I've noticed a few posts recently by folks mentioning events in their past which made me curious about the age breakdown of forum members and lurkers. I made it a poll so, if you wish, you can remain anonymous. If, like me, you don't give a rat's rumba (I'd have sworn there was an "h" in that word) about your age (I'm 4 months away from the big six zero), feel free to make additional comments.
We already know that Amie is 31.
But she still has to enter that in the poll.
interesting topic
I am 36, voted already.
Just voted...
I turn 45 around Thanksgiving...
WhatFurrer
I am 31 and already voted. Very interesting thread this one... I always wonder how old everybody is...;-)
At the risk of opening myself up to the jokes that are usually reserved for Ajax, I am 54
oz
I'm 29.....er....umm....no, that's my wife!
41......catching up to you, Jack!
Ah Hah, I'm still the young stud I always was, but in earth years I'm 51. A soothsayer told my mother to beware the ides of March, but I guess she didn't listen.[wink}
Holding at 40. I'm supposed to have a b-day Oct. 3rd, but I'm thinking 40 is old enough.
Do like I did, Bray. At 40 I started counting backwards. I'm only 21 now!
What I can't figure out is why a 21 year old would feel so crappy, and not be able to touch his toes.
You guys are (on average) old farts.
27 and counting.
31 and counting, although my wife says I am stealing her youth, she is 21.
Nice post question Jack, I've always wondered about that myself.
I just hit the big 38, and recently had my 20th class reunion, yippy
Randy
47 going on 27. Having babies in your 40's keeps you young (or so I tell myself).
Mike
28. Nice bell curve we've got going there.
I held steady at 23 til my Mother-in-Law passed away in 1980; then lost interest in kidding her anymore.
Another B-Day sneaks up again in a few weeks.
A young 61
Having kids to keep you young is an idea that our youngest Daughter believes in also
She gave us her four kids aged four thru eleven to raise for her
It's cool...there are a lot of kids DVDs we wouldn't have purchased without the kids; and a lot of those DVDs have excelent sound tracks
Wow, I looked at those choices, and I don't like the selection I have to make. 40-49, 49 seems old. Can't you change it to 32-41? yep, I'm 41.
Just turned 25.
Bought myself a 52'' DLP (which gets delivered in 2 more days) to celebrate my quarter century of existence.
You younguns shouldn't have so much cool stuff yet.
I see that Ray has not yet voted, since there are no votes in the "dirt" category.
42 in two weeks, and happy as a clam, thank you very much.
I hit the big three-o this year. I don't feel very old until I get a haircut and notice more and more grayish hair on the apron. I knew I hit the point of no return when the barber actually started shaving my ears. First it was the outside, now the inside! Ugh, where does all the hair come from? I hope it is not the hair from my head migrating elsewhere. . .
31 for me...seems to be a common number around here
Turned 59 exactly a week ago.
I am 31. I turn 32 in Nov, but you may want to adjust my age when my wife gives birth to twins on Monday. So let's make it a stress-adjusted 35
I turn 33 in a week. (Already voted.)
For those of you that think that you are still "young" and that the rest of us are "old..." We all were 20-something too, and it seems like just yesterady that I was thinking that I would be "old" when I hit 30....
Voted this morning, I'm 21. I'll be 22 in December.
The 40s were winning for a while, but it looks like the 30s are starting to wake up and vote
46 myself.
33 on 9/11
After 31, I've found birthdays are better off forgotten. (though having said that Roger treated me to a TERRIFIC surprise b-day present last year! We saw Norah Jones at the Hollywood Bowl!)
" I hope it is not the hair from my head migrating elsewhere. . ."
It is!
28, but I remember a couple things from the 70s!
It's just that much easier to be surprised if you've forgotten your birthday.
33. 34 end of September. Looks like the 30 somethings are the most numerous so far...
jr
28, but due to six in the USN i feel about 55!
hmmmmm...does anyone else find it odd that Jack started this poll, but yet there is a 0% in the "older than dirt" category...
I guess Merkaba and I are the only young studs on this here site. I'm also 21 and still living all your "back in my day," years.
Nah. That whole thing about the 'best years of your life' is BS. So far it keeps getting better. I would not re-live my 20s.
jr
I believe you, it's just that my father and my uncle always tell me about their old days and how they miss them. Then my uncle always tells me to not get married. I figure I will enjoy not being married, fat, or tied down.
dont knock the tied down part till you tried it..........oh..........you mean married.............37 here
Turned 41 in June.
Sometimes I feel it, sometimes I don't.
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You guys are (on average) old farts.
27 and counting.
Old Farts rule!
A 47 year old fart here.
I turn 70 in June.I can't score my age in golf but I can bench press my weight: 175 lbs.When I was 50 I did'nt think I was old but I'm starting to feel that way now.
