- Jim

Could you possibly look younger than 21?

Federal law prohibits selling handgun ammo to people under 21. It's ridiculous, since someone who is 18 can buy .22 LR or .357 Magnum and say it is for a rifle—but who expects federal law to make sense?

I got carded at Academy a couple of years ago. My son is over 21, and I've got the wrinkles and gray hair to prove it.

- Jim