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America and SA

  • 25-02-2002 11:55pm
    #1
    Odian
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    Il be doin a bit of traveling this summer,South Africe and America
    I was told the drinking age is 21 and a strict 21!

    That true?

    Been only 18 i got a prob?goin with other ppl only 18

    Will be get away with fake usit cards?


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,494 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Originally posted by Odian
    Will be get away with fake usit cards?

    No, they usually insist on an American driving licence.


  • #3
    MrNuked
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    depends where you are and what you look like. I went over when i was 19 and couldn't get served in New Hampshire at all, but then in NYC and Albany they never asked for Id at all.


  • #4
    John2002
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    I found that a lot of the pubs (excluding the Irish ones) in California would accept my fake USIT card. Nightclubs wouldn't accept anything less than US driving license or passport.

    They also have a policy of carding everyone that looks under the age of 30.


  • #5
    LFCFan
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    Originally posted by John2002
    They also have a policy of carding everyone that looks under the age of 30.

    I've seen 50 year olds getting carded. Some Bar staff over there are a bit thick and take their manager way too seriously when he says card everyone.

    When I was over in Virginia on the J1 I was 20 but my date of birth (Irish style) was 7/10/77. To Americans though this mean 10th of July 77 so once the 10th of July came I had an 'unoffficial' 21st birthday party and was able to get served using my real USIT card :D


  • #6
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    I was asked for ID going into a bar in Boston about 3 1/2 years ago, which I wasn't really expecting seeing as I was 33 at the time. I hadn't any on me (deliberately I might add - I wasn't going to risk losing my passport on a night out just to appease some over-zealous idiot on the door). I did get in but if I looked any way under 21 there wouldn't have been a hop in hell.

    Was in South Africa in November but to be honest the youngest people in most of the bars we were in were at least mid-20s. The one exception was in Stellenbosch, which is a university town. The students didn't seem to have any problem getting as much drink as they wanted there.


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  • #7
    damnyanks
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    I was in SA there a few months ago. Am 20 now, had no problems getting served at all.


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