49
And yea that is me on the drums last year
"Keep on rocking the Free world...
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I turn 70 in June.I can't score my age in golf but I can bench press my weight: 175 lbs.When I was 50 I did'nt think I was old but I'm starting to feel that way now.
Well Mr. Frank, congrats and my hat's off to you! Anybody on the board got you beat? Sounds like you just may be 'Mr. Senior'...and I do mean that in a good way.
Frank, you have my deepest respect, and my profound gratitude that someone is older than I. However, due to arthritis, I couldn't press even my mop.
Yup,...ya got me beat too; Frank.
I can still lift my own weight....I do it at least once a day with great difficulty.......called getting out of bed in the morning
But now I feel young at 60 and can look foreward to at least another 10 years!!
F107, I salute you. Four kids at 61!! That is amazing. I have 3 kids under 6, and I have never felt so exhausted in my entire life. All the time. And I'm only 36. The whole "kids keep you young" is a lie!
Hold on, I think F107's kids are about my age
I thought he said he is raising his four grand children?!? (if I read it right)
Actually, if I count ALL my kids they go from 35, 29, 27, then the Grandkids that we're currently raising of 11, 9, 7, and 4.
So yup....we raised one family in the 70s and 80s and we're raising a second one now
And speaking of age;....just hope to still be around to see the second batch grown
Two litters of kids. Wow! Hats off to ya.
The Wife keeps commenting that it was easy on Her.
Seven kids total, and She only had to deliver three
37......................but 38 in three weeks. After that I think I'm going to stop keeping track!
For my 50th birthday last month my brother in law gave me the formula for what we percieve as old: Take the square root of your current age and multiply by 10. Works for me!
Glad to see that there are a number of geezers here. I'm 52.
I'm 39, but I don't feel a day over 37.
I'm running the same poll over at av123, and the results are remarkably similar.
Keep in mind that these are just one day's numbers. We'll revisit them after a few weeks, or whenever the poll stagnates, to see if things have changed or not.
Axiom
Un 20 = 2.5%
20-29 = 14%
30-39 = 40%
40-49 = 27%
50-59 = 13%
60-69 = 2.5%
70-79 = 01%
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av123
Un 20 = 1%
20-29 = 18%
30-39 = 41%
40-49 = 25%
50-59 = 15%
60-69 = 00%
70-79 = 00%
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Axiom 20-39 = 54%
av123 20-39 = 59%
Axiom 30-50 = 67%
av123 30-50 = 66%
Axiom 40-60 = 40%
av123 40-60 = 41%
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Axiom over 50 = 16.5%
av123 over 50 = 15%
Axiom under 50 = 83.5%
av123 under 50 = 85%
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Axiom under 30 = 16.5%
av123 under 30 = 19%
Axiom over 30 = 83.5%
av123 over 30 = 81%
Notice that for both forums 2/3 of the responders are between 30 and 49 (Axiom 66%; av123 67%).
But, The remaining 1/3 is split evenly on the Axiom forum, with 16.5% of the responders below 30 and 16.5% of them above 50. A perfect bell curve.
On the av123 forum the results are skewed more toward the younger demographic with 19% below 30 and only 15% over 50.
Hey Gang - been awhile. (Frank, I'll type louder so you can hear me
)
Moved into the new home on June 4th (it was built 10 years ago). Beautiful place. Solid, well built. Lotsa nice touches. Unfortunately, the guy I bought it from either didn't grasp the concept or never heard the word - HANDYMAN. What a never-ending nightmare of annoying little things to repair/upgrade/fix/marvel over. Nothing major, just a stream of reversing idiocy and getting things taken care of.
Timing of the move (could NOT pass the house up) was bad as my daughter's wedding is on 8/20 and that has layered into the mix of eliminating any available leisure time. On the plus side though, I DO get to pay for the wedding!
The combination has contributed to a stunning bit of irony - I now live on a golf course (the 5th tee is 35 paces from my back door) and I'm playing LESS golf.
Anyhow, what were we talking about? Oh yeah - age.
I'm 58, but my hair was only 47 when it disappeared. My impressive collection of ear hair is only a few years old and drool seems to appear with alarming regularity, but doesn't age very long as my wife is a now exper "deft drool wiper".
Interestingly, Jack has ties older than I am. Also, while he is approaching 60 (God love ya!), several of his teeth never made it past 50.
Although I can't bench press my weight these days (but then, I never could), I do stay in shape by dragging my 40 pound Viagra lick around the house on a dolly. You never know when that "special moment" will arrive.
Gotta go - afternoon nap time.
Ray
Welcome back to the forum Ray. We certainly have missed you.
Yes...Welcome back
But next time; type even louder
I read your account of growing old; and was feeling just a little poorly realizing just what I had to look foreward to!
