At what age did you stop being asked for ID when buying alcohol?
When was the last time you were asked to show proof of age for anything?
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@Adogslife must hold up the queue at the register when the seniors tour bus comes around…
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Ghostinthemachine Are your local supermarkets coach-tour destinations, then? :-)
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@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!
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!