How old are we?

[saimyoji]

What age group do you (legally, not emotionally) fall into?

[Doctari]

"fall into" is right.

There I was, minding my own business, aged 25 or so, when ALL OF A SUDDEN, I am FIFTY! There has got to be a mistake somewhere, dosen't there? I can't be THAT old, can I??

AAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!

No, wait, my mom claims to be "around 35ish" so, OK, I'm safe

But my birth thingy says I was born In 54, so, , , , , Hey, Maybe my mom had me 15 years before she was born?

Or, more likely: she hates being old as much as me, & just won't admit to being over 70, sigh!


Doctari.

[bailcor]

It gets worse buddy, a year now feels like a month used to. I was born in 1938 and even remember several Civil War veterans that were still around in the 40's. Just keep hiking, the mountains don't know you are old.

[YerbaJon]

"fall into" is right.

There I was, minding my own business, aged 25 or so, when ALL OF A SUDDEN, I am FIFTY! There has got to be a mistake somewhere, dosen't there? I can't be THAT old, can I??


Doctari.

You made me think of George Carlin's analysis about growing old:

YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!! But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had to throw him out.
There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a littlekid again. "I'm 100 and a half!" May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

[Mountain Hippie]

You took most of the fun out of it when you said legally and not emotionally. Besides I prefer to think of it as what age I have grown up to. I'm gettin' more(or less) grown up everyday.

[Doctari]

You took most of the fun out of it when you said legally and not emotionally. Besides I prefer to think of it as what age I have grown up to. I'm gettin' more(or less) grown up everyday.

Yea, cause acording to my wife I'm only 14, or is it 12, anyway I "never grew up" according to her. Can I change my vote?

[saimyoji]

Yeah...I knew this would come up, thats why I asked people to limit the poll to your real age. Feel free to discuss how you really feel, but please vote your real age group.

BTW: My wife only put 8 candles on my cake last year. Think she was trying to tell me something?

[Mountain Hippie]

I voted my real age.
Physically, mentally and real are three separate age categories. The first two are rarely constant. At the moment I am

Physically 65
Mentally hovering at 14
Really 44

Another thing I have noticed is if I add my mental and physical age together and subtract my real age I come up with today's I.Q
65+14=79-14=65

Yep it works every time. Today is one of my better days

[cutman11]

Interesting that it came out a nice bell curve. I would have suspected much higher numbers in the younger years and then taper off, with a second peak for us "middle agers"

[saimyoji]

Well, I'm not impressed yet. Of the 5342 members, only 52 have voted. That is like, what, 1%?? I think we need a much bigger sample before we can give this poll any validity.

Keep 'em coming.

[Jaybird]

i turn 51 APR 27th & start section-hiking on APR 28th for 3 weeks & a few days.

Now, emotionally, thats a different ballgame...altogether!



Apr 28-May 5 (w/the Model T crew)Hot Springs-Erwin(NOBO)
May 6 & 7 Carvers Gap to Erwin (SOBO)
May 8-20 Damascus to Pearisburg,VA

[Pencil Pusher]

Just keep hiking, the mountains don't know you are old.

Nicely put.

[TDale]

What year is it?

Biologically, I'm soon to be 46. Mentally, I'm still in my twenties. Physically, I'm about ten years older than biologically.

I'm still thankfull for any day above ground.

[stomparound85]

Im twenty but usually when people see me they think im about 16 or 17. So if you see a Curly haired guy who likes 16 or 17 year s old hanging out at trail days coming up in may thats me.

[SGT Rock]

Jimmy Buffett said:

I'm growing older, but not up,
My metobolic rate is plesantly stuck,
Let the winds of change blow over my head,
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.

[Kerosene]

All I can say is that there are a lot of old fogies on this site!

["ME & U"]

Crap! I forgot...
I mean it guys, I actually forgot my age...
Crap! That means I'm going to have to write my mother...
Forget about it!

[bogey]

how old would you be if you didn't know how old you really were?

Deep in my heart I know I'm 55 but it seldom registers.

[Lilred]

Crap! I forgot...
I mean it guys, I actually forgot my age...
Crap! That means I'm going to have to write my mother...
Forget about it!

Look in the upper right hand corner of your post. No need to bother mum over this.

[hikerjohnd]

at least we are all younger than the mountains (though after long days it might not seem so...)