Re: Momentarily verbal

Robert Bannister wrote:
Dorothy J Heydt wrote:


You guys (other than mike) are all UKians, right? In the US it's
illegal to serve kids under 21 alcohol in any form, though
(traditionally at least) Italian-American families can get away
with giving their own kids watered-down wine at their own dinner
tables.


Well, I live in Australia now and have done for the last 33 years, but serving children alcohol in your own home has always been legal as far as I know. If it wasn't, it certainly didn't stop people if that's what they thought was right. I think there might be laws about giving very young children alcohol, although if my memory serves me correctly, it is a major ingredient in gripe water.

It was. Spiritus rectificatus; I forget the percentage. Stronger than beer.

But can you still get it?

--
Stephen
Lennox Head, Australia
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