# Today I'm finally as old as my dog!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071 "2015-02-07T22:11:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/1 "2015-02-07T22:11:48Z")

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By the (not true) 7x annual algorithm.

He’s been eight for a while.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/2 "2015-02-07T22:17:28Z")

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On July 27 of this year, I will have been married to my wife for half my life!

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/3 "2015-02-08T00:33:29Z")

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And today I used my own first meat grinder for the first time!  
And today came in the mail a MyWeight KD 8000 food scale, which I ordered and forgot, and it was like a got a nice new gift box!

And now my wife is taking me out to an Argentinian restaurant, where I can eat blood sausage and sweetbreads, much to her evident unease.  
Your anniversary situation could go many ways and the math would work out…

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/4 "2015-02-08T00:44:29Z")

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So have you finally stopped losing him?

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/5 "2015-02-08T00:49:27Z")

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I’m as old as my dog. I’ll be 58 this year. He’s 10. I follow the formula of a dog’s first year equal to 21 human years with each following year being equal to four human years. So, 21 + (9 x 4) = 21 + 36 = 57. And he has more energy than I do.

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**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-im-finally-as-old-as-my-dog/712071/6 "2015-02-08T03:11:39Z")

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Following the chart at the vet’s office, my dog and I are both 66. He was 10 when I rescued him, and tomorrow is his 2nd birthday with me.