# The guess the Doper's age thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857 "2008-01-01T01:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/61 "2008-01-01T20:13:32Z")
Ok, I’ll play. I still consider myself a “new guy” here - I think very few of you know me. so guess away. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/octalcode/2154938011/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/octalcode/2154938011/) ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/62 "2008-01-01T20:24:10Z")
Now if I can get the link to work… Grrr ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/63 "2008-01-01T20:28:41Z")
Ok, [here’s me](http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d90/shadeedge/chrisgraduation1.jpg). There may be a tiny clue. 😉 I know i’ve mentioned my age a few times but I don’t think i’m friendly enough with anyone that they’d remember it particularly. I’m incredibly bad at guessing, so please don’t be offended or think i’m a good judge. **DrCube** , I reckon you’re 26. **Sublight** , erm… 32? **HazelNutCoffee** , maybe 23 but definetly hot. **Noone Special** , i’m going to say 35 and add that i’m hoping to grow a beard like that. **Gail** , who’s impressively smiley, i’d say… 39. **Octalcode** , i’ll guess 46, and also ask what your arm tattoo is of? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/64 "2008-01-01T20:57:55Z")
HazelNutCoffee: your cat looks EXACTLY like mine. They even have the same tag. Age: you, early 20s. 22? Cat, oh they hide it too well. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/65 "2008-01-01T21:01:18Z")
Using **Tesseract** ’s new list, with the relevant additions: **DrCube** – 27 **bbs2k** – 28 **Sublight** – 29 **HazelNutCoffee** – I know your age. **Gail** – 42 **Octalcode** – 45 **Revenant Threshold** – 22 or 23, if that was in June, I guess… **Noone Special** – he looks like he’s not a day over 25; really 😃 More seriously – those guessing my age, are you taking into account that the picture is about 2 years old (i.e., adding 2 to what you think)? ---
**Author:** ![Octalcode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Octalcode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octalcode)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/66 "2008-01-01T21:02:32Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] **Octalcode** , i’ll guess 46, and also ask what your arm tattoo is of? [/QUOTE] Nope, not close. It’s a Dollar Bill with Harley-Davidson wings. Days long gone… ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/67 "2008-01-01T21:14:20Z")
I’m very bad at guessing, so I’m just going to post pictures. [April, 2006.](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/fachverwirrt/374649609305_0_ALB.jpg) [Same day.](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/fachverwirrt/760374129305_0_ALB.jpg) [Totally unhelpful picture from March 2007.](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b212/fachverwirrt/Tartuffe010.jpg) More recent pictures all make me look fat (but only because I am). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/68 "2008-01-01T21:17:39Z")
I scrolled through this thread from the beginning looking only for links to pics, so I’m guessing on everyone even though you may have revealed your age in a later post. Sorry if I missed anyone as I scanned. **tesseract** : the kind of 45 that is frequently mistaken for 35 **Helen’s Eidolon** : 23 **ErinPuff** : 19 **SSGSchwartz** 38 **Robot Arm** : 29 **Aesiron** : not sure which one, but about 30 regardless **E. Thorpe** : 35 **Hal Briston** : I’ll say 37, but I admit to being influenced by remembering a few posts **Drain Bead** : 25 **Hockey Monkey** : 34 **Queen Bruin** : 29 **fisha** : 32 **Miss Purl McKnittingto** n: 24, mysteriously transformed to 30 with the pincurls **DiosaBellisima** : 30 **Dr. Cube** : 28, and yes, your baby IS adorable Thorough readers of the boards with good memories are bound to know my approximate age, but [this is me 4 years ago](http://www.murnis.com/reviews/weaving.htm) and [this is me 2 years ago](http://www.flickr.com/photos/78365458@N00/100006365/). Note the increase in grey hair over two years. On the whole, I think we are a pretty cute bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/69 "2008-01-01T21:20:33Z")
**fachverwirrt** – 27 (correcting for age of picture) **CairoCarol** – 45 (ditto). And you missed \*my \*picture ☹ :sulk: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/70 "2008-01-01T21:27:25Z")
[QUOTE=CairoCarol] On the whole, I think we are a pretty cute bunch. [/QUOTE] I can destroy that notion. [Indiana Bones](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22378132@N06/2155991592/) on our polar bear excursion last year in Kaktovik. The Ms. is the blond who’s propping me up. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/71 "2008-01-01T21:28:19Z")
Oops, missed some. **Sublight: 32 HazelNutCoffee: 26. Noone Special: 28 in the pic, so 30 now. Gail: 40 OctalCode: 49 Revenant Threshhold: 24 fachverwirt: 30** You are all younger than me, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/72 "2008-01-01T21:32:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **ChefGuy** : > I can destroy that notion. Indiana Bones on our polar bear excursion last year in Kaktovik. The Ms. is the blond who’s propping me up. Okay, now THERE’s a group I feel an age kinship with. Whew. I was beginning to think I was the only poster over 40. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/73 "2008-01-01T21:37:22Z")
[QUOTE=CairoCarol] Okay, now THERE’s a group I feel an age kinship with. Whew. I was beginning to think I was the only poster over 40. [/QUOTE] What makes you think I’m over 40? Is it the hair? Hey, it was a windy day and…um…I was covered with snow! Yeah, that’s it, snow…crap. At least I’m not as white as [this guy.](http://www.flickr.com/photos/22378132@N06/) Are you actually in Cairo? I spent several months there working on the new embassy back in about 1985. Lived in an apartment building owned by SwissAir overlooking the Nile. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/74 "2008-01-01T21:48:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Chefguy** : > What makes you think I’m over 40? That debonaire look the whippersnappers can’t hope to achieve for a few decades, of course. 😉 I was in Cairo until November 2007. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/75 "2008-01-01T21:52:55Z")
I’m terrible at guessing people’s ages. early 20s: **Miss Purl Knittington** , **Diosa** mid 20s: **Helen’s Eidolon** late 20s: **Drain Bead** , **Aesiron** early/mid 30s: **ErinPuff** , **SSG** , **Robot Arm** , **E. Thorp** mid/late 30s: **Hal Briston** , **Hockey Monkey** … Hm. For some reason my browser is acting all weird and won’t allow me to open links anymore. I’ll be back with more guesses later. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/76 "2008-01-01T21:54:26Z")
[QUOTE=CairoCarol] **Aesiron** : not sure which one, but about 30 regardless. [/QUOTE] Hah. My friend’s only 23 and would probably be amazed that anyone thought she was thirty. I know I am. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/77 "2008-01-01T21:55:25Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] early/mid 30s: **ErinPuff** , **SSG** , **Robot Arm** , **E. Thorp** [/QUOTE] **HazelNutCoffee** , I will buy you a cup of your namesake for your complimentary guess. 😃 SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/78 "2008-01-01T22:07:04Z")
Sounds like fun. I’m in, too! [Guess my age](http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qedho7.jpg) from a photo taken five minutes ago, just for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/79 "2008-01-01T22:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Aesiron** : > Hah. My friend’s only 23 and would probably be amazed that anyone thought she was thirty. I know I am. It’s not the picture, it is my dimming vision. Happens to us oldsters. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857/80 "2008-01-01T22:10:29Z")
**ChefGuy** – 50-ish **Q.E.D.** – Early 30-ies. I’m going to sleep now, so I’ll disclose I’m 44 (was 42 in that picture) – so all guesses were low, some spectacularly so ( **Carol** , thanks! 😊 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-guess-the-dopers-age-thread/431857.md?page=5)