your age

[Byan]

I have been wondering for a while what the age of most of the people here at Virtual Dr is..., but since there has not been an off-topic forum till recent, I have not been able to find out..

hearing talkings of children, grandchildren, and of computers that went obsolete before I knew what a computer was makes me feel really young..., (and makes everone else seem really old...)

I am 16 years old...., How old are you?

[Sarrkazztic]

Stephen Hall is 36 years old



Kazz is 136 years old....yeppers I am an old soul

[beanman2k]

If I knew how old dirt really is I could answer your question. I met Thomas Jefferson, once.

:p

[Nix]

37

[jmtjet]

Hi Byan, so you're 16 years old. Heck, most of my grand children are older than you are. :) (boy does that statement make me feel old) Actually, I'm a very young 67. My advice to you Byan is; enjoy your youth and follow your dreams. (but stay out of trouble) HEHE

[D4\/!d]

I suggest a poll is made to record the range of ages. It's also anonymous which suits the ladies.

[frebo]

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[Nix]

Originally posted by D4\/!d
I suggest a poll is made to record the range of ages. It's also anonymous which suits the ladies.

Go for it.

[smurfy]

Ask and ye shall recieve.

I can't put all the current answers into the poll though, so you lot will have to put your own answers in.

[greengoose1]

jmtjet and I have something in common. :D :D

[photolady]

Younger than GG1 and older than Kazz. ;)

[jenae]

I am and always will be 21. You are only 16 women NEVER reveal their age son.:)

[Nix]

Originally posted by jenae
I am and always will be 21. You are only 16 women NEVER reveal their age son.:)

Tis true my mum has turned 50 for the last 10 years at least.

[fink]

My mom always tried to keep her real age a secret. She was pretty succesfull too. Few people knew how old she really was.

She even asked us, my brother and I, to not put her date of birth on her gravestone.

We didn't :)

[MaFia JaK]

i am 19 and have been in plenty of trouble jmtjet =)

[thelordglen]

i am 17 and second in charge in a computer repair shop

[Ridgerunr]

39? Well,,Jack Benny got away with it for many years beyond.
Actually, when he passed on in 1974, I was 3 years younger than what he 'claimed' to be. ;)
'You' figger it out...:D

[Calpitor]

For years I have answered this question with "39". I had no idea it was a Jack Benny gag.

[usil]

26

[hongman]

Knockin on 20 in a few days....

Cor, I'm gettin old... wish I was 16 again ;) I would say 15 but then i couldnt buy my ciggy's :D (yes yes I know, bad for health and all that...)

The results are pretty staggered at the mo, it'll be good to see how it does work out.

Regards

Hong

[P3-450]

21

[TJolly]

53

[smurfy]

35 for the next few weeks.

[greyhound]

Will be 50 in November 2004.

The past two years have been strife with
medical problems ranging from open heart surgery to almost losing my
right foot because of diabetes complications.

The other cool thing about turning 50 is I'll be able to join AARP....hahaha.

[shiva_42]

Soon to be 47... gack, that left a bad taste in my mouth...

[D4\/!d]

...by doing a poll you can *see* the results. Some folk can draw conclusions by looking at figures. So far it is showing a very healthy spread of ages, which goes to show what a wonderful Family community we have here :p :p :p

Although, it's a shame that only 10% of you viewers are voting in the poll. What are you afraid it will do to you....

[roykennedy]

29. I will be turn 30 at the beginning of December.

[commekid]

14. 15 in december :D

[Steve R Jones]

My age is http://www.fancysplace.com/smileys/censored2.gif

[Train]

Retired 1 Nov, 1982 !
Photolady is younger and GG1 is older.

[MaFia JaK]

i think its funny that people chose refuse to answer on the poll. i mean how are we gonna know what age u "voted" for

[frebo]

who and jenae is the two in the poll that refused to answer

[frebo]

lordy, is anybody here older than me?

[quicksilver65]

Hello Byan
I can almost remember when I was your age.
I have socks and shorts older than you.
If I make it until Nov 30th I will be 69.
I feel lucky to have made it this far.
Hope you make it that far and farther.
Goodluck to you.

[Train]

Originally posted by frebo
59

Quite a number of us are older. :D

[kv]

25 years and 89 months old, give or take a few days... :D

Old enough to remember 8" floppies, suit-case sized hard drives and hours of amusement playing Donkey on the original IBM PC. Too young to have known punch cards, teletype terminals or vacuum tubes. ;)

Age isn't a physical measure, it's a state of mind. At least that's what I've kept telling myself during my 13 year battle to stave off adulthood... I guess denial really ain't just a river in Egypt !

Cheers,
KV

[Byan]

thank you for all of the replies..

thanx for all the advise, ect. as well


it's kinda wierd how fast I am learning all this technoligy (mostly computer sceince) so fast...

I have never personally met anyone that knows more about computers then I do..., of course I know those people are there (some of you guys are proof)


I guess this is an example of how great the internet really is...
The only computer book I own is DOS 6 for dummies, and I have never actually read it. (It came my first computer, my 486DX)
everything I know is either from trial and error or from the internet

now, if I could only get broadband then I could really start having fun....



