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Fifteen years of LWNFifteen years of LWNPosted Jan 24, 2013 2:47 UTC (Thu) by jcm (subscriber, #18262)Parent article: Fifteen years of LWN
Here here! Hope we're drinking beer in 6 years from now when you're old enough :)
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Fifteen years of LWN Posted Jan 24, 2013 9:26 UTC (Thu) by Seegras (subscriber, #20463) [Link]
You know, this makes me cringe. It's 16 for drinking beer in the rest of the world...
Anyway, congratulations!
Fifteen years of LWN Posted Jan 24, 2013 13:02 UTC (Thu) by philipstorry (subscriber, #45926) [Link]
18 in the UK.
But we can give our children alcohol at home from the age of five, as it's assumed that their drinking will be supervised.
Anyway, this is pedantry, and I shall apologise and make up for it with an anecdote...
I suspect my first drink was at around the age of five or six. I don't remember the age precisely, but I do remember the drink - a brandy. My gran gave it to me to try to make me sleepy whilst I was hyperactive.
(All she got was a drunk hyperactive child. At first this was deemed a failure, but it soon became clear that a drunk hyperactive child asks the most delightfully improper questions, and the amusement this provided meant it was actually a success.)
Fifteen years of LWN Posted Jan 24, 2013 21:27 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] 18 in Spain too. It seems that the drunker the country, the later it lets its children start drinking, to overcompensate.My personal anecdote is far sadder: when I was 7 or 8 I used to sneak to the fridge and get a nice gulp of red table wine. Not enough to get drowsy or tipsy, but just to taste it. And it tasted great! Now I'm more of a beer person, and I have mostly abandoned liquors (thank god, they are awful inventions). Anyway, happy birthday, LWN!
Fifteen years of LWN Posted Jan 31, 2013 18:48 UTC (Thu) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]
I was too young to remember my first drink. According to my mum, my parents were drinking sherry and I wanted to try. "He won't like it" said my dad and gave me a sip. I promptly wanted more ...
How old was I? Months, not years!
Cheers,
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