How old are you?

[Wonk]

Poll question: How old are you?

I'm just curious about DU's demographic age distribution. Feel free to keep this thread kicked for a few days so the sample is of more than just Friday night DUers ages.

[mitchum]

1. Uh...how old do I look?

[Karenina]

32. Na, Du, mitchum

THAT'S what I say. LOOK and make your best guess, cuz it ain't nobody's bidness but my own!!! :-)

[leftist_rebel1569]

2. i'm 15

n/t

[northofdenali]

3. Actually, I'll be having the 31st anniversary

of my 18th birthday next week.

I don't think too much about age. Mom's 86, a ballroom dancer (competetively), swims about a mile a day (in the ocean) and looks less than 70.

Age is in the body, but it's never in the mind.

on edit: the last day of my 1000 mile ride:



Age is in your body. I felt about 20 that day.

[ButterflyBlood]

10. is that picture of Alaska?

you mean there actually are days with no snow?

[northofdenali]

50. Oh, BB, we do get a feeeewwwwww.............

And the nearly 24 hours of daylight from mid-May through mid-August helps, too! :P

Yes, that photo was taken in the parking area for viewing the Matanuska Glacier off the Glenn Highway. We'd just ridden from Glennallen, about 150 miles east.

[Skittles]

18. may I say you are looking mighty good yourself Ms. Denali

I'm 46 and I'll never be one of those morons ashamed of their age!

[northofdenali]

51. Thank you, Ms. Skittles!

Even with fibromyalgia, no WAY do I give up riding!:loveya:

[Superfly]

4. 18-30 for 5 more days

then I move up one age bracket. Shit. I like being lumped in with 20-somethings!

[aquaman]

7. Don't feel bad Superfly....

I just left that bracket myself in May and it isn't that bad, I feel so mature.

[Superfly]

9. The problem is...

I go to grocery stores to buy beer and they post signs that say "Under 30? We card those under 30." So, I'm over 30, but I'm still getting carded.

Wait, that's not a problem, is it?

[mitchum]

14. That's not a problem at all...

be very grateful

[SmileyBoy]

5. I'm still technically 20.

Turn 21 in a few weeks.

[SmileyBoy]

6. Wait a minute: Who the hell here is over 80??!!!!

Was that supposed to be a joke, or something??

[inthecorneroverhere]

12. New Dealers just might be here!

Some folks could be over 80. Haven't you read posts about WWII vets who are doing lots of thinking about what's going on?

Also, people who are 80+ remember one of the greatest American presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Don't knock folks in their 80s! I correspond regularly, about academic subjects, with a person who is 81 years of age.

And, if you're 80+, welcome to DU!!!!!

[SOteric]

48. I feel 100 years old every Monday morning,

-but I'm not the one who voted in that way on the poll.

[phishhead]

8. 18 years of age.

[ButterflyBlood]

11. 19

[MissMarple]

13. 54, and quite young for Miss Marple, I think.

And my son is 16, my daughter is 22. I think they keep me young..er.
And their friends seem to like me. Except when I ask them ... "So where is the honor in that?" They really hate that. But I've only asked it a couple of times... or so. And in a kindly way.

:evilgrin:

[LSdemocrat]

15. I'm 22

I was watching Thirteen Days. I like that movie.

[redeye]

16. <18...

...but that answer will change 18 days from now.

[peekaloo]

17. kick

[trof]

19. this many

<holds up 61 11/12ths fingers>

[supernova]

20. 41 next Wednesday

and I've never felt better. I'm in much better shape physically than I was in my 20s - mid 30s. I'm about 20 lbs lighter too! I have more confidence in myself. 40s are gonna be great!

Northofdenali had it right. Feeling old is in your head, which you can remove.

[Ivory_Tower]

90. But I don't want to remove my head!

Even if it does make me 20 pounds lighter. :evilgrin:

But seriously, happy belated birthday, and welcome to the club -- I'm 41 but I usually still think that I'm about 23 years old, until the aches and pains kick in some mornings. I need to figure out a way to shed the weight I've gained over the past few years -- I used to play Ultimate (badly, but I still played) until I hurt my leg, and the inactivity caused me to gain about 25 pounds. (Well, the inactivity plus the eating, I guess.) Leg's better, but now I'm worried I'd have a heart attack if I tried playing again.

I need to find a way to ease back into a more active lifestyle. Hmmm....I guess sitting here posting on a Saturday afternoon is NOT a way to do that. Okay, I'm logging off for now.

[supernova]

109. Post-birthday

Ha Ha, I guess I did word that a little funny, didn't I?

You sound like you used to be very athletic. I used to envy people like you. I was always the sedentary type (reading, movies, theatre, TV, etc) until I found activities that are right for me. I'm not much of a competition or team sports person; I enjoy solo or duet activities like yoga, stretching, pilates, swimming, cardio machines.

I have a couple of heart murmurs which sometimes make me tired, but exercising keeps the general fatigue away. I started out just walking, even if it was only 10mins/day.

The past year I added free weights for about 15 mins/every other day.

I was sick with a GI problem for most of May/June and have spend July recovering. I'll head back to the gym sometime this week. I sure do feel better when I go.

[Ivory_Tower]

111. Me? Athletic? Lord, no!

I think I still hold the high school gym class record for getting hit in the face with a basketball.

I used to bowl a lot when I was younger, but haven't recently, and was on a softball team for a year or two, but that's about it. I was never really athletic (or thin, for that matter). I played ultimate a couple of times in college, and loved it, but didn't discover any organized ultimate groups until I was about 30, and played until I hurt my leg.

I don't mind team sports, as long as they're not too competetive (I play for fun, not necessarily to win) -- but too many people around here like their sports to be "intense", and that tends to turn me off. (Some of the ultimate folks were too intense, IMO, so I just stuck with pick-up groups and avoided the leagues.)

I've got a doctor's appointment coming up this week -- general physical, which I haven't had in over five years (and I've NEVER had an EKG before), so I might try to get on some kind of exercise plan based on the results of the physical.

I like the idea of just starting out walking. I guess I need to start getting up earlier in the morning.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

21. I'm 16

Yeah but everyone always thinks I'm older, for some reason!

[Buns_of_Fire]

22. Kicking for the sake of statistical purity

(Huh?)

[JohnKleeb]

23. who are the two 80 year olds

wouldnt be suprised but the only 80 year old I can think of would be alljunkmail and he died this past spring. Theres a WWII vet I forgot your name and another. oneighty is in his 70's I think.

[SoCalDem]

24. I don't know how old the "Mooses" are,

but they are an older couple who post here from time to time :)

[JohnKleeb]

27. not sure

but you remember junk dont you. He died then a relative came on and said that he died and all. He was a nice guy. Theres two WWII vets here and I dont know them off the top of my head.

[scucci]

45. I'll be 82 in...

50 years. Does that count?

No, I didn't vote in the poll.

[goobergunch]

25. 16 1/12 (n/t)

[JohnKleeb]

26. goob you are that young I had no idea I knew you were younger than most

You're a couple months older than me. My birthday is on the 24th this month. You are a rising junior like me right.

[goobergunch]

33. yep! (n/t)

[JohnKleeb]

34. I am still a baby though but you do a good job in politics/campaign

You had something on a local race Moran. I think Henley I think thats her name isnt DINO like. Thats the district I wanna live in so near the promise land man it sucks but I also live near Count Dracula's house aka Bushula. I live in suburban DC in Va if I lived in Maryland I'd be in the promise land.

[goobergunch]

42. Thanks

I'm stuck in PA-06 (Gerlach-repuke), but I'm planning on volunteering for Dan Wofford or whoever we run against him in 2004...he only got 51% in 2002.

[Darranar]

113. Promised Land?

We have a Republican governer who plans to screw our state here in Maryland. I've no idea as to why he won...

[Aristus]

28. Thirty-four and a grandfather.

How does that grab you?

[Kamika]

29. thats cool

Youll see ALOT of next generations.. not many will have that luck

[JohnKleeb]

36. dude how the hell did that happen

My dad wasnt even a father at 36 and you're already a grandaddy. You're gonna be great grandfather when people become grandfathers and I bet you could become a great great grandfather. My grandmother is becoming one a great great grandfather. Whoa man thats something else and my grandmother was a grandmother at 46. Whoa man thats something else. My cousin will be a grandfather at 45 I think. Amazing stuff.

