Driving in America - a view from an Englishman.

[MrJan]

And , finally , my wife came skipping out to the car one day , just giggling with glee , at having been ID checked at the liquor store .
She was somewhere in her forties at the time .

That's impressive. I love it when I still get asked for ID and I'm 29. The last time it happened the woman apologised for it, which strikes me as crazy because I was delighted that she thought I was younger (although over he most places have a 'check 25' policy, even though you can drink from 18.