Old Folks: Stand and be counted

I’m 59, and in the poll.

Hell, I was 42 when I started posting here…

This place ages a person.

Well, I guess KlondikeGeoff has me beat. I’m 72, a full ten years younger than he; actually less as my birthday is in December. My DOB is in my profile.

Must be the California sunshine that keeps us feeling young. :wink:

Oh, and I voted in this poll, not the others though.

I don’t hang around much. :frowning:

There looks to be a decent chance that we’ll get to a new page, so I’ll wait for that moment to post the much-touted summary data I’ve been collecting, but I wanted to urge any of you over the age of 49 to make your presence in that group visible by posting to one of the threads mentioned above with either your year of birth, you age, or both.

“How old are you?”
Started: 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM by Giles,
the thread with the poll data, has a current count of 141 who voted in one of those ranges.

I have managed to account for 138 unique Dopers who have posted to either of the other two threads.

This current thread has identified 54 such people.

“What Dopers were born in the same year?”
Started: 03-05-2008, 04:41 PM by Asimovian,
has accounted for 103 people, some of whom posted both places.

I have left Sampiro’s thread to Sampiro to analyze and summarize as he indicated he would. None of the responses to that thread are in my totals.

Please, if you want to be counted in the “Dopers Over 49” category, please post here or at the other two threads where I’m gathering data.

Thanks!
Zeldar

I haven’t contributed to any of the current threads on our ages but for the record I’m 70.

50 and i’m in the poll

I’d dodgy at both ends, but the bit in the middle is in excellent working order

I was born in 1954 and so am 56 y. o.

I didn’t participate in the poll but I will now.

I believe my parents have both lurked here, you should hope that they don’t join - they are 83 & 91 :wink:

Mom in particular is a confirmed computer junkie. Dad just checks stocks and autoblogs (bought a new car last June).

Oh, yeah, I am in the poll - at 61.

I’ll be 54 on March 25, 2010. Didn’t vote in the poll.

It’s looking as if the activity on this thread has wound down to a crawl, if not a stop.

I’ll be posting that summary data on Thursday, Mar/25. If you want to be in the posted tally, this is your last chance. Thanks to all who have participated in these ages threads and polls, and for your patience waiting for the summary.

I look forward to seeing the results.

I posted in the poll linked to in the OP. I will turn 52 on April 8th.

Zeldar:

Now we know how many active members there are, this sort of data’s going to be much more meaningful.

True. I still believe the Lurker population could be polled or inquired from for their interest in things despite not posting often. Lots of folks just like the reading of all this “information.” :slight_smile:

And it’s also my hunch (with not a lot to go on but that) that we’re only seeing maybe half (possibly a bit more) of the Over 49 crowd in these threads. And I suspect that’s a higher percentage than in the younger groups. Let’s face it: being old is not trendy.

Has anyone deliberately tried to entice lurkers to post? I know there was a thread a while ago about who had the fewest posts in relation to the length of their membership, which drew some minimal posters out of the woodwork. I’m not sure a lurker-enticing thread would work, though, because what makes them lurkers is not posting. (Obviously.)

I’m sorry: I’m not sure what you’re saying here. That about 50%(+) of those qualified to post have posted in these two threads, and that a smaller percentage of under 49s post in…what? There haven’t been any age-qualifying threads for younger people, has there?

I’ve mentioned before in threads on the issue:

Lurkers Anonymous: Roll Call
08-02-2005, 05:23 PM
Zeldar

Lurkers Anonymous: Roll Call Part II
05-15-2008, 10:12 PM
Hirka T’Bawa

And I have suggested somebody else (not me this time) set up a new thread to see how things may have changed since 2008.

Mostly the hunch is that there are probably as many Over-49 Dopers who haven’t posted in these threads as have. And I suspect that lack of desire to share one’s age is a primary motivation for not posting. Again: just a hunch, and I hope I’m wrong.

And I would guess/wager/feel that that percentage of qualified Dopers would be less in the younger age groups. Especially the dominant 30-49 group.

It’s not that I’m underplaying the shape of the graph in Giles’s poll data. I still feel comfortable with the overall age groups at the Dope, especially among active posters. I just suspect a large number of people aren’t into polls and sharing personal data. That’s more true (as I see it) for older people.

What the hey!

Here’s that summary I’ve been promising, and a day earlier than I said last.

The left column is from What Dopers were born in the same year?

The right column is from both this thread (marked with *) and other sources, including profiles and posts in Giles’s “How old are you?” poll thread.

Notice that I did include the 1960 birth years since those people will be in the Over-49 group this year.

I realize the chronology may be confusing, but I had to guess wherever both pieces of information weren’t available.



