On Apr 8, 2:36*am, Alan Holbrook > wrote:
> Gary > wrote :
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> > Janet wrote:
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> >> In article <515fa247$0$52005$c3e8da3
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> >> > On 4/5/2013 12:20 PM, sf wrote:
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> >> > > Here's another list for you that was compiled in 2012
> >> > >http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/senior-discounts/
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> >> > It's funny how these different establishments define
> "senior". *I
> >> > was old enough to join AARP at 50. Now I have to wait until
> 55 or
> >> > even 60 to get these discounts? *
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> >> * It gets madder than that.
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> >> * Our local supermarket has the following *sign at every
> checkout
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> >> * " It is an offence to sell alcohol to anyone under the age of
> 18.
> >> Anyone appearing to be under the age of 25 will be asked for
> proof of
> >> age and no sale of alcohol will be made until satisfactory
> evidence
> >> is produced that the purchaser is 18 or over. "
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> >> * I bought a bottle of wine the other day and the till operator
> (well
> >> under 25) rang for assistance and said politely "I have to get
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> >> supervisor to confirm *when a customer looks over 25".
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> >> * White hair is such a giveaway...
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> > LOL! *I bought beer at a 7-11 store one day when I was about age
> 44.
> > New first day on the job clerk asked me for my ID. I said,
> "hahaha
> > Good one! You're kidding, right?" I really thought he *was*
> kidding.
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> > Well he wasn't kidding, seemed offended that I said that, and
> insisted
> > on my ID.
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> > So I showed him my ID and told him, "If you think I look that
> young,
> > you just made my day!" *;-D
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> > G.
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> Don't know where you're from, but in the Boston area, they card
> everyone, and I do mean everyone, who wants to buy beer at one of
> the stadiums during a sporting event. *They just find it easier to
> do that during a packed event than to try to use discrimination
> and their eyes and only ask the ones who look too young. *So if
> you have white hair, or no hair, and hobble up to the concession
> stand on your walker, have your driver's license in hand before
> you order.

What if you want to also get a beer for your sweetie? Do you have to
bring her license as well?