@wildbill83 have you growing back?

@Ghostinthemachine nah, with psoriasis, long hair/beard bothers me now

@wildbill83 that’s too bad, I’m sure your rocked it

@ArishMell one of the perks of gaining wisdom, knowledge…and years of experience 🙂

@Ghostinthemachine Not sure that experience necessarily brings wisdom! :-)

@ArishMell That’s true. As the saying goes "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

@bowman81 Big Brother wants to know…everything

@MellyMel22 Maybe you’re like Adaline, who never ages 😳

@Ghostinthemachine Fingers crossed! The funeral home told me and my mom that my grandma had better skin than 50 yr olds they saw there. Gram was in her 90’s 😁

@MellyMel22 Hope you have your grandma’s genes, while wearing your daughters jeans 🤭

@FreddieUK oh no! 🤣
Last time I was asked for ID I was quite surprised…until I remembered I was wearing a mask 😷

@saintsong That must’ve put a smile on your face and a hop in your step

@Adogslife Alcohol is sold widely in the UK but customers must be able to prove being aged at least 18.

I have been to Norway on a number of holidays and learnt there that sales of alcohol stronger than a very weak beer, are restricted to the state-owned Vinmonopolet chain - presumably also with age-verifying. We went without, with just a few, rare exceptions.


A friend told me of a strange experience with age-verifying when he and a companion visited the USA to attend an outdoor-pursuits symposium in an area that probably sees very few foreign tourists.

They befriended a local at the symposium, and were invited to stop overnight with his family - who took the two target-shooting on their private range, on their farm.

Next day, he told me, he tried to buy replacement rounds and a few bottles of beer in a local shop.

Sorry: No Alcohol. He'd left his passport with his hosts, but had his UK Driving-licence with him. Only, the shop assistant could not understand how its number is the holder's date-of-birth, slightly disguised.

Ammunition? No problem... and him not only a stranger not previously seen there, but a foreigner!

@ArishMell Yup, that’s the ‘Murica part of the US. It’s definitely odd.

@Adogslife I don't know which State he had visited, and it was some years ago, so the laws there might have been altered since..

@LordBarbossa That used to happen to me. Sad when I realized that era had ended

@bijouxbroussard doctors look too young to be doctors nowadays

@Ghostinthemachine Lol, my doctor just had her first child.

I remember how I felt when Barack Obama was the first POTUS to be younger than me (although it wasn’t by that much) 😄

@bijouxbroussard We seem to be hitting all of these benchmarks much too quickly

@Orca4950 talking about being carded. Serveral friends and I were walking the the New Orleans French Quarter during the 1966 Mardi Gras. I was able to buy beer being 6 ft tall. The shorter friends couldn't. Lol

@Ghostinthemachine never had rhythm lol

@Orca4950 I’ve done the same with my friends, sending the tallest one in to get us a six pack while on a school trip 😁

@MrBlueGuy So ya gonna grow it back or quit drinking?

@Ghostinthemachine Quit drinking???


OH it's already back it grows really fast.

@MrBlueGuy

@Sidewinder what is your liquor license for?

@22Michelle maybe you have an air of maturity or confidence 🙂

@val70 nice to be reminded that in the eyes of some you’re still a young pup

@Lugwho what’s the legal drinking age there?

@Ghostinthemachine In the UK it's 18. No idea what it was in Memphis.

@Lugwho and I just found out it’s 16 for energy drinks

@Rickichickie you sneaky little enabler!

@Ghostinthemachine that's what big sisters are for. Cheers 🍹

@Rickichickie I’ve never had a big sister. Maybe some day 🙁

@minxy are you still grey, or have you coloured it?

@Ghostinthemachine I colored up til about a year ago and then let it grow out.

@minxy au natural is best

@laurieluvsit that’s kinda creepy 😣

@geminirising I agree.
And lately I haven’t been receiving any compliments 😔😂

@AdaXI paying cash and being asked for id

@Ghostinthemachine Non that I can think of and I'm just having a laugh...

I mean they've never asked me for ID even when I wasn't old enough to legally drink.

They were always a lot more interested in taking my cash🤷🏼 LOLZ😅
乂^◡^乂

@AdaXI those swindlers!

@jackjones68 not even in your early 20s?

@Ghostinthemachine the legal age in England is 18. I was shaving at 14

@jackjones68 you were mature for your age 🧔

@dale74 impressive! I wanna be you when I grow up 🙂

@Bignakedguy How old were you at the time?

@TangledUpInBlue That’s strange, maybe they aren’t as stringent with the rules where you are? 🤔

@Ghostinthemachine or maybe I just look like a drunk and they feel sorry for me.

@TangledUpInBlue Yes, let’s think the worst case scenario and go with that one

@BabyDolls You have to be a certain age to have one of those? I had no idea

@Ghostinthemachine 16 in the uk

@mindstruggle some people carry the look of the weight of the world in their shoulders. I hope that’s not you

@Ghostinthemachine
I'm not sure. 😥

@mindstruggle you’re too young to be old, if you know what I mean

@LadyGrace doesn’t matter, as long as you continue to age gracefully 🙂

@Bleed and ruin you for every other PVC pant wearing man in your life?
I couldn’t do that to you 😌

@Ghostinthemachine I’m willing to take that risk.

@Bleed that’s a win win for you. What’s in it for me?

@Jenny1234 That would be a good title for a TV show based in the 90s

@Bleed so not too long ago. It’ll happen again…watch and see

@Ghostinthemachine Oh I think those days are well and truly over 😂

@Bleed well you’ll have to let me know if/when it does so I can make you eat your words 😉

@sirweighsalot you’re still young and just past the age of majority so…

@Panamared and what were you doing at 15 that required your ID to be checked 🤨

@Ghostinthemachine equipment manager for a garage band, played some beer joints, most were over 18 in the band, could drink beer at 18, my cousin was the bass player, we were both 15

@Panamared sounds like some fun times and memories, the early life of a roadie 🙂

@ToLivePeacefully why did you start?

@Ghostinthemachine I started drinking at parties so I didn't buy them myself.

Rest of the times I bought via friends again for parties.

Direct purchase was never required, hence never needed id.

@ToLivePeacefully next round is on you then 😁

@HumanEarth You must be old, your memory is fading fast 💨

@SomeMichGuy that’s pretty good to be asked for ID at that age!

Yeah; I have looked younger for a while, @Ghostinthemachine.

In that instance, I believe they just checked everybody.

But when I was turning 40, people fresh out of undergrad, when I told them I was older, asked with a bit of trepidation, "Are you turning...thirty??"...!

@SomeMichGuy I used to get that, from people that were younger than me, thinking I was younger than them

@Iwillwait amazing to be able to avoid it

@NYCChick it’s a lot less fun when you don’t get asked anymore 😕

@Allelse make your own moonshine?

@BamPow that’s tough, no slipping by then

@HumanEarth I like your confidence, which is half the battle.
You keep being you, HE 🙂

Besides who looks better in a dress. Hairy women or hairy men? That is the question

@Cigarguy must be young looking for your age!

@Ghostinthemachine I'm short so that probably had something to do with it lol

@Cigarguy I’d say “youthful exuberance” instead 😁