I wish my parents were more like you guys...
my mother is ok..., she can at least surf the internet
my father is horrible though..., you refuses to do it himself, so whenever he needs something done, he comes to me and makes me do it...., he thinks that it would be a waiste of time for him to learn to do it himself...
my grandfather on my mothers side just got into the stuff..., he bought a nice ibook..
my grandfather on my fathers side is a farmer..., and he seems that all computers are evil or something...

anyways, I have to earn my own money for every computer I use because of this...; which means that I only get a new one about ever 4-6 years...

[kv]

Originally posted by Byan

my father is horrible though..., you refuses to do it himself, so whenever he needs something done, he comes to me and makes me do it...., he thinks that it would be a waiste of time for him to learn to do it himself...

Don't sweat it, when I was young my father thought computers were just a toy or a tool for work, and that I'd never "make a decent living" working with them. I won't even tell you what his first opinions of the internet were... Just keep truckin'...


anyways, I have to earn my own money for every computer I use because of this...; which means that I only get a new one about ever 4-6 years...
If you really want to get a kick, start playing with Linux on your older systems, the internet is a great resource for learning it. If nothing else, learning Linux gives you better insight into how things work than Windows does, at least IMHO. At best, by the time you hit the workforce, companies may be scrambling for fresh talent with fluent Linux experience.

As for broadband, well, when I was your age, I know I wouldn't have been using it for learning. At least, not for learning the things we discuss on this board... ;) Stick to dial-up for now, it's in your best interests...!

Cheers,
KV

[imadreamer2]

I voted you mean I have to say it too.

I was 2 score and a decade when I got my first computer 5 years ago. Then started teaching myself from all your posts. You is good teachers. LOL

[104456]

Originally posted by Byan
refuses to do it himself, so whenever he needs something done, he comes to me and makes me do it...., he thinks that it would be a waiste of time for him to learn to do it himself...



Get him to come on-line at some forums with topics which interests him posting to folk with similar interests Im sure he will soon get hooked.Mind you might have trouble getting use of your PC then :D

As to my age Im old enough to know age is irrelavent its experience that counts or I should say young enough to enjoy myself but old enough to know better.http://pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/emoticons1/happydance.gif

[zachary720]

Is a lady(cough...cough) and not afraid to say my age I am 36.

[NielsRb]

Yes Freddy, there are a lot of us old coots, but your only as old as you feel, I always say. I'll be 65 on Nov 6, but I feel like I'm 40.

[maran25]

my 20 year old son always gives me a birthday card that says :

Happy 21st Birthday Mom

[Divergent Species]

53.

Everyone ages, only some people grow old. The ones who grow old let the child part of their personality disappear. It is the child's curiousity about the world and continued drive to learn that keeps you young. The people at this forum who visit and tend to linger for a while share a common thirst to learn and thereby remain young.....

:cool:

[Byan]

Originally posted by kv

If you really want to get a kick, start playing with Linux on your older systems, the internet is a great resource for learning it. If nothing else, learning Linux gives you better insight into how things work than Windows does, at least IMHO. At best, by the time you hit the workforce, companies may be scrambling for fresh talent with fluent Linux experience.

As for broadband, well, when I was your age, I know I wouldn't have been using it for learning. At least, not for learning the things we discuss on this board... ;) Stick to dial-up for now, it's in your best interests...!



I run a dual-boot system right now..., with Suse and win XP PRO...

I want broadband for 2 things-
download anime fansubs
host a server of my own..., using linux...


Originally posted by 104456
Get him to come on-line at some forums with topics which interests him posting to folk with similar interests Im sure he will soon get hooked.Mind you might have trouble getting use of your PC then :D


lol, I know what would happen then- I would be posting and typing stuffs for him...
he can be really closed minded..., so.., I doubt I would ever get him on for anything other then something money related (shoping or possible for deals he has heard of)

[crunchie]

Just clocked up 47 big ones :).

[ecrosson]

OK, I have to fess up. I'm 48 years wise. I've got kids older than Byan too......
I refuse to feel old though..

:D

[Murf]

I'm the Oldest MOD Here, but not the oldest member.


GG1 is older then me
I'm older then TJolly
But younger then jmtjet
My youngest daughter is twice as old as Byan
My son is 47 years younger then jmtjet and GG1
My oldest daughter is 98 years younger then Kazz
My dog is 5 years younger then Byan


I can remember the song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" by SPIKE JONES and "Daddy's Little Girl" by Mills Brothers

The year I was born the following happened:


Pupils carried out a source work exercise on the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Manila was utterly destroyed in a single month.
Los Alamos Secret Disclosed by Truman
New Mexico's Test Grounds Are Habitable


And YES I completed the POLL

[beanman2k]

Hey Murf!
You knew Thomas Jefferson too.
;)

62 next month

[poppy4]

73 in January........:D

[Byan]

so..., just to do some math...