Monstera deliciosa          1960  Monstera deliciosa   49* 
Wile E                      1960  Wile E               49  
NinetyWt                    1960  NinetyWt             49 
KayElCee                    1960
Dinsdale                    1960
Baldwin   (BANNED)          1960
Right-Wing Atheist          1960             
Spoons                      1960  
Sunglasses                  1960  
Malacandra                  1960                                              
xtisme                      1960

penultima thule             1959  penultima thule      50* 
seosamh                     1959  seosamh              50
Ruby                        1959  Ruby                 50
Sternvogel                  1959  Sternvogel           50*
ShermanAter                 1959  ShermanAter          50 
                                  ThisSpaceForRent     50
                                  Freddy the Pig       50*
                                  Icarus               50*
Bin-Gay                     1959
BwanaBob                    1959
Hakuna Matata               1959  
Landshark                   1959  
SmartAleq                   1959                            

Rico                        1958  Rico                 51*
freckafree                  1958  freckafree           51* 
Emily Litella               1958  Emily Litella        51 
                                  Dolores Reborn       51 
                                  KittenKat            51*
                                  Tinkertoy            51* 
Gail                        1958  
CairoCarol                  1958  
fishbicycle                 1958                                                       
Spectre of Pithecanthropus  1958
Cub Mistress                1958  
DistendedPendulousFrenulum  1958  
Kilvert's Pagan             1958  
Boyo Jim                    1958  
casdave                     1958  
Gail                        1958  
amarone                     1958  

Cheez_Whia                  1957  Cheez_Whia           52   
Czarcasm                    1957  Czarcasm             52   
DfrntBreign                 1957  DfrntBreign          52  
                                  Qadgop the Mercotan  52* 
                                  Satchmo              52* 
                                  LIONsob              52 

CateAyo                     1957  CateAyo              53*  
kittenblue                  1957  kittenblue           53*
                                  BobLibDem            53*
Booker57                    1957
Who_me?                     1957 
kapri                       1957 
Jali                        1957 
Julius Henry                1957  
Frank                       1957  
gardentraveler              1957  

Sassy                       1956  Sassy                53 
Equipoise                   1956  Equipoise            53* 

RJKUgly                     1956  RJKUgly              54*  
legalsnugs                  1956  legalsnugs           54* 
Yllaria                     1956 
                                  Siam Sam well into my 50s

CalMeacham                  1955  CalMeacham           54
Anaglyph                    1955  Anaglyph             54 
thirdwarning                1955  thirdwarning         54 
koeeoaddi                   1955  koeeoaddi            54* 
silenus                     1955  silenus              54* 
3acresandatruck             1955  3acresandatruck      54                           
                                  Shodan               54*
                                  Oy!                  54* 
 
Oslo Ostragoth              1955  Oslo Ostragoth       55
                                  Caprese              55* 
                                  sinjin               55* 
                                  Fear Itself          55*
Duck Duck Goose             1955 
 
twickster                   1954  twickster            55* 
blondebear                  1954  blondebear           55*

FairyChatMom                1954  FairyChatMom         56 
Crotalus                    1954  Crotalus             56*
RTFirefly                   1954  RTFirefly            56*  
longPath                    1954  longPath             56*
swampbear                   1954                             
Baker                       1954 
  
kitemaker_chuck             1953  kitemaker_chuck      56
stanger                     1953  stanger              56 
Cicero                      1953  Cicero               56*
                                  Dr. Woo              56* 
glee                        1953 
                                  Archergal            57* 
                                  RealityChuck         57*
                                  LurkMeister          57* 
                                  kunilou              57*   

rbroome                     1952 

NineToTheSky                1951  NineToTheSky         58*
Colibri                     1951  Colibri              58*     
Sunrazor                    1951  Sunrazor             58
Labdad                      1951  Labdad               58
                                  Voyager              58* 
SpectBrain                  1951                              
Anna Nimity                 1951
J-P L                       1951 
Burton                      1951    

HillKat                     1950  HillKat              59
Gagundathar                 1950  Gagundathar          59
becks2cents                 1950  becks2cents          59
                                  SecTech              59    
                                  TreacherousCretin    59 
                                  kelly5078            59*
                                  KatiRoo              59*  
   
   
AskNott                     1949  AskNott              60*
Roderick Femm               1949  Roderick Femm        60  
Quasimodem                  1949  Quasimodem           60
                                  seanchai             60* 
Ragiel                      1949  

Clothahump                  1948  Clothahump           61* 
                                  jasg                 61*

pinkfreud                   1948  pinkfreud            62
                                  UncaStuart           62*  

SandyHook                   1947                             
RunSilent                   1947  
Chefguy                     1947                             
                                  Fir na tine          63* 
                                  picunurse            63*
kayT                        1946                            
 
panache45                   1945  panache45            64*  
                                  Giles                64* 
                                  Ruby Slippers        64* 

AuntiePam                   1945  AuntiePam            65*
                                  MemoryDump           65*
                                  samclem              65*

Zoe                         1943  Zoe                  66
gonzomax                    1943  gonzomax             66
                                  gommsn               66*
sunstone                    1943

movingfinger                1942  movingfinger         67
                                  John Carter of Mars  67*  

chowder                     1941  chowder              68
Zeldar                      1941  Zeldar               68* 

LouisB                      1940  LouisB               69

Ignatz                      1939 
                                  fortytwo             70* 

                                  PhiloVance           72*

                                  Hari Seldon          73* 

KlondikeGeoff               1927  Klondike Geoff       82*   


50 and 1 month…

I was born in 1943 and I am 66.

Hello, John Carter of Mars! Good to see you here! When is your birthday?

FWIW I am 55. FairyChatMom (the old broad!) is six months and six days older than me! :stuck_out_tongue: