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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I wanted to test the new poll feature and a thought that came to mind was to figure out our age demographic. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Great idea. |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Love it! Great Idea miles. I voted! |
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Location: NJ | Jeez.
This is a question that's been posed to me a LOT lately . . . unfortunately, it's been asked with varying degrees of "sarcasm" by various women in my life (Jeanette, my daughter, my ex-wife, barmaids at gigs). . .
Are we talking physically, or mentally/emotionally??
Physically: 49 (as of yesterday). ouch.
Mentally/emotionally: It varies on time of day, and whatever form (and quantity) of "marinade" might be available at the time.
btw Miles;
So far (as I can tell) the new "features" are pretty cool! Great job! Thanks!! |
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Location: NJ | there is no option for "older than dirt" cliff so you are ok |
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Location: Converse, Texas | I can still say 40something!! :D |
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Location: Fayetteville, NC | Me Too! :cool: |
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Location: SoCal | How old am I?
Not very. I am 1/3 of the way thru my life. |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
Physically: 49 (as of yesterday). ouch.
Mentally/emotionally: It varies on time of day, and whatever form (and quantity) of "marinade" might be available at the time.
Happy belated birthday Cliff! I'll buy you a "marinade" the next time I see you! |
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Location: NJ | Thanks, John.
I was gonna stop by your gig last night, but decided against it with all the snow (d'you guys even play?).
Besides, Jeanette was at home making me dinner, so I opted to do the (ahem) "mature" thing.
. . . this "gettin' old" thing blows! . . |
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Location: Powder Springs, Ga. | Finally I'm on a team that's winning!! |
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Location: Minnesota | WOW, just voted! Looks like forty something is the popular place to be! And I did't even have to lie about my age to be part of the "IN" crowd :cool: |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Originally posted by cliff:
Thanks, John.
I was gonna stop by your gig last night, but decided against it with all the snow (d'you guys even play?).
Besides, Jeanette was at home making me dinner, so I opted to do the (ahem) "mature" thing.
. . . this "gettin' old" thing blows! . . Actually we decided to pull the plug last night. It takes me 45 minutes to get to that place in good weather (with traffic). That's a bit to far for me to go in a snow storm. |
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Location: Scottsdale, AZ | I'm in with the "IN" crowd too!!
Sadly, I'm on a fast slide out......couple of months and it's 50.......Noooooooooooo!!!!!!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I thought for sure that most of you guys were older than me...and though I just qualify for the 40something league, it seems I might need to adjust my self image. |
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Location: south east Michigan | This is showing a pretty narrow demographic! Maybe we need to recruit. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Happy Birthday Cliff |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | Hey Mooody if you are 1/3 into your lifespan then you will have enough time to learn 6 more chords. |
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Location: Irvine, California | Hey!!!!
Are there only old farts in this Fan Club???
Where are all the rest of the young 20-something, free spirited, guitar people?
(Says Erlend while he's shivering by the fear of turning 30 this year). |
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Location: Minnesota | With age comes wisdom :cool: That's why this place is full of good advice :) |
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Location: Central Florida | Looks like most of us (myself included) are a bunch o' middle aged crazys... ;)
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Location: Irvine, California | DiamondT wrote: With age comes wisdom That's why this place is full of good advice
Take a trip to the nearest home for elderly people and find out how much wisdom you get out of their alzheimer-brains.
And the older you get, the slower your fingers move, your hair starts turning grey, rinkles start showing up in your face....
Nah....I think I'll stick to being 29 for a decade or two more. And honestly, I still feel like I'm 22. :) |
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| So shall we kick out those 2 babies and 6 toddlers? |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Where are all the rest of the young 20-something, free spirited, guitar people? They're over at the Taylur and Mard-tune boards,not being experienced enough to see through the hype. |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | I was amazed at the results....suddenly I feel so a real member of a 'club' something I have never experienced until responding to this poll.....I love you guys....now let's go hug a tree (or for those of us into the ADAMAS a 30ft log of graphite!!!!) ;-) |
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Location: Irvine, California | Hey man!
I've seen through the hype and I believe that if you old farts just wanna hang around other old farts instead of including younger people and introducing the wonderfull world of the O's to the next generations, the wonderfull world of O's will go with all of you into your graves.
No wonder no younger people wanna join this board if everyone here thinks the way you do Willard... I think this board should be all about including people, not horassing them just becasue they have played a different guitar up untill now. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Keep in mind this thread is only about 7 hours old, and it is a school/work day. I'm impressed by a few things. The number of people who have responded so quickly, and the actual result. I really thought the higher demographic would be the 30somethings, but... again, it's still early.
Polls can be easily over used, but at the same time can provide some excellent statistics over time.
Lets not burnout on the new toy in one day. We're not going anywhere. |
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| Anybody know the Norwegian for joke? Is there a word? (THAT WAS ALSO A JOKE ERL. ) |
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Location: Minnesota | Wise thought Miles! 61 responses is hardly an accurate demographic indicator for a group this large.
Opinions and comments made thus far in this thread should also be taken in the spirit of good natured banter as well! |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Erlenddalen-oc---really, I was just kidding and I hope everyone else knows it. I've been playing a Martin D12-20 for 30 years and actually love it. I was going to add the comment that maybe the reason so many of us are older is that our hearing sucks and we think Ovations actually sound good. |
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Location: closely held secret | Or maybe older people have a better developed sense of humor?
(when you have hair growing in your ears you better have a sense of humor!!!) |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I have this really nice nose hair trimmer that I've found works nicely for ear hair as well.(Just kidding again) |
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Location: Minnesota | We're sposed to trim nose hair? No wonder I got one of them there trimmers for christmas a few years back :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I didn't see a place for eleventeen, maybe I missed it? |
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Location: Minnesota | I think eleventeen is a choice in the how many O's do you own poll! Or maybe the best answer to give when your wife asks how many guitars you have now when UPS shows up at your door with another :cool: |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Old enough to remember when Peter, Paul, and Mary all had hair and all had about the same waist size. |
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Location: Irvine, California | Willard: I'm off course also joking about you old farts, but there was a little bit of seriousness when I said that this group maybe should be better in including younger people.
Anyway....I'm off to Mammoth Mountain to ride my snowboard now, so have a nice time in your weelchairs oldies...
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Location: N W Ohio | Maybe I'm to old, but it's not letting me in to vote! |
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| We got a new barber in our village. He's young, trendy and has a haircut that must take 2 people 3 weeks to do. He cut my hair. He asked mr did I want my eyebrows trimming. He asked me if I wanted my ears "doing".
He asked me "What skin regime do you use?"
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Location: Upper Left USA | When he asks if he can measure your inseam and says "Dress left?"...
It is time to find another Barber. |
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| Huggh!....??? Guess that means the Led Zeppelin music they use for the Cadillac commercials is right on target!
Every time I see that commercial with the new CTS screaming down the road; It makes me want to buy some Led Zeppelin CD's!
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | A great poll, just when I needed it. I'm one of the youngsters!!
Jamie Cullum says it best with "I'm a twentysomething, and I like being me".
(not for long - just a couple of years left...)
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Jamie Cullum... that's the cat... He Rocks!! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Everytime I hear that Caddy ad with it reminds me I don't like them or the car. |
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Location: Midland, MI | I like to say I'm 28 with 10 years experience. Most people just can't figure it out. At least not on the spot. I wonder when they quit teaching math in the public schools. |
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Location: Waurika OK | Thanks Miles, I have wondered about this for some time. A little surprised that there were not more in my group (60 something) maybe they are resting. Say what you want to about us, but this old guy bought a new bicycle today, a hybrid with 21 (count em) gears. And yes, I can ride it.
By the way, like the new features, especially this Quick Reply! |
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Location: Central Oregon | This quiz should fit this thread. I got 19.
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History Exam
Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam.
If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.
This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life. Get paper and pencil and number from 1 to 20. Write the letter of each answer and score at the end. Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line!
> 1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn
> 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used?
a. Capture lightning bugs
b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. Large salt shaker
> 3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top.
> 4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
a. Blackjack
b. Gin
c. Craps
> 5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during W.WII?
a. Suntan
b. Leg painting
c. Wearing slacks
> 6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?
a. Studebaker
b. Nash Metro
c. Tucker
> 7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
a. Strips of dried peanut butter
b. Chocolate licorice bars
c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside
> 8. How was Butch wax used?
a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up
b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust
> 9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?
a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key
b. Woven straps that crossed the foot
c. Long pieces of twine
> 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
a. Consider all the facts
b. Ask Mom
c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo
> 11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
> 12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"
a. SUV
b. Taxi
c. Streetcar
> 13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pet pony?
a Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
> 14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. Part of the game of hide and seek
b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores
c. Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.
> 15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princess Sacajewea
c. Princess Moonshadow
> 16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school?
a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high
b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window
c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure
> 17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?
a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum
b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items
c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
> 18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?
a. Meatballs
b. Dames
c. Ammunition
> 19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Cabdriver" a hit?
a. The Ink Spots
b. The Supremes
c. The Esquires
> 20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
a. Tony Bennett
b. Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
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ANSWERS
> 1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late '60s to catch on.
> 2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing Who had a steam iron?
> 3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.
> 4. a) Blackjack Gum.
> 5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed b y drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.
> 6. a) 1946 Studebaker.
> 7 c) Wax coke bottles containing super -sweet colored water.
> 8. a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.
> 9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.
> 10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.
> 11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.
> 12.. b) Taxi. (Better be ready by half-past eight!)
> 13. c) Macaroni.
> 14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill
> 15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.
> 16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.
> 17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.
> 18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.
> 19. a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.
> 20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today..
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> SCORING
> 17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely someone who should share their wisdom!
> 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is getting keen.
> 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.
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Location: WV | 49 here but I voted in the 50 class. God was that out loud ? I don't feel that old. Think I'll go check my birth certificate.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Great quiz Nils.
I am proud to say I scored a 17. |
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Location: Munich | hahaha, welcome to dinosaur age ;)
now I know why you got all that cash to buy these extreme expensive guitars, you worked 20 years for them, hahaha.
rock on |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Cruster,
That's because you are smart enough to hang out with us old people :D All of our knowledge will start to rub off on you and your IQ will go up while your playing ability will go down :p |
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