The Nine Ages of Man.

Not old enough to know better.
Old enough to know better.
Not old enough to know.
Old enough to know.
Not old enough.
Old enough.
Not old.
Old.
Not.

How old?

I'm pretty sure I'm "old enough to know better" but since i'm not certain I might be on my way to "not old enough to know" (is there a cut off, or do I make it up as I go along?)

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Originally posted by Geordie:
From the archives of my juvenalia I find the line "Older than I look but younger than I have been mistook."
But I kind of like "Old enough to be able to afford my toys and young enough to still buy the ones I can't really afford."

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      This reminds me that, when I was a little boy (more years ago than I care to remember), my grandmother, when I asked what her age was, said, "As old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth". (I was too young at the time to realize this is not a good question to ask women.) I guess everyone old enough to have teeth is as old as that, though, so the statement is completely true and completely useless.
      I might as well come clean. I suspect that I am considerably older than most on the forum, but what the hell? - I'm nearly 48 years old. I feel that geeks are less likely than people at large to form unfounded opinions of others based purely on their age.
      It makes me wonder a couple of things, though: is there anything ungeeky about being as old as this? And is there any reason why one should be geeky anyway? I haven't yet worked out whether I am geeky, or whether it even matters. Depending on my mood, I can either think of lots of reasons I am geeky, or lots of reasons why I am not. But whatever the situation, I sometimes think you can only *truly* be geeky if you don't care whether you're geeky or not.
      Is anyone here willing to admit to being in their late 40s, or even older?

Regards, Michael.

But I think it's a Buffett song that says "grow old, not up." (tho I'm not a parrothead by any stretch and could be fouling that up).

Cheers, and welcome!

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Originally posted by littlefish:
Hope I haven't hijacked your thread

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I think LifetimeTrekker already did that

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Michael Edwards said:

Is anyone here willing to admit to being in their late 40s, or even older?

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I'll admit it. When I was in my 30's I was a proto TTB, but the techno we talked about then was transistors, and geeks meant pencil-necked geeks.

Now I'm 61, which I think makes me the absolute oldest here. And TechnoGram means TTGramma-wannabe.

been lurking for a while, and enjoy the general atmosphere, so I thought I'd make it official, time to introduce myself. I'm sosumi and I'm a mac geek. and, er, I'll fess up to being 43, but I won't be next year

To be totally honest, I'm 20. Well, 21 in two months time.

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Originally posted by Swiss Mercenary:
I thought that you were as young as the person you feel.

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In my youth I used to feel younger women, but as I got older in years they seemed to as well

Ascot: I'm physically early 40's.