# How Old Are You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946 "2009-10-07T15:58:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/41 "2009-10-09T01:36:14Z")
1. 42 in November. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/42 "2009-10-09T02:09:30Z")
Pretty amazed that nobody 70 or older has chimed in yet-Internet is a generational thing I guess. How many of y’all still plan to be posting on messageboards at that age, if not on the Dope itself (if still around)? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/43 "2009-10-09T02:24:56Z")
We’ve got over-70s. Not too many. Wait til tomorrow when they get up from their nap; they’ll be here. Me? 51. Wow. Every time I say it I go Wow. Have been for almost 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/44 "2009-10-09T02:49:38Z")
I’m twenty, but I liked it best when I was sixteen. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/45 "2009-10-09T13:01:06Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Pretty amazed that nobody 70 or older has chimed in yet-Internet is a generational thing I guess. How many of y’all still plan to be posting on messageboards at that age, if not on the Dope itself (if still around)? I know there are at least three living dopers who above that age: Klondike Geoff Ignatz A R Cane **LouisB** won’t be 70 until next year. Then, in successive years, **chowder** , **movingfinger** , and **zoe** will turn 70. I’ve been keeping deceased members’ names on the spreadsheet, identified with an asterisk. It was really sad to have to put one by Q.E.D.'s name yesterday. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/46 "2009-10-09T13:09:26Z")
I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be in the 50-59 category, since I JUST TURNED 50 on 7/27. I’m still adjusting… ya don’t gotta rub it in. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/47 "2009-10-10T20:48:28Z")
What, I’m the only one over 70? And this post is totally discriminatory. I actually am over 80, and you have no category listed for that. Where do I file a human rights complaint? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/48 "2009-10-10T22:41:19Z")
65 this year. I’ll be posting here until my 80s. After that, I deserve a rest. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/49 "2009-10-10T22:54:05Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > What, I’m the only one over 70? I reckon Ignatz and A.R. Cane wanted you to be first. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/50 "2009-10-11T06:26:18Z")
I’ll be 23 for the next three months; after that, well, I’ll have to run some numbers and get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Troubles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/51 "2009-10-11T09:16:51Z")
I turned 16 in July. Ooo, that makes me part of a SDMB minority. Hooray, I’m ~_~special~_~! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/52 "2009-10-11T09:26:55Z")
I always have to check the date before I answer this question. We’re in 2009, I’m 28. Time flies, I could swear I was 22 yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/53 "2009-10-11T10:21:11Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > I know there are at least three living dopers who above that age: > > Klondike Geoff > Ignatz > A R Cane( Where is A R Cane? Do we know that he’s still alive? I’m 23, and hopefully will be for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/54 "2009-10-11T12:33:36Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Where is A R Cane? Do we know that he’s still alive? **A.R. Cane** died last year. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/55 "2009-10-12T03:49:09Z")
OMG, I just turned \*\*60 \*\*today! I shoulda died at 27, like some famous rock star, the way I’ve lived … :smack: Edit: I forgot to mention that when I turned 59, last year, I decided to cound backwards. So I’m really only 58 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/56 "2009-10-12T03:54:05Z")
> [@Troubles](#): > > I turned 16 in July. Ooo, that makes me part of a SDMB minority. Hooray, I’m ~_~special~_~! Not for nothin’, but if all you’d said was “Hooray, I’m ~_~special~_~!” I could have guessed your age. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/57 "2009-10-13T01:59:24Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > Huh, I had no idea. Props! Your age surprised me when I discovered it in another thread. You just seem quite mature in Mafia threads. I often say I’m mentally your age. ---
**Author:** ![PrayerieGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@PrayerieGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrayerieGirl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/58 "2009-10-13T02:05:19Z")
I’ll be 46 this month. Oy. I still can’t believe I’m middle aged. I don’t think of myself that way, I still think I’m in my 20s. My teen daughter often has to remind me not to wear _that_ - you look like you’re trying to be a teenager, mom! Uh, dear - I am, subconsciously. Please have compassion. But it’s now 10:00 so I must go to bed so I’m not miserable when the alarm goes off at 6:00 a.m in the morning. How pathetic. Good night. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/59 "2009-10-13T02:07:19Z")
woo hoo–I just turned 50 last week. 50! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946/60 "2009-10-13T02:12:26Z")
> [@Hakuna\_Matata](#): > > woo hoo–I just turned 50 last week. 50! 🙂 Er, congratulations. :rolleyes: there is something seriously wrong with you. I a 53. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you/512946.md?page=4)