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Putney Swope · 03-22-2003, 07:37 PM

"Over the hill is when the mind makes a promise that the body can't fill."
~Old Folks Boogie, Little Feat

Giorgia · 03-22-2003, 07:58 PM

Hey Wonk!

Back when I was half your age, people your age were thought of as "already over-the-hill."

I feel that one of the nicest things about this forum is that there are at least a few people here over 50 -- it gives the whole board a sense of historical perspective from those who were old enough to vote before you were even a gleem in you dad's eye, as us old farts used to say

Here is the most recent "seriouser" poll

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PS TO BILL S.: IT WORKED!!! IT WORKED!!! :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy !!!

theIPU · 03-22-2003, 08:21 PM

I'm fourteen and still forced to go to church

wonkothesane · 03-22-2003, 08:49 PM

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Originally posted by openeyes
I'm not voting because I'm not "really old".

(I don't think I will accept your apology, because I'm not sure you're sincere! Just you wait, you'll find yourself "40+" before you know it!)

Actually...I already get high schools kids calling me an old guy (well, after they find out how old I really am...I look about 16, but really am 32...)

Anyway, it seems like just yesterday when I was in high school, and looking at people my age as "old"...it just seems like one day I went to sleep as a teenager, and woke up as a 30+ old dude...(hey, that would make a good tv or movie plot, if it hadn't already been done a dozen times!)

So, actually I am joking...I know what it's like to suddenly find oneself one the other side of the age fence, and the knowledge that there areactually people wholook at me as young, and that someday all too soon I will look back on 30 as young, only makes myhair turn greyer quicker!

Gods, and when I was a kid I used to hate constantly being mistaken for someone younger (I'mshort and baby faced) and now I regret that it is happening less and less...

Time to order that copy of "Final Exit", I guess...

- bryce (btw...growing old is like going through puberty all over again...you suddenly grow hair in places that you never knew it could grow, and it's just as gross to you now as it was then!)

ju'iblex · 03-22-2003, 10:11 PM

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Originally posted by theIPU
I'm fourteen and still forced to go to church

i think 12/13 is the youngest here, so dont feel left out. And i have only found one member on the boards here that was willing to discriminate against me because of my age <16>, so dont be worried about that either. The people here are great.

Kilted Canuck · 03-22-2003, 10:15 PM

I didn't realize there were so many fellow 16 and under year olds here! On most of the places I post *cough JREF cough* I'm one of the youngest.

(If you haven't guessed I'm between 16 and 17)

Now lets band together and call all the old fogies "Old Fogies", It seems to piss them off!

Giorgia · 03-22-2003, 10:59 PM

you'd find the following:

Quote:

Originally posted by Giorgia

When I first noted all the "kids" answering this poll, I thought "what a drag." However, I'm going to look at this in a more positive light, namely: IT'S GREAT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE ESCAPED THE BONDS OF RELIGION. (I just had to "shout" that: the average age of humanists/free-thinkers/skeptics/atheists with whom I am acquainted is about 45 -- the most active ones are over 60.) I was beginning to think that atheist logic was fading away.

So, even though I feel like a dinosaur now, I'm glad that so many of you are soooo young!

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Originally posted by Linda

I agree! It is wonderful that so many young people are using their minds and seeing through all that religious BS. It gives one hope for the future of this world.

As for the poll, I think there are more 'older' people on the board than the poll indicates. The poll really only indicates the ages of those people who like to respond to polls rather than indicating the true number of older people on the board.

Ice · 03-22-2003, 11:40 PM

Thankfully, I still have less than a month to my 30th....so I'm still in the 20-29 bracket...

Duvenoy · 03-23-2003, 04:51 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kilted Canuck
I didn't realize there were so many fellow 16 and under year olds here! On most of the places I post *cough JREF cough* I'm one of the youngest.

(If you haven't guessed I'm between 16 and 17)

Now lets band together and call all the old fogies "Old Fogies", It seems to piss them off!

Young Whippersnapper!!

(Insert satanic smily, here)

doov

Mecha_Dude · 03-23-2003, 07:14 AM

14 on the outside, but with the urinary problems, stamina, and random aches and pains of an 80-year old

View Poll Results: Age?
Under 0 (I'm posting from my mother's womb!)	1	0.98%
0 - 10 (I borrowed daddy's 'puter!)	1	0.98%
10 - 15 (Uh, like, this is how old I am!)	3	2.94%
16 (Old enough to marry in Illinois!) to 18	12	11.76%
18 - 20 (Girls this age, please send me a photo at...))	13	12.75%
21 (I can drink legally now!)	2	1.96%
22 - 29 (Young and careless and free! Bite me old folks!)	26	25.49%
30+ (I am sooooo old!!!)	30	29.41%
40+ Really Old (time to see doctor Kevorkian!)	11	10.78%
I posting from beyond the grave!	3	2.94%
Voters: 102. You may not vote on this poll

03-22-2003, 08:21 PM	#23
theIPU Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 65	I might be the youngest I'm fourteen and still forced to go to church

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03-22-2003, 07:37 PM	#21
Putney Swope Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Statosphere, baby. I'm stacked over LaGuardia & I'm not coming down fo no body Posts: 614	"Over the hill is when the mind makes a promise that the body can't fill." ~Old Folks Boogie, Little Feat

03-22-2003, 07:58 PM	#22
Giorgia Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: leaving Colorado soon, I hope Posts: 259	Hey Wonk! Back when I was half your age, people your age were thought of as "already over-the-hill." I feel that one of the nicest things about this forum is that there are at least a few people here over 50 -- it gives the whole board a sense of historical perspective from those who were old enough to vote before you were even a gleem in you dad's eye, as us old farts used to say Here is the most recent "seriouser" poll ------------------------------ PS TO BILL S.: IT WORKED!!! IT WORKED!!! :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy !!!

03-22-2003, 10:15 PM	#26
Kilted Canuck Regular Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Saskatchewan Posts: 127	I didn't realize there were so many fellow 16 and under year olds here! On most of the places I post cough JREF cough I'm one of the youngest. (If you haven't guessed I'm between 16 and 17) Now lets band together and call all the old fogies "Old Fogies", It seems to piss them off!

03-22-2003, 11:40 PM	#28
Ice Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 206	Thankfully, I still have less than a month to my 30th....so I'm still in the 20-29 bracket...

03-23-2003, 07:14 AM	#30
Mecha_Dude Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Everywhere... I'm Watching you... Posts: 1,019	14 on the outside, but with the urinary problems, stamina, and random aches and pains of an 80-year old

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