On 09 Jan 2004 02:48:34 GMT, (B2431) wrote:

From: Mary Shafer
Date: 1/8/2004 7:13 PM Central Standard Time
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On 08 Jan 2004 22:33:39 GMT, (B2431) wrote:


Marron, I will let you in on a little secret your father committed a crime
by
taking you on the flightline in a launch truck. He and his buddies
committed a
crime by giving you beer as a minor.

Everyone seems to think this, but it's not true. Parents can give
their minor children alcohol legally. Maybe not everywhere in the US,
but in a fairly large part of it.

True, but only at home.

Nope. In most states, it's in "a non-public place". In some, it's
anywhere. In a few, it's only in a home, whose home not specified.
Granted, there are a couple of states where it's a relative's home,
but even that is more places than just "at home", implying the kid's
and parent's home.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer