Back in the day . . .

Benzgirl · #1 04-15-2008, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by catiebug

I remember when Texas went from 18 to 19 - it happened the day before I turned 18. The bastards...

My cousin turned 19 on August 30 . The law changed to 21 on September 1 at 12:01 a.m. She was legal for 2 nights.

texas*princess · #2 04-15-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

My cousin turned 19 on August 30 . The law changed to 21 on September 1 at 12:01 a.m. She was legal for 2 nights.

that's a bummer!

AlphaO7 · #3 04-15-2008, 08:45 PM

I've been reading a lot of responses, and I'm a little curious.... do most sorority chapter use fake candles for ceromonies now? My chapter still uses real candles for initiation, ritual and candle passing. Thankfully we've never had a problem with it.

breathesgelatin · #4 04-21-2008, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaO7

I've been reading a lot of responses, and I'm a little curious.... do most sorority chapter use fake candles for ceromonies now? My chapter still uses real candles for initiation, ritual and candle passing. Thankfully we've never had a problem with it.

Most if not all chapters of NPC sororities are supposed to use fake candles for ceremonies. In my opinion there are certain instances where this is OK (eg candles are a background element, especially if they're near fabric) and certain instances in which this is lame (such as when "passing a flame" is the whole point of the freakin' ceremony, and it's just one candle). A lot of chapters continue to use candles either because they're not aware of the rule or they just choose to ignore.

AGDAlum · #5 04-21-2008, 07:27 AM

70-74 at Mizzou

As others have said, rush had frills. Sidewalk songs were big with the actives "singing the rushees in." Frat guys also lined the sidewalks checking out the rushees.

Monday night was "formal dinner." Pledge came to the house for 5 p.m. pledge meeting; then dinner (cloth tablecloths); 6:30 was chapter meeting. Everyone did it that way. The chapter room was a mysterious place that the pledges did not go in. (What a letdown to find out it was only a big room.)

1970 was the year that the pantsuit hit the fashion world and jeans became acceptable for everydaywear. Polyester doubleknit was the miracle fabric--no wrinkle, wore like iron. In 1970 we defined when it was okay to wear pants ("as part of an outfit"). By 1974 we asked members to wear bras and to not smoke marijuana in the house.

The house was locked at 11 p.m. on weekdays, midnight on Saturdays. Dorms had similar hours. Men were allowed upstairs only on very special occasions. (Coed dorms began in the 70's.)

You could get a phone in your room if you wanted to pay for it. Otherwise you used the phone in the hall. We changed rooms 3 times a year. If you had a phone you could stay in the same room twice in a row.

Coors beer was distributed only to the Kansas/Missouri line. People who went home to KC or to KU for the weekend brought Coors back.

Columbia had only one Mexican restaurant (Connie's El Sombrero), though there was a Taco Bell on Providence. The 18th Amendment and Harpo's were the big bars. We found out that the bar at the Tiger Hotel didn't card and was much quieter (more grownup).....Bagels were a novelty, unavailable in Columbia. One of my chapter sisters would bring back a bag from a deli in St. Louis.

Streaking was the big news of 1974! You'd be walking to class and a guy would run past you wearing only sneakers and a stocking cap.

33girl · #6 04-16-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

My cousin turned 19 on August 30 . The law changed to 21 on September 1 at 12:01 a.m. She was legal for 2 nights.

WTF??? Shouldn't she have been grandfathered in?

TSteven · #7 04-16-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

WTF??? Shouldn't she have been grandfathered in?

Like this?

jon1856 · #8 04-16-2008, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

WTF??? Shouldn't she have been grandfathered in?

And I could have told the bar tenders and SLB inspectors in WA that since I was able to drink at home (18/19) that I could drink in WA (21)??

33girl · #9 04-16-2008, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jon1856

And I could have told the bar tenders and SLB inspectors in WA that since I was able to drink at home (18/19) that I could drink in WA (21)??

You don't understand what I'm saying.

The way I always understood it (and what my friends who went over the border to Ohio told me) was...if you had turned 18 in a year when the drinking age was still 18 there, you were allowed to drink. It had nothing to do with what state you personally were from. I have no idea what they did in Washington. Since I believe Benzgirl is talking about Ohio that's why I didn't understand why her friend had this issue.

jon1856 · #10 04-16-2008, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

You don't understand what I'm saying.

The way I always understood it (and what my friends who went over the border to Ohio told me) was...if you had turned 18 in a year when the drinking age was still 18 there, you were allowed to drink. It had nothing to do with what state you personally were from. I have no idea what they did in Washington. Since I believe Benzgirl is talking about Ohio that's why I didn't understand why her friend had this issue.

I guess that neither one of us knows

I can only go by what happened to me. I have never experienced nor heard of being "grandfathered" in the case of liquor laws.
Come to think of it now, I was most likely breaking a few laws by transporting bottles to school.

banditone · #11 04-16-2008, 06:28 PM

The good old days of the past....

- Around the World parties (I hated Mexico. Damn tequila).
- Pledge Sneaks.
- Little Sisters.
- Scavenger Hunts.
- Working the beer trough during house parties.
- House vs. House snowball fights.
- Family Drinks.

SWTXBelle · #12 04-16-2008, 06:34 PM

Family drinks?

Benzgirl · #13 04-21-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

You don't understand what I'm saying.

The way I always understood it (and what my friends who went over the border to Ohio told me) was...if you had turned 18 in a year when the drinking age was still 18 there, you were allowed to drink. It had nothing to do with what state you personally were from. I have no idea what they did in Washington. Since I believe Benzgirl is talking about Ohio that's why I didn't understand why her friend had this issue.

I live in Ohio, but was in Texas when it was 18. Cousin lived in Texas and was not Grandfathered when the legal age changed.
However, Ohio at the time was an 18 state for 3.2 Beer (tasted awful) and 21 for everything else. Since then, everything went 21 in both states.

ForeverRoses · #14 04-23-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

I live in Ohio, but was in Texas when it was 18. Cousin lived in Texas and was not Grandfathered when the legal age changed.
However, Ohio at the time was an 18 state for 3.2 Beer (tasted awful) and 21 for everything else. Since then, everything went 21 in both states.

I remember in Ohio the "high" stamp and the "low" stamp. Low was for anyone 18-20 and they could order the 3.2 beer and high was for anyone 21 or older that could order anything.

Of course, I was in high school when they were doing this, it was all 21 by the time I was in college.

Benzgirl · #15 04-23-2008, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I remember in Ohio the "high" stamp and the "low" stamp. Low was for anyone 18-20 and they could order the 3.2 beer and high was for anyone 21 or older that could order anything.

Of course, I was in high school when they were doing this, it was all 21 by the time I was in college.

Do you know how many "high" stamps I had? We kept different colors of stamp pads in the car and would find out what color they were using for the night. Got in free and drank the good stuff.

Ohhhh....those were the days
(before I burned out my brain cells)