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[G Hardy]

This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -

"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"

I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?

BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is irritating
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should know
!




[I forwarded the message to the group pretty much as-is. It arrived on one
of my email lists, so I added one of the "friend's" but apart from that I've
no context within which to work.]

[Welches]

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?

Probably isn't the correct answer but... play in under 19 tennis
tournaments...
I would think something like: get free prescriptions/dentist on NHS.
Possibly get half price bus (depending on area)
Or could it be hear very high pitched noise (although I think it's more like
25 that that is relevant)
Debbie

Post by G Hardy
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is irritating
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should
know !
[I forwarded the message to the group pretty much as-is. It arrived on one
of my email lists, so I added one of the "friend's" but apart from that
I've no context within which to work.]

[G Hardy]

Post by Welches
Or could it be hear very high pitched noise (although I think it's more
like 25 that that is relevant)

A business near our house has one of those "mosquito" devices: I can hear
it, and I'm 40!

[Penny Gaines]

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is irritating
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should
know !

Go to school?

Maybe it is a creative thinking exercise, rather then a factual
one.

[G Hardy]

Post by Penny Gaines
Go to school?
Maybe it is a creative thinking exercise, rather then a factual
one.

I thought of that one, too - and it's better than the others appearing on
the original list. Overall the quality of answers in UPP is better than from
a bunch of land rover nuts ;o)

[Sarah Vaughan]

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is irritating
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should
know !

If the question had been phrased '*might* be able to do at 18', then
possible answers would include:

1. As Debbie said, get free prescriptions. (At 18, it depends on
whether you're in full-time education. At 21, even if you're in
full-time education you can't, unless there's some other reason.)

2. Get away with sleeping with a 15-year-old girl (given that if the boy
is relatively close to the girl's age and it's a normal
boyfriend-girlfriend situation where they just happen to be either side
of the 16-year-old cut-off rather than it being an exploitative-type
relationship, he's likely to be let off). This one was my husband's
suggestion. As he said, this is highly unlikely to be the answer the
teacher was looking for. ;-)


All the best,

Sarah

[Lorenzo]

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"

Divide your age by 2 (was it a maths question?) Then again it says "might"
not be able to do .......

[G Hardy]

Post by Lorenzo

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"

Divide your age by 2 (was it a maths question?) Then again it says
"might" not be able to do .......

I don't think it was maths, but I like that answer!

[Andy Pandy]

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is

irritating

Post by G Hardy
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should know

What subject was it in?

What was the context (ie was it together with a load of other such
questions, if so what were those other questions?)

--
Andy

[G Hardy]

Post by G Hardy

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is

irritating

Post by G Hardy
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year

should know
What subject was it in?
What was the context (ie was it together with a load of other such
questions, if so what were those other questions?)

Unknown about the context of other questions, but the OP seems to think it
was supposed to be a history question.

[Andy Pandy]

Post by G Hardy

Post by G Hardy

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is

irritating

Post by G Hardy
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year

should know
What subject was it in?
What was the context (ie was it together with a load of other such
questions, if so what were those other questions?)

Unknown about the context of other questions, but the OP seems to think it
was supposed to be a history question.

Vote for the first time.

See an X rated film legally for the first time.

In fact, do anything which you become able to do at 18 - for the first
time.

I guess it's something like that, since you *can* do it at 18, but you
*might not* be able to do it at 21 (since you might or might not have
already done it!).

--
Andy

[Andy Pandy]

Post by Welches

Post by G Hardy
Unknown about the context of other questions, but the OP seems to

think it

Post by G Hardy
was supposed to be a history question.

Vote for the first time.
See an X rated film legally for the first time.
In fact, do anything which you become able to do at 18 - for the first
time.
I guess it's something like that, since you *can* do it at 18, but you
*might not* be able to do it at 21 (since you might or might not have
already done it!).

Ah ha! A good one for history would be:

"Vote at a younger age than your Grandparents ever did"

The UK voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in 1969.

--
Andy

[Clare]

Convert soft tissue in your head to bone.

The 5 bones of sacrum fuse from the ages 18 to 25

But technically you might still have a small soft spot at 18 that at 21 has
undergone ossification

Post by G Hardy
This is part of a 10 year olds homework question -
"What can you do at 18 that you might not be able to do at 21 ?"
I have no idea what it can be.
Any suggestions ?
BTW it's not my child but a friend's friend's grandson and is irritating
that we can't answer to a question that it's expected a 10 year should
know !
[I forwarded the message to the group pretty much as-is. It arrived on one
of my email lists, so I added one of the "friend's" but apart from that
I've no context within which to work.]

[deja.blues]

Post by Clare
Convert soft tissue in your head to bone.
The 5 bones of sacrum fuse from the ages 18 to 25
But technically you might still have a small soft spot at 18 that at 21
has undergone ossification

Your sacrum is the very end of your spine, ie: the tailbone - not the head!
Unless you're a butthead.