36<photolady<67

photolady<train<67

53<Murf<67


so, murf is older then train, photolady, and GG1..


wait a min..., if murf is the oldest mod here...,
isn't GG1 a mod?

I'm the Oldest MOD Here, but not the oldest member.

that means that GG1<murf

GG1 is older then me
that means that murf<GG1


that doesn't make sence....

[Vernon Frazee]

54 ... 55 on March 4th.

In 1950 the DOW avg was 235, avg income $3,815/yr, min wage $0.75/hr, car $1,750, house $14,500, and bread was $0.14/loaf. The President was Harry S. Truman and Vice President was Alben W. Barkley.

[Sarrkazztic]

Vern....you are about 2 months younger than my mother.......


Want to adopt a son?

[TJolly]

Originally posted by Murf
I'm the Oldest MOD Here, but not the oldest member.


GG1 is older then me
I'm older then TJolly
But younger then jmtjet
My youngest daughter is twice as old as Byan
My son is 47 years younger then jmtjet and GG1
My oldest daughter is 98 years younger then Kazz
My dog is 5 years younger then Byan


I can remember the song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" by SPIKE JONES and "Daddy's Little Girl" by Mills Brothers

The year I was born the following happened:


Pupils carried out a source work exercise on the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Manila was utterly destroyed in a single month.
Los Alamos Secret Disclosed by Truman
New Mexico's Test Grounds Are Habitable


And YES I completed the POLL

So you are 59yrs Murf?

[robcaro]

The ones who refused to answer must be women. You know that they never want to disclose their true age.

I am 75½ and still kicking. :cool:

[user595212]

I'm not afraid to say it but it makes me cringe.

55. What is 55 supposed to feel like/be like? I can't figure it out really.

People used to say I look 10 years younger. I suppose I still do. Nobody says it anymore, though! And I hope that's not a bad sign.

I left my newspaper job for five years, and when I came back, it was weird: more than a few people looked really really older (some my contemporaries). I got really scared! Did I look older too? Others hadn't changed one iota!! I don't know how this happened.

Doesn't seem possible. But I feel like I'm still 10 most of the time. Seems like yesterday.

When I was born, they had a computer in two rooms at the University of Pa., with vacuum tubes and switches.

By the time I got to college, there were punch cards, time-sharing and Basic lessons at the university computing center.

In the '70s, some newspapers switched from hot type (Linotypes) to cold type. That was moving up techwise. Then they had scanners (which hardly worked -- I'm still amazed every time I check out at the grocery how well they do now). A little later, they got "CRTs" and "VDTs" to write on. That made it a lot easier to write and edit. Every newspaper I've been on since then had them, and now I'm on a Win2000 Pro network with a dedicated publishing system called Hermes (anyone hear of it? Allegedly they use it in Europe a lot). We don't have heavy lead plates anymore to take "stereotypes" of pages to the presses; the pages are sent directly from our computers by satellite to our printing plant, which is now in the suburbs. Phew! Never did I imagine.

When I started messing with PCs, they were terribly expensive and didn't have much. Some years later, they got a lot cheaper, a lot more friendly and a lot more graphical. I've used a lot of command-based programs, but it certainly is more fun to see pictures and colors. Not to speak of music. And 3D. And so on.

Now I don't know how I lived without our computers.

Cheers
Wendy

P.S. A couple of things I don't miss about my childhood:

1. Constantly being sick (measles, mumps, etc.). Nobody really gets these maladies anymore. There are vaccinations for everything!! My son even got some vaccine series for a sexually transmitted disease when he was an infant!! (just in case -- it was kind of on the rampage at the time and I guess they figured it was better to protect against it then than get it later) I even managed to just barely get him in for the chicken pox shot, just in time for him not to get it!! (The thing every parent dreads: two weeks off work with a miserable, itchy kid)

2. The Cold War. (Though the world seems a lot scarier now since 9/11)

3. Red scares.

4. Fear of nukes.

5. Vietnam

P.S.S.: Who in this forum is under 13!!!!! Speak right up now.

I really love how people of any age can be really smart about computers. Like Byan here. God bless you, kid.

I love how a young pup like Irfan Skiljian can invent a graphics viewer that now is a staple for practically everyone!!

I love how Mike Lin has a program that sits in the Control Panels of people all over the world!! Is this a great country -- er, world -- or what!!!!!

[Hillbilly]

I have been on this Earth 68 years and I may not be as good as I once was but I am better once than I ever was.

Have a Great Day

[usil]

Its quite enjoyable to see people in their 60's-70's on the web. I hope that when I get to that age, I'll still be playing the latest games, building and fixing computers and cruising the web!

[Nix]

I am a member of a game forum http://el-muerte.student.utwente.nl/lba/forum/ that I joined before my first son was born, he now 5 plays the game with my help and it is amazing to see it through a childs eyes.

He sees things and has a totally different reaction to how I reacted as an adult - quite often a better response.

[D4\/!d]

I have lived during seven decades:eek:

[Murf]

A YOUNG

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I'm the oldest MOD here - Joined VRDR Jul 8, 1998