[Aristus]

37. My grandson is the son of my step-daughter.

She was seventeen when she got pregnant. My wife had her when she was twenty-one. My wife is eight years older than me. Do the math.

So he's not biologically my grandson. I don't care. I adore him.

[JohnKleeb]

38. gotcha

still its a wild world. Lemme think about something ok my great grandmother well not really died in the 20's. Her oldest daughter had a child in the 30's. If she had lived she would had been a biological granny in her 40's. Lemme explain this ok. My great grandfather first married in the early 1900's his first wife died of Tuberculosis in the 20's. He then married again to a young woman the mother of my grandmother. His daughter had a child before my two aunts so my aunt was in affect a aunt before she was born. My dad was an uncle at age 7 and he considers his nephew a brother in ways.

[zizzer]

65. My sons faveorite "granmother" isn't

but they love eachother just the same...maybe even more.

Biology is only a small factor in the love of a family, never give it a second thought! Never...never...ever let that little know there is a difference and there won't be!

Zizzer, who is very grateful for a non-biological grandparent who loves my son

[LSdemocrat]

30. kick

[5thGenDemocrat]

31. 46

Be 47 on October 4.
John
If I make it.

[indigo32]

35. 33

is cool with me

[jus_the_facts]

39. Well.......you're as old as you feel.......

....so technically I'm still only 21! :evilgrin:

[StaggerLee]

40. 35

I sometimes still get carded. I guess that's a good thing?
:shrug:

[Syn_Dem]

41. 15 here

Wow I feel young.

[JohnKleeb]

43. you make me feel old lol

I was on the radio about 25 mins ago.

[HawkerHurricane]

44. Once again, on the border.

They tell me the baby boom ended somewhere between '1961 and 1964', and I was born in 1963.
So, am I a boomer? Probably not, but my Father was!

[JohnKleeb]

46. I've heard from 46 to 66 are the years

[Wonk]

47. I hope everyone who replied with an answer remembered to vote as well. nt

[JohnKleeb]

49. I voted

[ForrestGump]

52. 30-something!

Though I was 20-something when that series was out. Even the episode teasers used to make me gag. Bleh.

[NNN0LHI]

53. I am either 47 or 48....maybe 49? I quit keeping track long time ago

Nice thread. Thanks.

Don

[Capn Sunshine]

54. Kick

and everyone says I dont act my age :evilgrin:

[HellKat]

55. Last month

I turned 20 years old

[mvd]

56. 27

And I won't worry about my age until 30, I guess.

[Wonk]

57. Sunday kick

[TXlib]

58. I see a nice bell curve emerging...

As a physicist, I like that.

[ForrestGump]

59. Same here......

[catpower2000]

66. Skewed a bit toward the younger end though...

Several possible reasons for this:

1. The older generation is less likely to use computers (I find this to be the most likely explanation)

2. The older generation is less interested in politics (unlikely)

3. The younger generation is more willing to post their age in this thread (possible, probably not since it's a poll and there's no names attached)

4. There are demographicaally fewer older people in the US (I'm fairly certain this is false)

Any others I didn't think of?

Cat

[TheBigGuy]

81. yeah, and Im a bit suprised at that.

I was expecting it to skew toward the retirees and the younger crowd. As it is this is a pretty good distribution.....slight skewness to the younger side, though.

[bocadem]

60. 23

Will someone chart this out and post it? =)

[oneighty]

61. Sixty nine

180

[TheSickEmpire]

62. I'm 14

:kick:
Here's a kick for the thread. :hi:

[leftist_rebel1569]

74. YOU'RE 14?

...are you male or female? Cuz if you're male...then, you stole my title as youngest guy...

[Wonk]

63. kick

[SiouxJ]

64. Sort of as I expected

I always thought there were a lot of 30 somethings here (like me :-) ) . I wonder if this is different for GD or other forums or pretty much the same. I'm guessing the same.

:kick:

[myomy]

67. God, how time flies.

:bounce:

[slackmaster]

68. Wow, looks pretty Gaussian

And I am over the hill.

