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Posted by ShadowPuppet (Member # 8239) on :
 
not anything really important

but today is my eighteenth

I know most of everyone here looks back at eighteen as a very young age

true that

but to me...
right now it's as far as I've gotten

I feel as if eighteen is a pretty big milestone in America

all of a sudden I find myself with much more freedom

sure that may only be limited to lottery tickets, pornography, and tobacco based products

but that seems like a lot to a young'n of eighteen years

I don't know what the meaning of this posting is

I guess I feel as if I've reached a pretty high point in my personal life

...I dunno

just felt like typing

here's to another year *cheers*
 

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Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Happy Birthday! 18 is an important age. I hope you have a great year!
 

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Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Happy Birthday! Congratulations on reaching your age of majority. Enjoy voting! And if I may offer some unsolicited birthday advice, stick with the lottery tickets and porn, skip the tobacco.
 

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Posted by Miriya (Member # 7822) on :
 
Happy Birthday. 18 was a good year, hope yours is too.
 

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Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
 
Joyeux Anniversaire ! Mes voeux les plus sincères !

Good to be eighteen !
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
Hippo Birdies!!!
 

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Posted by Ginol_Enam (Member # 7070) on :
 
Hey! My girlfriend turns 18 today (well, yesterday now...), too! Weird O_o

Anyway, happy birthday!
 

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Posted by Stone_Wolf_ (Member # 8299) on :
 
Happy Birthday, remember to register for Selective Services!

Oh yea, you can now buy rifles and shotguns!

Have fun with the porno, voting, tobaco, longarms, signing legal documents, no curfew (sp) and signing up for the draft!
 

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Posted by Starr R (Member # 8361) on :
 

but to me...
right now it's as far as I've gotten.

I liked the sound of that.

Happy birthday! Cheers!
 

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Posted by ShadowPuppet (Member # 8239) on :
 
thanks for the good wishes everyone
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
*eyes ShadowPuppet suspiciously*

My son just turned 18 on August 11th as well. (wonders if SP is an alias)

Happy Birthday!

FG
 

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Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
 
Happy Birthday, and many more.
 

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Posted by ShadowPuppet (Member # 8239) on :
 

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Originally posted by Farmgirl:
*eyes ShadowPuppet suspiciously*

My son just turned 18 on August 11th as well. (wonders if SP is an alias)

Happy Birthday!

FG

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(delayed responses...I've been without internet for a while)

well...I'm atleast 73% positive that you're not my mother

but that is quite an interesting coincedence

wish him a late happy birthday for me
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
Only 73%?
 

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Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
 
yay for 18! I just turned 8 last month, and I'm pretty sure there are a bunch more of us young'uns than you might think...

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remember to register for Selective Services

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remember to register for Selective Services
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should I have done that?

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You don't have to register until you graduate from HS unless you don't graduate or drop out. They usually remind graduating seniors to register and you can do it at the school.
 

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Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
 
And you don't have to register if you're female, I believe.
 

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Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
 
I don't know that you have to do anything to be registered for selective service.

The same week my son turned 18 - they just mailed him a selective service card in the mail. THEY knew he turned 18 -- whoever "they" is. He didn't sign up anywhere that I know of.

FG
 

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Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
When I was in HS, they made an announcement at the end of the school year each year that all males who had turned 18 that year needed to stop by the office to register.
 

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Posted by ShadowPuppet (Member # 8239) on :
 
if you've visted with any military recruiters at all

(which I have done)

you're already registered and when you turn eighteen they send you the card

I do belive that's the case anyhow
 

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Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
yeah, my brother got the Selective Services info a week or so before his 18th. I think maybe "they" get the information from Social Security, or possibly the schools, because Steve didn't have a drivers license yet.
 

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