Clocks...

[Denise R]

Our clocks go April 1st. :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Ward" <neilward at dircon.co.uk>
To: <HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Chat - Alcohol Question


> Catlady said:
>
> > Chat info is in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-Announcements/message/13
> >
> > The chat room can be accessed from HP for GrownUps home page or you can
> > use Cheetah Chat and grp*g.2176166:1
> >
> > The chats have traditionally been scheduled to start at noon Pacific
> > Time which is 3 pm Eastern Time which is 8 pm in Britain, but people
> > started to turn up one hour early and last week some people turned up
> > earlier than that!
> >
> > Cheetah Chat info is in
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownupsChatScripts/message/70
>
> In the UK, the clocks went forward an hour last night, and I think the
same
> happened in the US.  People in other countries might want to take this
into
> account.
>
> The 'official' start time for the chats is 8pm UK time, but they do seem
to
> start around 7pm (and the calendar seems to say 7pm now).  For those using
> Cheetachat, it's important to note the chat room name, above, as it's
> different to the one mentioned previously.
>
> > Hey, NEIL! PENNY!, as we are no longer using Yahoo!Clubs chatroom, why
> > don't we delete the Yahoo! Club?
>
> Others have suggested that.  I guess we will....
>
> > Something which IIRC was said in a previous chat, but I haven't been
> > able to find it in the chatscripts:  the legal age for drinking alcohol
> > without food in UK is 16 years old(?) but schools can get waivers to
> > allow underage students to drink at school parties. That sounds totally
> > implausible to my USAmerican ears, and I am wondering is it true, or did
> > I dream it?
>
> [puts on work hat]
>
> The mimimum purchasing age here is 18, and adults have to be 18 to drink
in
> a pub.  Young people of 16+ can drink alcohol with a restaurant meal.
> Although people assume 18 as the minimum drinking age, it's not against
the
> law for younger children to drink alcohol, and most children would learn
> about alcohol in the home.
>
> Any school that allowed alcohol at a party would probably need to indicate
> that it was a private event without a 'sales' bar (I don't know about an
> official waiver though).  It's unlikely that a school would sanction an
> event for children under 16; I think most schools would not want to
> encourage drinking in children, but it's feasible that a sixth-form party
> for 17/18 year olds might have alcohol available.
>
> The Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 closed a loophole in the law
> regarding the sale of alcohol to the under 18s, creating a new offence of
> purchasing alcohol on behalf of a minor ("proxy purchase").   Previously,
UK
> law gave immunity to anyone who sold intoxicating liquor to a person under
> 18, who could not be described as a "servant" of the licensee
> (theoretically, at a school event, 'selling on'); for example, kids would
> send adults into off-licences to buy alcohol for them.
>
> Neil
>
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