[Tyler Durden]

69. 50 ain't nifty.

And anyone who says different hasn't hit fifty yet, or is over fifty.

[tpub]

70. 32

Yay, we're winning! (I guess I'm somewhat competitive)

[salmonhorse]

71. 1950 ~

From there it is consumer math...

[PunkinPi]

72. 27 here

[PunkinPi]

78. this one was a mistake - hit the wrong #

honestly, it posted before I could edit it.

[PunkinPi]

73. 26 here

[hang a left]

75. Friday Night?

I thought it was thursday, oh no, not again

[hang a left]

76. And I want to let you know

that I am in that lower part of the yellow bar and holding

[Nicholas_J]

77. 50

51 in 4 days

[Maddy McCall]

79. I'm a bone-creaking, joint-popping 37.

Will be 38 soon.

[thebeaglehaslanded]

80. It's nice to click the 51 to 60 category...but alas, for the last time.

In two weeks I'll have to click the 61 to 70 category. Middle age is getting later and later. :D

[LincolnMcGrath]

82. Kick

:kick: 08 :kick: 13 :kick: 68 :kick:

[BigMcLargehuge]

83. today is the first day of the rest of your life...

DAMN!!!!!

I'm 34, how many days left?

[LincolnMcGrath]

84. to 34

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:

[ScreamingMeemie]

85. 33, nice and round....

the age, that is...

[PittPoliSci]

86. 19 n/t

[Cointelpro_Papers]

87. 17

[CSI Willows]

88. lol

Under 18...too young to vote but not to young to have a strong political opinion

[LincolnMcGrath]

89. Kicked for the masses

Here is to the two 80+ year olds.! :thumbsup:

[curse10]

91. 24

:-)

[SyracuseDemocrat]

92. I'm 18...

but I'll be 19 next month. I can't believe that i'm in the 18-30 group already. :(

[Vitruvius]

93. Interesting survey, which deserves a kick

:kick:

[Wonk]

94. kick

[TSIAS]

95. 19

[SuffragetteSal]

96. 51 - 60 category

Some days I feel terrific, other days not so terrific...enjoy life to it's fullest, it is not a practice run.

[Forkboy]

97. 35

just getting some gray whiskers in the goatee :)

[NYYFan]

98. 31

n/t

[MaryBear]

99. bump

and grind.

[VOX]

100. Let's just say I'm "early turquoise," and let it go at that.

I work out 6 hrs/week -- swimming and boxing. No ass-sitting for me. I goof around, joke, play catch with my stepson until he's bored. I'm more focused now that anyother time in my life.

Becoming an "old person" is just fine -- it happens to us all, if we're lucky; but becoming an "old, *sick* person" -- well, that you want to avoid for as long as possible.

[Wonk]

101. kick

[silverchair]

102. 29 here

and approaching the big three "O" :)

[Syn_Dem]

103. 15

[trotsky]

104. Kick

:kick:

[Fixated]

105. 17

Almost 18 though, one more month.

[methinks2]

106. Okay, 45

but I publicly only admit to 36.

[noonwitch]

107. 38, but I feel 19

I just wish that I could look 19.

[regularguy]

108. 40.

Although I usually tell people I'm in my *extremely* late 20s.

[Character Assassin]

110. 36 and feeling great, thanks.

[newsguyatl]

112. 25

but feel 45

[JohnKleeb]

114. Who are those other <18 year olds

I only know 6-7 at most who are you people?

[Wonk]

115. kick

[orangecoloredapple]

116. uh

who gives a crap?

old.

What music do you listen to?

etc.....

what's important to you? Not what is important to old people?

shock. I'm 12

[MiltonLeBerle]

117. 42

I was born 2 1/2 weeks into Camelot.

[SuperZippy]

118. 33

33

[unluckythirteen]

119. 16. n/t

[Cosmic_Latte]

120. I'm still young, am I?

Born on 12/6/87... that makes me exactly 15 years 8 months and a day old. :-)

[JohnKleeb]

122. wait I thought you were older than me

I am not the youngest 87er after all.

[ShadowMjolnir]

121. I'm 17