Interesting Question for the Board: How old are you?

[Grisha]

Aw, what the hell. 43.

[Ogadai]

My business. Just let me say, I'm old enough to have done it, young enough to do it again and have the scars to show for it...

[Dogface]

Look Here to find my age then

Now im 33

adding a Quote from Subvet from 12\2000 thread cause it cracked me up

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>I think it was originally done by the staff at Beloit College in Wisconsin, but I'm sure others have done the same thing. Here is the one from '99:

1. The people who are starting college this past fall across the nation were born in 1980.

2. They have no meaningful recollection of the Reagan Era and did not know he had ever been shot.

3. They were prepubescent when the Persian Gulf War was waged.

4. Black Monday 1987 is as significant to them as the Great Depression.

5. There has been only one Pope. They can only really remember one president.

6. They were 11 when the Soviet Union broke apart and do not remember the Cold War.

7. They have never feared a nuclear war. "The Day After" is a pill to them, not a movie.

8. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.

9. Tianamen Square means nothing to them.

10. Their lifetime has always included AIDS.

11. Bottle caps have always been screw off and plastic.

12. Atari predates them, as do vinyl albums.

13. The expression "you sound like a broken record" means nothing to them.

14. They have never owned a record player.

15. They have likely never played Pac Man and have never heard of Pong.

16. Star Wars looks very fake to them, and the special effects are pathetic.

17. There have always been red M&M's and blue ones are not new. There used to be beige ones?

18. They may have heard of an 8 track, but probably never have actually seen or heard one.

19. The Compact Disc was introduced when they were 1 year old.

20. As far as they know, stamps have always cost about 32 cents. What about 6-cent airmail stamps?

21. They have always had an answering machine.

22. Most have never seen a TV set with only 13 channels, nor have they seen a black-and-white TV.

23. They have always had cable.

24. There have always been VCR's, but they have no idea what BETA is.

25. They cannot fathom not having a remote control.

26. They were born the year that Walkmen were introduced by Sony.

27. Roller-skating has always meant inline for them.

28. The Tonight Show has always been with Jay Leno

29. They have no idea when or why Jordache jeans were cool.

30. Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.

31. They have never seen Larry Bird play, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is football player.

32. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.

33. The Vietnam War is as ancient history to them as WW1, WW2 or even the Civil War.

34. They have no idea that Americans were ever held hostage in Iran.

35. They can't imagine what hard contact lenses are.

36. They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.

37. They never heard: "Where's the beef?", "I'd walk a mile for a Camel, " or "de plane, de plane!"

38. They do not care who shot J. R. and have no idea who J. R. is.

39. The Titanic was found? I thought we always knew where it was.

40. Michael Jackson has always been white.

41. Kansas, Chicago, Boston, America, and Alabama are places, not groups.

42. Mickey D's never came in Styrofoam containers.

43. There has always been MTV

I'd like to see what you guys here could add to this list. I'd add that most of them probably never went to a drive-in movie.

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[ 12-18-2001: Message edited by: Dogface ]</p>

[zweibel]

37 years

[l3w53r]

14, 15 in 2 months

[Ari Maenpaa]

28 years, and still frustrated to see those Stuarts puncturing my panzer IVs through the paper-thin turret front.

Ari

[Frenchy]

Once again...45. Still playing this damned fine game since it came out. Longest any game has stayed on my hard drive!

[WineCape]

Women is suppose to never give out their age for fear of .... marriage proposals. Men, ahh well, I suppose once you hit the age of 21 you want to slow down the years...

Kind regards,

Charl Theron

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I'm only a beer teetotaler, not a champagne teetotaler. I don't like beer.

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

[Jarmo]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Hiram's Ghost:

Okay, once more...here is my age:

16,891,200 seconds old.

figure it out.<hr></blockquote>

So... you were born this summer?

[Stoffel]

33

[MrSpkr]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Hiram's Ghost:

Okay, once more...here is my age:

16,891,200 seconds old.

figure it out.<hr></blockquote>

Either you made a mistake, substituting seconds for minutes, or you were born in June 2001. This would certainly explain your playing style.

If you meant "minutes", then you were born sometime around the end of October, 1969.

Either way, you're still a pillock silly enough to remove CM from his computer.

Edited because after 34 years of existence, I have the right to screw up occasionally.

[ 12-18-2001: Message edited by: MrSpkr ]</p>

[Killick]

42 Getting that average up there.

[BeWary]

24, but feeling like 42 with my grey hairs, kids, and mortgage.

So you can average that to 33 and I won't effect the group average much.

Hey Dogface, a lot must have in the 3 years before those 1980-born kids became aware of the world around them, because I understand almost all of the things on that list! I remember watching the Challenger explode while sitting in a grade school classroom. I remember the Cold War and being worried about nuclear war. I remember BETA VCRs, black & white TVs, no remote controls, 13 channels only, duck-and-cover, etc. I even had a record player and understand "you sound like a broken record." Just an FYI for you old fogies. We young-uns aren't all that ignorant.

BeWary

[Berlichtingen]

Two years older than before... 37

[CMplayer]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Berlichtingen:

Two years older than before... 37<hr></blockquote>

No way, get out! From your picture I thought you were about 55.

[Luftwaffe]

18... god never realized so mnay "old" people played this game I thought the average gae was like 18-19... its like 40!

[Commander]

I am 42. Man, that looks old when you write it down...(and I'm a newbie!!) :confused:

[Capt. Ayers]

31. Egad! How time flies. Could have sworn I was in college none too long ago.....

[tiborhead]

Old enough to know Mr. T's helluva tough, foo!!

Uh, 25 in January.

[SLAP]

34, and never posted before . . .

[Dogface]

bewary-

I didnt write it i didnt say it was the gospel truth i just thought it was funny.

So sue me for being a kinda old (but not that old)

FART....

[Berlichtingen]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Luftwaffe:

18... god never realized so mnay "old" people played this game I thought the average gae was like 18-19... its like 40!<hr></blockquote>

IIRC, the average the last time this was done was in the 35-36 range

[BeWary]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dogface:

bewary-

I didnt write it i didnt say it was the gospel truth i just thought it was funny.

So sue me for being a kinda old (but not that old)

FART.... <hr></blockquote>

I know, I was just giving you a hard time.

BeWary

[Moriarty]

In CM years, I was 2 on 12 Dec 2001.

Chronologically, 44.

[MarkEzra]

The first time I answered this question I was 51....53 now...I can tell from these ages the groups getting younger all the time...AND that's a GOOD thing!