I read it a second time to be sure I understood
It was then that I picked up on the fact that you are younger than I
49.......................AND, I voted!
im probably youngest one hear...17
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Take the square root of your current age and multiply by 10.
Once you pass a hundred, old is in your past.
Oh, alright! The clue to my age lies in a Beatles' song. That's all I'm going to say. . .
Regards,
Surely you are older than 9!
Will you love me when I'm ??, I'm guessing is a lyric paraphrase from the song in question.
. Alan, I'm sorry if I gave it away, but I couldn't help myself.
I know! I know!!
The same as the avg Beatle age!! To me they will always be the kids as I first remember them!
(Ok.....in the 60s when I was in my 20s)
AH! Another member of the "silver" posse. Or maybe Alan should be in the "golden" posse.
We won't leave you Alan. I think we need you.
Well Frank; I dunno about a prize, but it appears you're in for Gold,
Alan has Silver
and I think Jack beat me out for Bronze
No; wasen't Jack, I see he's a youngster of only 59.
Someone who logged in but dosen't want his wife to know his true age is also in his 60s......hummmmmm.
Course, could be a "Her"!! They's bein' touchier than us in that account
Four years under 20.
With M22tis and a STF-2, I think I've got most of you beat as far as the age to hifi ratio goes.
Yep, you've got me beat for sure... unless we just COUNT speakers in which case we are neck and neck
its good to see ray is back from the golf course.. dont let him fool ya.... he hired some strapping young bucks to move him into the new house.. he has been knockin sub-par down at the links..
oh, and i am 34..
bigjohn
Man, now that is an invitation, but I mustn't ... state the obvious reply.
33 - Of course I was 30 when I first logged onto this site, thus the name
36 ... and my daughter is heading off to university in 2 weeks. therefore I feel 46
*****but just until the end of this post.
I've got aches older than you.
Doug,
Your eight days older than me. We're almost twins.
I have some stereo equipment older than that.The reciever weighs a ton so it must be good
Speaking of age of some of our stereo equipment....as I had commented sometime in the past: My sub box is part of an old HTIB;..... TWO boxes, actually, that I remember as being the very first sounds I'd ever heard from a movie!
OK...16mm HTIB
An Actual home theater!!
So when I listen to movies today, I'm listening to a driver installed in the very same cabinet that I've been listening to since right after the War.
WWII
I think it's safe to say you've gotten your moneys worth out of that thing! Great story F107.
34 here and just received my Epic80/500 system which replaced my 1964 Acoustic Research AR3's. Now what to do with the AR's ?
The usual solution is to set up a "classic" system in the opposite end of your home, somewhere you can listen to LPs and... wait, you're not old enough for LPs.
Geez, I have albums older than most of you guys and I'm only at the midrange of the age distribution
My oldest "album" is a true "Album"
A collection of 78s in their own folders in a book form like a photo album, with a "contents" page in front to be filled in by the collector.
It's cool
i've got a few "albums" but they're all of the
Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby type, you know the "turn the page when Tinker Bell chimes like this." and i had a suh-weet Fisher-Price turntable to spin 'em on too!
That's a good idea. I also have a Classic Pioneer SX-1250 and an AR-XA turntable. I doubt I would use it much but I could find a corner to put it in for nostalgia sake.
I have a collection of vinyl albums from the 70s. I think most of them are warped, though. I don't know why I'm keeping them. I don't think I've ever seen a 78 with a warpage problem. A guy I work with has a garage full of 78s he's been collecting, along with other antique and not so antique stuff. His goal is to open an antique shop.
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Four years under 20.
With M22tis and a STF-2, I think I've got most of you beat as far as the age to hifi ratio goes.
Grasshopper, I am 45, and have 4 full theater areas and one gaming area. My 14 year old's gaming area has $2K worth of gear. You don't EVEN want a list of the gear in the four theaters.
Behave yourself ..
I think jserv might have beaten him as well
I saw that. Jserv is doing rather well ! Thasp is also fun to tease - the young man has a LOT of poise.
35 and just starting to put on some gray. Distinguished, sophisticated gray of course, but gray nonetheless.
I'm 31, sitting right at the apex of that bell curve.
Too old to pick up girls off the internet, too young to retire. *laughs*
Bren R.
>>Grasshopper, I am 45, and have 4 full theater areas and one gaming area.
Do we perhaps have too many rooms in our house ?
Figures the birthday guy would bump this.....
43....
39 and still hanging on by a thread.....
41 , but I look much younger
40... but I wish I was one standard deviation south of the mean. Two deviations would set me back to infancy and I could not NOT have Axioms.
46 but I still manage to run 50+ miles a week.
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40 this November.
That just goes to show, you can't beleive everything you read on the net
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40 this November.
