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texasleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 07:57 AM
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It felt good to get carded. When was the last time you were?
At my old age (30) it felt really good when I got carded last night.
I know that some bars/clubs have a policy to card everyone who looks under 100, but I could tell that last night's carding was kinda authentic.
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:01 AM
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1. Never have been.
and I've been drinking in pubs and buying alcohol since I was about 16.

Getting carded in the U.K. would really be a massive insult most of the time.
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Ravenseye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:07 AM
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2. Authentic? For Drinks?
I don't think I've been selectively carded since shortly after my 21st birthday. My beard and balding head give me away. If I looked the way I did at 25 but was underage they would have let me drink anyway out of sheer pity.
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:16 AM
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3. I can't remember
I've been "legal" since the '70s.
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Canadian Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:17 AM
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4. Last Friday
I had show my ID to prove my age (at liquor store). 'Course it was because I asked for the senior's discount. :beer:
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jus_the_facts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:24 AM
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5. Do my eyes deceive me...is that really YOU?


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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:29 AM
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6. A couple weeks ago for cigarettes.
I'm 23, but I get carded for cigarettes constantly, especially since they just bumped the smoking age in NJ up to 19. Oddly enough, I haven't been carded for alcohol in about six months. I was carded buying a beer at Giants stadium. I blame the Jets fans, whose shining stupidity keeps getting Giants fans punished.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:41 AM
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7. I just smile and tell them I often can't identify myself either...
:rofl:
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REDKING Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 08:48 AM
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8. I got carded in96'....
I was 31 at the time..I was delighted......it was in Nashville:D
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texasleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 06:07 PM
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11. lol
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:13 AM
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9. Aside from at the Pick n Save where they card literally everybody
I seem to get carded in Vegas every time I go (last time was 2004; I'd just turned 29). I've probably been asked a few times here, since.

I don't think I look much younger than my age, but everyone else does.
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:18 AM
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10. Early eighties.
My wife used to get carded into her early 30's regularly. She always looked young for her age.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 06:10 PM
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12. Never
I guess I looked older than I was because I had no problem buying alcohol as a teenager so I've never been carded for alcohol but I have been carded while buying spray paint. California is wierd.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:40 PM
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18. Spray paint?
Damn, I thought getting carded at a theatre to see Sin City was bad.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 06:13 PM
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13. the last time I got carded was over 5 months ago for a
freakin bottle of nyquil. I'm 32 years old. I recently quit smoking, and no drinking (prego) and it didn't matter I'd always get carded for either.
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Nailzberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:31 PM
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14. At a bar, always. At a liquor store, always. At grocery, never.
I'm turning 30 in two weeks, but I easily could pass for 20. The grocery store clerk always just asks "Are you over 21?" The honor system I guess.
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momophile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:33 PM
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15. I love being carded - I'm 34
but I don't think it's authentic in my case. The last time was probably several months ago.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:34 PM
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16. A few days ago
buying cigarettes
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 09:35 PM
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17. I can't remember the last time I was carded...
other than a place that cards everyone.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 10:38 PM
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19. I'm 58 and don't remember, it was a hell of a long time ago.
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 10:40 PM
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20. Lots of places here card EVERYONE
so it's not really a big deal. I know the woman at the MLCC (liquor store), she recognizes me after years of patronage, and she knows my name, but she still cards me.
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 10:43 PM
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21. Two years ago. I was 41.
As you can imagine, it made my goddamned YEAR!
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blitzen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 10:51 PM
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22. a couple days ago...at 45
more of a routine than an authentic carding...hadn't happened for a few years, so i was sort of amused
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 11:10 PM
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23. Only every single time I buy beer.
It does get annoying after a while but I'm used to it. Although it seems only when I'm in California do I get carded more frequently than I do when I'm in other states.
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 11:13 PM
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24. I was 26
However, when I was 32 and just starting to teach at a new college, I went to the treasurer's office to cash a check, and the clerk asked for my student I.D. :-)
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maveric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-28-06 11:23 PM
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25. Two months ago at a 7/11. For cigarettes.
And I'm 49!
I asked the 20 yr old clerk if she was serious. She told me "You can never be too sure". She wouldnt sell me smokes unless I showed my ID. I must look at least 45.
Smart girl.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 12:50 AM
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26. Age 46, amazingly.
A friend of mine and I went out for a drink after a performance, and the kid who was waiting our table carded me. I thanked him profusely.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 01:26 AM
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27. I'm 42. Got carded tonight....
...and I loved it!
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 01:29 AM
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28. I get carded every damn time I go out.
I'm 24 but I look 16.

I'm one of those guys who'll get carded for the rest of his life. x(
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 01:50 AM
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29. I get carded a lot.
I'm 37. I was just carded in a bar in Texas a couple of weeks ago.
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sfdiva Donating Member (188 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 03:06 AM
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30. I am carded so much now that I ...
Have my ID out for them when I order my drinks haha ..
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 03:21 AM
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31. I think I've always been carded
But I'm only 22 and I rarely ever buy drinks. I was given a student discount at the movie theater tonight, though; despite the fact that I'm not a student and didn't request a student discount! So that was cool if not particularly a compliment since there are plenty of 22 year old students.
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Sgent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 06:26 AM
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32. Last week
buying (of all things) nicottine patches...

I hadn't been carded for smokes in years, but gotta keep those patches out of potential abusers hands...
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Sisaruus Donating Member (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 06:39 AM
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33. I'm 53 and get carded frequently...
It may have something to do with my informing the waitstaff that they will get a bigger tip if they card me.
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El Fuego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 09:48 AM
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34. Last weekend at a restaurant, but ...
the waitress apologized PROFUSELY that she was required to check our IDs. Being a smart ass I told her, "We don't mind, it's worse that you apologized for it." She got all flustered.

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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 09:55 AM
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35. Last week. Cigarettes. Not mine. At the old age of 27, that was nice.
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Hosnon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 10:06 AM
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36. EVERYtime...24 but look 18...sucks. nt
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-29-06 10:28 AM
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37. Congrats!
It's been since I was in my mid-30s, about 8 years ago. I don't go many places where I would actually be carded, but that was the last time I remember.

I did have a Victoria's Secret employee tell me there was absolutely no way I could be as old as I am! :D She checked ID for my credit card, and she did a double-take. That was Christmas 2005. :woohoo: I thanked her profusely and told her that it really was possible, but that she made my year! I saw her checking people out when I was shopping, and I didn't notice her say anything like that to other customers, so I think she was sincere. :D
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