# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157 "2026-01-29T18:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1981 "2026-06-12T21:16:29Z")
I guess it depends on the definition of “goes by.” When asked what my name is I say my full first name but in reality almost everyone calls me by a shortened version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1982 "2026-06-13T03:46:03Z")
I will turn 63 next month. I don’t _feel_ old every minute of every day. Nevertheless, I voted “old” because I think 63 objectively _is_ old. And because various parts of me ache a lot more these days, I don’t move as fast as I used to, and - dammit - sometimes I forget things that I know I once knew. _Sigh…_ ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1983 "2026-06-13T03:52:29Z")
I will also turn 63 next month. I am around a lot of people in their 70s and 80s, and believe me, I’m a lot more active and spry than they are. I don’t feel old yet. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1984 "2026-06-13T10:31:01Z")
Anyone who refers to themselves as “spry” is old. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1985 "2026-06-13T18:01:37Z")
I’m 75 and I feel old. Some of it’s the heart condition. But some of it’s probably being 75. Hard to tell for sure which is which. I’m still more active than a lot of people younger than me. But the energy level just isn’t there, and the assorted aches are. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1986 "2026-06-13T18:04:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Anyone who refers to themselves as “spry” is old. Eh, I’m in better health and shape than I was in my 50s. Free time’ll do that for you. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1987 "2026-06-13T18:56:25Z")
Chronologically I’ll be 65 in November. Mentally I’m about 12, most days. I certainly do not consider myself old even if I look like a tubby ol’ broad. Physically I’m not where I was in my 20s, or even 40s, but I’m up and going at 5:30 every day, take care of my mini farm, work a full time retail job, come home and do chores, and then go to bed at 10 or so to sleep like a log and do it all again the next day. I refuse to be old. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1988 "2026-06-13T19:02:51Z")
I will turn 70 this year. It’s weird being the same age as old people. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1989 "2026-06-13T19:15:10Z")
I am 38. In terms of maturity, I feel only 28. Which is not a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1990 "2026-06-13T19:50:51Z")
I am rooting for several teams. My nation’s team is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1991 "2026-06-13T21:12:16Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > Until we watched the recent Martin Short documentary on Netflix, I had no idea that Andrea Martin was part of Second City. You never saw Edith Prickley? She was on quite a bit. IIRC she was the “owner” of the station. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1992 "2026-06-13T21:27:26Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I will also turn 63 next month. I am around a lot of people in their 70s and 80s, and believe me, I’m a lot more active and spry than they are. I don’t feel old yet. Eh, 0-30 is young, 30-60 is middle aged, and 60+ is old. I’m around a of people in their 80s and I’m certainly younger and healthier than they are. I also hang out with college kids and 30-something friends. They are just younger than i am. And it’s much more obvious than when i was 45 and hanging out with 20-something friends. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1993 "2026-06-13T21:36:35Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Eh, 0-30 is young, 30-60 is middle aged, and 60+ is old. I think 70+ is old. Of course, that still means I am old. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1994 "2026-06-13T21:46:56Z")
Well, really, 60-90 is old and 90+is bonus years. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1995 "2026-06-13T22:55:19Z")
Re: World Cup… _ **What kind of question is that?** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1996 "2026-06-13T23:00:41Z")
I’m rooting for the good ol’ USA, but only in an abstract way. It would be nice to beat the Europeans or South Americans at their own game. But I am not interested in watching a soccer game. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1997 "2026-06-14T02:40:31Z")
It tends to irritate me when someone is almost gleefully dismissive of something I enjoy, so I say this with absolutely no animosity or derision toward anyone who is into soccer in general and the World Cup in particular: I have no interest whatsoever in the World Cup, and don’t care at all who wins. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1998 "2026-06-14T03:34:32Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I have no interest whatsoever in the World Cup, and don’t care at all who wins. I am the same with any and all pro sports. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/1999 "2026-06-14T11:15:44Z")
There are lots of sports that I don’t care about, but I can still be pleased when the home team, or a home town Olympic athlete (or whatever) wins. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157/2000 "2026-06-14T12:57:24Z")
Soccer is fun to watch live and very boring to watch on tv. I’ll be rooting for USA and may catch some of their matches but I doubt I’ll watch any of the others. I’m very thankful I live in a different part of the state from where the final will be played. It will be ridiculous already but now I hear Trump wants to be at the final because of course he does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-3/1027157.md?page=101)