# The new General Manager of the Chicago Bears is 37 years old. I'm 38. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738 "2015-01-13T19:41:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/21 "2015-01-15T20:16:39Z")
Similar to Shodan: I was bummed when the ladies in Playboy and other gentleman’s magazines were younger than me. Worse when they are the same age as my daughter…:eek::eek::eek::smack::smack::smack: Eli ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/22 "2015-01-15T20:21:02Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I am almost six years older than that punk kid. > > \ > > Now get off my lawn. > > Regards, > Shodan You old meany! You won’t get kicked off the lawn where that punk kid lives; at least Omar Gonzalez didn’t. :o ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/23 "2015-01-15T20:21:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s while I’ll be voting for Hillary Clinton in 2016. She’ll be 69 by the time she’s inaugurated. That gives me some breathing room. Which is ironic cuz usually after 69 the only one with breathing room is Bill (thank you!!) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/24 "2015-01-15T20:39:12Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > Which is ironic cuz usually after 69 the only one with breathing room is Bill > > (thank you!!) Give that man a cigar! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/25 "2015-01-15T20:52:06Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > You’re not old until the oldest player in your favorite sport is younger than you. > > I used to like Baseball, but now I’m leaning towards Bocce, or Shuffleboard, they’re still cool, right? No, I’d say you’re old when there are younger guys than you in the “Old Timers’ Day Game.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/26 "2015-01-15T21:32:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I haven’t yet had to deal with the idea of being older than the President of the United States. But it’s getting closer: Obama is less than three months older than me. Interesting thing about U.S. Presidents’ ages: every President from Kennedy to Bush the Elder was born between 1908 and 1924. (Bush and Carter, the only two left of that group, were both born in 1924.) So Presidents were of the same generation for a pretty long time. And they were all way older than pretty much everybody currently active on this board. Then Clinton and GW Bush were both born in 1946, then Obama was born in 1961. So in the 16+(epsilon) years between Bush Sr.'s last half-day in office, and the day Obama was inaugurated, the age of the President decreased by 37 years. Obama is not just younger than me; he’s younger than my kid sister, who’s 6 years younger than me. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/27 "2015-01-15T21:34:43Z")
> [@Cubsfan](#): > > The new General Manager of the Chicago Bears is 37 years old. _Old woman!_ Oh yeah, a note to **Shodan** especially: having gotten into parenthood somewhat on the late side, I’m older than some of the grandmothers of my son’s classmates. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/28 "2015-01-15T21:54:11Z")
> [@Eliphalet](#): > > Similar to Shodan: > > I was bummed when the ladies in Playboy and other gentleman’s magazines were younger than me. > > Worse when they are the same age as my daughter…:eek::eek::eek::smack::smack::smack: > > Eli It’s really multiple stages for the skin mag/flick aficionado: (a) You first notice the Playmate/Pet/pornstar is just younger than you; usually no BFD really. (b) You first notice an age difference such that it means you were already out of college while she still had not made it to High School. That begins bumming you out. (c) You first notice one born _after you could already legally buy_ the material, i.e. you are over 18 years her senior. _That_ is an an “egads” moment. (d) You first notice one the same age as your daughter(s), if you have them; that one must make you \*really \*uncomfortable. (No known daughters myself, no personal experience of what it feels like and boy am I glad…) (c) and (d) sometimes overlap. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738/29 "2015-01-16T04:12:40Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > The current GM of the Cubs - [Theo Epstein - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_Epstein) - was GM of the Boston Red Sox at age 30, and won a World Series by age 32. This guy is an old fogey by comparison. To be more precise, he was hired to be GM of the Red Sox in 2002, when he was 28, and won the WS when he was 30. He’s actually the president of the Chicago Cubs, not the GM, but it doesn’t really damage your point because the GM, Jed Hoyer, is only 22 days older than him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-general-manager-of-the-chicago-bears-is-37-years-old-im-38/709738.md?page=1)