How old are you? - Page 10

vivaldirules · 01-09-2009, 08:07 AM

So Patricia, Yvan, badgoodDeb, and I are from the crop of '57. I feel honored to be in such good company - except for that statement Yvan recently made about how many books he felt he had left to read given his age. Very depressing. But then maybe he was born really early in '57, eh?

montsnmags · 01-09-2009, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

So Patricia, Yvan, badgoodDeb, and I...

...and The Loved One. Apparently the world's wombs were spittin' good'uns such as yourselves out like a mouthful of watermelon seeds.

Cheers,
Marc (my knowledge of childbirth is clearly flawless)

vivaldirules · 01-09-2009, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

...and The Loved One. Apparently the world's wombs were spittin' good'uns such as yourselves out like a mouthful of watermelon seeds.

Cheers,
Marc (my knowledge of childbirth is clearly flawless)

Me too. I'll go ask my mother how that works.

pshrynk · 01-09-2009, 09:59 AM

Another '57 model, here, but I had the fins removed when I went off to college.

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 11:55 AM

'57 models (pffft) .... '53 were a better year ....

LazyScot · 01-09-2009, 01:26 PM

Wasn't '57 also the debut of the Ford Edsel(sp?) (I've seen Peggy Sue got Married...)?

(Yes I know, us young whippersnappers have no sense of respect for their elders and betters.)

GeoffC · 01-09-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Wasn't '57 also the debut of the Ford Edsel(sp?) (I've seen Peggy Sue got Married...)?

(Yes I know, us young whippersnappers have no sense of respect for their elders and betters.)

I see nothing changes through the long years ....

Patricia · 01-09-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Another '57 model, here, but I had the fins removed when I went off to college.

I've heard of Haeckel's so-called law of biogenetics, but keeping fins that long is just plain silly.

http://www.gennet.org/facts/metro06.html

desertgrandma · 01-09-2009, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by LazyScot

Wasn't '57 also the debut of the Ford Edsel(sp?) (I've seen Peggy Sue got Married...)?

(Yes I know, us young whippersnappers have no sense of respect for their elders and betters.)

Hey..in 19 and 57 I was 9 years old! Don't remember much about it tho....

Sydney's Mom · 01-09-2009, 09:20 PM

I feel so old!!! But I am glad (and someone sad) that this forum is not overrun with 16-23. I guess that says something about who reads. Of course, I couldn't do much pleasure reading in that age group, but I remember the very first book I ever got with my own money - Jaws, at age 18. I read it instead of studying for my calculus exam. I guess that is why I am a lawyer (Jaws!) instead of a computer whiz. Debra

zelda_pinwheel · 01-09-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I've heard of Haeckel's so-called law of biogenetics, but keeping fins that long is just plain silly.

http://www.gennet.org/facts/metro06.html

yvanleterrible · 01-10-2009, 10:59 AM

Ahh! the fifties, perfect time to break one's neck trying to follow 30 year old kids in a sports game.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 01-10-2009, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom

I feel so old!!! But I am glad (and someone sad) that this forum is not overrun with 16-23. I guess that says something about who reads. Of course, I couldn't do much pleasure reading in that age group, but I remember the very first book I ever got with my own money - Jaws, at age 18. I read it instead of studying for my calculus exam. I guess that is why I am a lawyer (Jaws!) instead of a computer whiz. Debra

Given the nature of the younger people on another forum I'm on (the youngest is about 15, I think), I feel I ought to say that some forums do have well read youngsters who can talk in a mature and coherent manner. Although I suspect the nature of the forum means that the SHUMS aren't ever likely to join up (alternative Victorian history, aka steampunk, if anyone's remotely interested

)

I think I ended up working in IT because I spent too much time reading (I really can't remember the first book I bought - it was probably a Famous Five with pocket money!) - I never spent enough time applying myself to things like maths, physics or geography/geology, but for some reason I had a bit of a knack with computers. The amount of reading for pleasure I did would certainly have had an adverse impact had I wanted to study for the bar! (At one point, my main goal with a job was to earn enough money to buy food, clothes and all the books I wanted. Not neccesarily in that order, either...)

montsnmags · 01-10-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

...
I think I ended up working in IT because I spent too much time reading (I really can't remember the first book I bought - it was probably a Famous Five with pocket money!) - I never spent enough time applying myself to things like maths, physics or geography/geology, but for some reason I had a bit of a knack with computers. The amount of reading for pleasure I did would certainly have had an adverse impact had I wanted to study for the bar! (At one point, my main goal with a job was to earn enough money to buy food, clothes and all the books I wanted. Not neccesarily in that order, either...)

I think you just wrote the opening paragraph for a hell-of-a-lot of autobiographies of MR members. Well, mine anyway (except I had a knack for maths & the sciences...but I still didn't apply myself to them).

Cheers,
Marc

GeoffC · 01-11-2009, 05:33 AM

i am hoping i have enough time, available to me, to find out what I have a knack for ......

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01-09-2009, 08:07 AM	#136
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	So Patricia, Yvan, badgoodDeb, and I are from the crop of '57. I feel honored to be in such good company - except for that statement Yvan recently made about how many books he felt he had left to read given his age. Very depressing. But then maybe he was born really early in '57, eh?

01-09-2009, 09:59 AM	#139
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Another '57 model, here, but I had the fins removed when I went off to college.

01-09-2009, 11:55 AM	#140
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	'57 models (pffft) .... '53 were a better year ....

01-09-2009, 01:26 PM	#141
LazyScot DSil Posts: 3,201 Karma: 6895096 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Hants, UK Device: Kindle, Cybook	Wasn't '57 also the debut of the Ford Edsel(sp?) (I've seen Peggy Sue got Married...)? (Yes I know, us young whippersnappers have no sense of respect for their elders and betters.)

01-09-2009, 09:20 PM	#145
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I feel so old!!! But I am glad (and someone sad) that this forum is not overrun with 16-23. I guess that says something about who reads. Of course, I couldn't do much pleasure reading in that age group, but I remember the very first book I ever got with my own money - Jaws, at age 18. I read it instead of studying for my calculus exam. I guess that is why I am a lawyer (Jaws!) instead of a computer whiz. Debra

01-10-2009, 10:59 AM	#147
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Ahh! the fifties, perfect time to break one's neck trying to follow 30 year old kids in a sports game.

01-11-2009, 05:33 AM	#150
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	i am hoping i have enough time, available to me, to find out what I have a knack for ......

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