BY Census: What’s your age?

[SCGamecock]

Why does this matter or is interesting?

Perspective I would say.

I think there's something to say about how people communicate across generations and how things can get lost in translation. Being a younger person, I generally assume that when I'm communicating with somebody in their 20s or 30s more often than not I can tell when they're being a butthole, because I'm most familiar communicating with people my own age and I know the nuances of how we speak. But here, the under 40 crowd is the minority, so I remind myself that when I'm having a "passionate" debate with someone and we miscommunicate.. maybe they're not being a butthole, maybe there's just differences in how we communicate.

 

[Dove]

Old enough to know better.

But still too young to care.

 

[uconnfan68]

Not saying I'm old but the DMV sent me a new license with the words organ donor crossed out...

They still take cadavers.

 

[uconnfan68]

Seventy was the most bizarre birthday you tell yourself this can’t possibly be .
I still haven’t decided what I’m going to be when I grow up.

Ain't that the truth?

 

[VA Huskie]

With my birthday coming up way too soon I was undecided if I should go with my actual today or what I will be for a long time. It was a Monday and somehow it made me feel older so I jumped up a bracket. It ticked me off too much when trying to get the virus vaccine when the cut off was 75 and I wasn't quite yet. First time since being a kid that I wanted to be a little bit older. Today was the second time.

Me too...

 

[MooseJaw]

Hey I'm in the age group with the most responders, the group most recently retired, most recently on SS and Medicare, the group with suddenly too much time on our hands. I usually avoid questioners asking personal questions like this one, with so many people out there trying to rip us off. If you are looking to rip me off feel free to take a few of my previous birthdays or maybe even a decade.

 

[JoePgh]

A poster named @zymurg said a decade ago he was “older than dirt”. He’s still around - what does he say now?

That still makes him about 690 millenia younger than @JavaMan. A mere spring chicken!

 

[Steve UConn72]

UConn Class of '72. I'll let you do the math.

 

[Twolf]

At my age I don’t even buy green bananas anymore.

 

[JordyG]

Not saying I'm old but the DMV sent me a new license with the words organ donor crossed out...

FOTFLOL! Did you steal that or is that an original? Too damn funny.

 

[oldhusky]

Why does this matter or is interesting?

Because it demonstrates with age comes wisdom! But what do I know, I'm still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up, and I live in The Villages where we generally try hard not to act our age!

 

[bluedevil]

FOTFLOL! Did you steal that or is that an original? Too damn funny.

I write my own material....

 

[JordyG]

I write my own material....

Go Dukies!

 

[Dove]

Go Dukies!

See yourself out.

 

[maccca3232]

To date, 158 votes out of 8450 members. Any polling professional who can tell us when this becomes representative?

I think there are people who have multiple logins.

If I was to take a poll asking "Do you have more than one login".

How should we interpret the results. Do we assume that the people with more than one login would vote multiple times? If so, would we have to halve their responses to determine the unique number of people who voted?

 

[Zanzman]

I can only remember my one name

 

[Stinger92860]

107, I was 35 when I first signed up for the boneyard

 

[huskyd]

I remember when Simon and Garfunkel sang the words "How terribly strange to be seventy". I could not imagine it then, but they were right.

More interested in the Beatles asking "Will you still need me, will you still feed me/When I'm 64?" How about 84?

 

[topogigio]

The author was probably just wondering how many of you spent more time walking to the tv to change channels then you did using the remote.

I was the remote; my dad would throw his slipper at me sitting on the floor, and I would get up and change the channel. I also became proficient at holding the rabbit ears in a certain position for better reception. We got very good watching stations through the "snow"!

 

[mbr33ct]

Curious, I don't see this same poll in the General Women's Basketball section, would it help to attract additional voters if it was also placed and pinned in that section...asking for a potential voter.

 

[Vowelguy]

Curious, I don't see this same poll in the General Women's Basketball section, would it help to attract additional voters if it was also placed and pinned in that section...asking for a potential voter.

Nah. I am primarily interested in this boards demographics.

 

[cohenzone]

I remember when Simon and Garfunkel sang the words "How terribly strange to be seventy". I could not imagine it then, but they were right.

I used to think drivers should have to be road tested every few years starting at age 70. I have done some serious re-thinking. Maybe age 83.

 

[AmeriConn]

Some of the folks on here were friends with Methuselah.

 

[HuskyNan]

Curious, I don't see this same poll in the General Women's Basketball section, would it help to attract additional voters if it was also placed and pinned in that section...asking for a potential voter.

I started one this morning

 

[veryolddog]

I have a revelation for all young people. Old age sucks. I am standing still in a grocery store holding on to the wagon. Someone stops and asks if I need help. I reply: my head says "Go"; my legs say "NO".

 

[JS]

It’s a demographic thing

Yes. it's of interest to us in understanding cultural differences among boards. We've had off-board discussions with visitors as recently as a few days ago to the effect that, when coming here after mostly posting on a board with a different demographic, they may notice adverse reactions to the way they talk about players and to other posters.

 

[Vowelguy]

Good Q.
8450 is the BY, but I'm specifically interested in the WCBB board. How many have posted more than 2 messages here in the past year? Not sure it's >500. I'd say 250-300 responses would be outstanding.

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At 273 responses, I feel confident this is a pretty representative sample.

• Average age holding steady at ~59.
• 65-74 largest group, just under 1/3
• followed by 55-64, just under 1/4
• 25-39, 40-54, 75-84 all about 14%

 

[Bigboote]

More interested in the Beatles asking "Will you still need me, will you still feed me/When I'm 64?" How about 84?

I saw the Beach Boys at 4th of July on the Mall a few of decades ago. Somehow, seeing a bunch of 50-somethings sing "Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?" seemed . . . not quite right.

 

[Ozimoto]

And then there is the Beach Boys song "When I Grow Up to be a Man." I never used to think about the fact that I am well past the age where the chorus ends on the fade out...

 

[mbr33ct]

I have attached this image couple times before, this poll is now confirming it.