Tman5293 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Today is my birthday and now I'm 18 which means I'm officially an adult. Now all I have to do is go renew my drivers license, register to vote, and sign up for the selective service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Today is my birthday and now I'm 18 which means I'm officially an adult. Now all I have to do is go renew my divers license, register to vote, and sign up for the selective service. Man... to be 18 again....... When I turned 18, (back when people lived in caves), I worried about the draft....up until the time I got my draft notice! Then, don't ya know, I didn't worry about that anymore..... I was more interested in making sure I stood where the VC wasn't shooting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 You can do most Adult thing except for one and that's drinking alcohol you 3 more years to go on that. But congrats any how. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 You can do most Adult thing except for one and that's drinking alcohol you 3 more years to go on that. But congrats any how. You know I NEVER got that.... Die for your country? go right ahead.... But Noooooo Booze..... :blink: And Mister lemme tell ya there ain't enough money in the world to pay me to be that insane again..... Been There...Done That....got lots of great "war stories". Oh, and Happy Birthday Tman! Live it like Ya stole it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G McBride Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Happy Birthday and welcome to manhood. It's all downhill from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Happy Birthday and welcome to manhood. It's all downhill from here. What He said.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Happy birthday Tman with numbers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Really only 18, thinking back I thought you was older. You carry yourself quite mature and I'm very impressed you. Many of your generation should take notes from ya... Happy B-Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl00dsm0k3 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 i thought you were older than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 truer words have never been spoken..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRq_FcCWzdg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morkolo Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 You know I NEVER got that.... Die for your country? go right ahead.... But Noooooo Booze..... Yeah that doesn't make sense to me either, I would imagine enlistment numbers would be up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I couldn't vote until 21. The booze thing came in and went out rapidly when the feds decided they didn't like the idea of drinking to go along with voting at 18. I still don't get it either. New York State used to be 18 liquor, and a few others. Where I lived you could get beer but not hard stuff at 18 or 19. After the above change in voting age and then the national "oh, you can't!" it went 21 like everywhere else. OTOH, back in the old days, if you were in a small town and were known... especially if it had a German background? There was no drinking age in the bars, regardless what the law said. Now? Hey, everybody gotta follow the law or else... Happy Birthday! Unlike some here, though, I think I'd not care to return to that age. 28 was a lot more fun. I'll say this, though, you "kids" on here do very well in this company, even to me at nearly 4 times your age. It speaks well for you. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canon_mutant Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 HB to ya! For most folks, it's great up to 40 then you start seeing one system failure after another until you eventually just freakin' die. At 52, that's the phase I am in now despite that I used to swim 2 miles a week, lifted light weights, did yoga 3 days a week, didn't drink except an occasional glass of wine with dinner or a beer in the summer, and tried to eat right and maintained body fat in the low teens. So, hey, my advice? When 39 arrives, take the other fork in the road, drink heavily, do massive ammounts of drugs, eat junk food, sit on your butt, and play your guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy Birthday and welcome to manhood. It's all downhill from here. Bull pucky. I just signed up for Medicare, that means I'm 65, and I can say that it doesn't go downhill, it just gets better and better. Congtrats and enjoy your life to its fullest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy birthday yeh ol' fart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexri Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy birthday man. On the other note, I think the drinking age is flat-out age discrimination. If an 18-year old adult, tax-paying citizen can be legally drafted, serve jury duty, be tried in the court of law, and are subject to all the other community aspects of being an adult, they should also have the right to drink a goddamn beer in a bar. If 18 year olds are not mature enough to consume alcohol, then they sure as hell aren't mature enough to dodge bullets either, don't you think? Only in the USA..... You can't have your cake and eat it-- except the government can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy Birthday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy birthday - when I was 18 that was the big birthday Draft registration, Drinking age, ability to sign contracts. Now at 18 you kids kind of get the short end of the stick all means now is you can vote, get arrested for statutory rape if you sleep with anyone under 18 and go to jail all by yourself with nobody talking to your parents. But have fun! and the fact that your 18 sure explains allot about your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy Birthday!!! I can only offer one word of advice... RUN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 BTW... Satchel Paige used to ask, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were?" Never get old until you're ready to croak. Your taste will change, you'll mature in music and other arts from foods you prefer to music you like. But if you approach new ideas, people and places with a childlike openness (not naivety, but an open mind to understand each on its own basis), there's no need to be old regardless of creases on your face and pains in your knees. In fact, sometimes I think some of the most frozen-minded folks are between 14 and 34... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I think it is great you are 18, and a heartfelt HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you. Really, while it doesn't seem you get much benefit turning 18, what it means is that you are now responsible and accountable for what you do. That technically is called being a man. Welcome to manhood. May it treat you good and may you treat it good. You seem up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thanks for all the birthday wishes guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muse Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 happy birthday young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Today is my birthday and now I'm 18 which means I'm officially an adult. Now all I have to do is go renew my drivers license, register to vote, and sign up for the selective service. If I knew what I know now when I was 18 it would have to be against the law ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Happy Birthday!! It only gets better from here, so long as you take Milo's advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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