That just goes to show, you can't beleive everything you read on the net
lol. can't you let the man dream?
Count me in as one of the young'ns. 27.
Oops....
Oh; we're talking of "Birthdays"?
....I thought it was anniversary of marriage.
oops.
I'm into the 4th quartile at 48 (49 next month).
39 and turning the big FORTY in a month in a half. I'm beating the mid life crises now by buying my speakers this week
Just turned 33 last month. I am glad to learn that I am not the oldest here
Did I post my age here before?
Damn; it's higher than the last time, now it's 60
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Damn; it's higher than the last time, now it's 60
Yeah; mine too. Now it's closing in on 63.
Sad too, since my old ship; the oldest active duty ship in the US Navy, USS Kitty Hawk, CVA63, will cease to exist while I'm 63.
Well, as of TODAY..... 60
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY !!!!!!!!!
Hope its the best ever.
Thanks guys. I wasn't really trolling for birthday congrats; it's just that my wife gave me my gift this morning - a new, super absorbent drool rag that matches the design of my Depends and I was pretty excited.
At least until I forget. Errr...., what were we talking about?
60 yikes! Happy Birthday Ray, Its been a while. Now I'm feeling better at 53.
John - it's been way too long!!! I have the basement HT done; when are you coming down to visit your brother?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAY!!!
Happy Birthday Ray, you old Golf Nut....you old Home Theater Junkie....You..... well, You Old.
Hi Ray. He moved to Dallas after a reorg at Kodak to take a CEO job so I don't get there as much, though he kept his home in Rochestor. I'll PM you if I do or look me up if you are up this way. It would be great to see you again. Anyway, why do I have such a tough time imagining you as 60?
Happy Birthday, Ray! Congrats on reaching the big milestone (is that even appropriate - it sounds very morbid to say that). May all your fairway misses be in the first cut!
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...why do I have such a tough time imagining you as 60?
Good question, because I sure don't 
Before any of you think me an insensitive clod, I sent Ray a special birthday PM. So there's no need for me to be polite, or wish him a special 
. Besides, I'm older than he is.
Happy birthday, Ray! I'm amazed you're so young.
Have a very happy Birthday Ray!
Happy birthday, Ray. Hopefully, that drool rag is mobile, so you can wheel it out to the 18th.
Happy birthday, Ray!
I am 38, and like Randy a couple of years ago, just faced my 20th high school reunion. Medical school 10 year reunion is this year.
I'm happy to not be an outlier on the curve for once. Take that for what you will.
Thanks so very much for the kind birthday wishes. I feel kinda bad - this is a major thread hijack that I didn't intend to do. On the other hand, at my age I'll forget about it in 10 minutes!
I'm anxious to get home and start reading the other gift my wife got for me. It's a book titled "How To Line Up Your Fourth Putt".
What a wonderful surprise it must have been for both of us to discover your birthday, Ray.
Warmest wishes, my friend.
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drool rag
Happy 60th Ray.
Craig, Tom, Shawn - thanks so much.
Mike - that picture is frightening. I look more like Tark than I don't look like him. Where is my Oil of Olay? Ah, right here beside my caffinated Geritol and my Metmucil.
Happy Birthday Ray!
You make me feel a little younger at a mere 45.
Well how 'bout that!! Have a Happy Birthday, Ray. And make it a good one young fella!!
Rich.
Ray, Happy Birthday! Don't worry, you won't get any old jokes from me. You're way past that now--try "ancient".
Happy Birthday, Ray!(I was watching in case it was slipping through the cracks, and would have announced such a momentous event, if necessary).
Ray
All the best on your Birthday.
Ray, there is something I've been wondering.
What was it like the day they invented dirt?
After you describe that day ............
tell us about rocks.
Bray & Tom - I'll get back to you just as soon as I get the details from Jack.
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Bray & Tom - I'll get back to you just as soon as I get the details from Jack.
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Bray & Tom - I'll get back to you just as soon as I get the details from Jack.
To be honest with you, I already know where dirt/dust comes from.
Jack farts it. 
hmmm,
Didn't read the whole thread, but I may just be the youngest at 24 years old...
You are definately at the lower end, I am near the median at 40.
30 here. But you're not the youngest.
Just found this old thread. Wow! Wonder what’s happened with a lot of these members. Back then (2005/2007) this group sounded like a great bunch of people! Way before my time. Almost forgot to include, I’m 67.
Jeff
RIP Jack. We've lost a lot of good members over the years to other priorities. I was Facebook friends with some until I left Facebook recently. Those were good times back then. My first order was for M80s in 2006.
The 40s were winning for a while, but it looks like the 30s are starting to wake up and vote
46 myself.
Hmm, my last response seems to have become obsolete through no fault of my own
