[HiTech RedNeck]

Might make sense to serve it in a mini mug, though, because the effect of the alcohol is proportional to the body weight. One can to a kid might be like three or four cans to his dad.

But don’t let Smokey the Bear see it.

[Norm Lenhart]

Up north we had more than one 16 year old ‘lumberjack’ in the 200 pound range. And not a lot of fat on’em. Think the stereotypical ‘Farm boy’. They grow’em big in the woods ;)

BS aside, I’m not saying Dads force fed beer to their kids, my point was simply that it was just another ‘dangerous thing’ that libs would flip over. In the 80s there were still states with 17 YO drinking ages. Today people tend to forget that once upon a time in the pre MADD hysteria days, a teenager with a beer was not that uncommon, nor did parents freak out about it.

[CitizenUSA]

When I was a young teenager, I spent a day with two friends helping their dad salvage lumber in the hot sun. Afterward, he treated us to a single, ice cold beer—one beer for the three of us. It was by far the best beer I have ever had and likely will ever have.

There is something seriously sick about American culture when making another law seems to be the popular answer to virtually every issue. One doesn't have to be a libertarian to believe we would be better off with quite a few fewer rules. America wasn't always this legalistic, anal dystopia, but we somehow not only survived but thrived.