# average age **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127 "2000-03-29T07:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/1 "2000-03-29T07:44:00Z")
What is the average age of SDMB members. The only reason I am asking is that I didn’t notice many people who had recollections of the 50s in the recent thread. I’ll start. I’m 53 ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/2 "2000-03-29T07:45:00Z")
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**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/3 "2000-03-29T07:45:00Z")
I’m 40. there, now, are you happy? just don’t tell my kids that, ok? I have them believing that I’m 29 and holding… 😉 * * * You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![Steve-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Steve-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve-o)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/4 "2000-03-29T07:47:00Z")
29 * * * Things are random only insofar as we don’t understand them. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/5 "2000-03-29T07:48:00Z")
21, but I feel like I’m 60. Then again, some days I feel like I’m 10. * * * `They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety’ - Benjamin Franklin - ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/6 "2000-03-29T07:49:00Z")
1. Now, I have just one more post tonight to make it an even 200. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/7 "2000-03-29T08:07:00Z")
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**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/8 "2000-03-29T08:09:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/9 "2000-03-29T08:23:00Z")
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**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/10 "2000-03-29T08:26:00Z")
Looks like I’m one ofe the young’uns. My age: 18 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/11 "2000-03-29T10:24:00Z")
1. Physically, at least. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/12 "2000-03-29T10:39:00Z")
25 * * * I always try to do things in chronological order. ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/13 "2000-03-29T10:51:00Z")
**SIXTY** * * * Crystalguy ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/14 "2000-03-29T12:31:00Z")
I’m 38, but I have the stool of a much younger man. ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/15 "2000-03-29T12:37:00Z")
33 - and I want my stool back. * * * “My mind reels with sarcastic replies!” - Snoopy ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/16 "2000-03-29T12:40:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/17 "2000-03-29T13:15:00Z")
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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/18 "2000-03-29T13:19:00Z")
I’m 20. ---
**Author:** ![aschrott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aca169/32.png) [@aschrott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aschrott)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/19 "2000-03-29T13:23:00Z")
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**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-age/16127/20 "2000-03-29T13:27:00Z")
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