Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 > From: " Kassiane Yelbis " > Im OLD! 7670, geeze.. > and before anyone asks I am NOT going to drink to celebrate the > occasion. At least nothing stronger than unadulterated apple juice. On my 21st birthday, I played in a quiz bowl (academic quiz game) tournament at Princeton, for the Penn State U. team. I said that I'd buy everyone drinks if we won the tournament, but we didn't. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 On my 21st birthday, I did homework. Everyone but my mom, sister, and boyfriend (now husband) forgot about it but the only one in the same city as I was was my sister/roommate. Everyone was SO sorry they forgot and they'd make it up to be next year...too bad I turned 22 on September 11, 2001. Now I can't celebrate my birthday without feeling bad, so I don't. Doug O'Neal wrote:> From: " Kassiane Yelbis " > Im OLD! 7670, geeze.. > and before anyone asks I am NOT going to drink to celebrate the > occasion. At least nothing stronger than unadulterated apple juice. On my 21st birthday, I played in a quiz bowl (academic quiz game) tournament at Princeton, for the Penn State U. team. I said that I'd buy everyone drinks if we won the tournament, but we didn't. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Kassiane >> Im OLD! 7670, geeze.. >> and before anyone asks I am NOT going to drink to celebrate the >> occasion. At least nothing stronger than unadulterated apple juice. Doug wrote: >On my 21st birthday, I played in a quiz bowl (academic quiz game) >tournament at Princeton, for the Penn State U. team. I said that I'd buy >everyone drinks if we won the tournament, but we didn't. 7670 does sound old. When I was in high school, the drinking age in Pennsylvania (where I was) was 21, but the limit in New York was 18. So many of my contemporaries went to NY on their 18th birthdays so they could drink (legally). Seemed weird to me, because I had no interest in drinking alcohol. On my 21st birthday I was in federal prison. There's a sappy song Joan Baez used to sing about a kid from Georgia who " turned 21 in a gray-rock federal prison. " In my case, it was a red-brick federal prison. I was happy, though, because I'd just recently been transferred there from a state prison, and three of my co-defendants/friends were in the federal joint. They managed to provide a little party for me. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 <-----Original Message-----> Kassiane >> Im OLD! 7670, geeze.. >> and before anyone asks I am NOT going to drink to celebrate the >> occasion. At least nothing stronger than unadulterated apple juice. Doug wrote: >On my 21st birthday, I played in a quiz bowl (academic quiz game) >tournament at Princeton, for the Penn State U. team. I said that I'd buy >everyone drinks if we won the tournament, but we didn't. 7670 does sound old. When I was in high school, the drinking age in Pennsylvania (where I was) was 21, but the limit in New York was 18. So many of my contemporaries went to NY on their 18th birthdays so they could drink (legally). Seemed weird to me, because I had no interest in drinking alcohol. On my 21st birthday I was in federal prison. There's a sappy song Joan Baez used to sing about a kid from Georgia who " turned 21 in a gray-rock federal prison. " In my case, it was a red-brick federal prison. I was happy, though, because I'd just recently been transferred there from a state prison, and three of my co-defendants/friends were in the federal joint. They managed to provide a little party for me. A federal prison. Thats kinda cool, in a way. More exciting than throwing children and going to school!Kassiane _______________________________________________________________ Get the FREE email that has everyone talking at http://www.mail2world.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 > >On my 21st birthday, I played in a quiz bowl (academic quiz game) > >tournament at Princeton, for the Penn State U. team. I said that I'd buy > >everyone drinks if we won the tournament, but we didn't. > On my 21st birthday I was in federal prison. There's a sappy > song Joan Baez used to sing about a kid from Georgia who > " turned 21 in a gray-rock federal prison. " In my case, it > was a red-brick federal prison. I was happy, though, because > I'd just recently been transferred there from a state prison, > and three of my co-defendants/friends were in the federal > joint. They managed to provide a little party for me. I don't remember much about my 21st birthday except that I thought it kind of funny that I could now drink legally but that I had absolutely no desire to do so. When I turned 20, though, I got a card from my dad that was highly appropriate. He wrote, " Congratulations, you survived your teenage years, " and he meant it. <grin> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Jane wrote: > On my 21st birthday I was in federal prison. There's > a sappy song Joan Baez used to sing about a kid from > Georgia who " turned 21 in a gray-rock federal prison. " > In my case, it was a red-brick federal prison. I was > happy, though, because I'd just recently been trans- > ferred there from a state prison, and three of my co- > defendants/friends were in the federal joint. They > managed to provide a little party for me. So, Jane, would you fill everyone in on the details of this story? I know about it, but I feel like I'm keeping a secret or something, when I actually feel like it was a very praiseworthy thing to do. But it's Your story, and I won't tell it. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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