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How old are you?

nder 20
109 (17.6%)
1 to 30
328 (52.9%)
1 to 40
126 (20.3%)
1 to 50
39 (6.3%)
1 to 60
11 (1.8%)
1 to 70
4 (0.6%)
ver 71
3 (0.5%)

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Offline ozar

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« on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 13:38:57 »
Hey guys, I've been curious about the ages of the members here at GeekHack.org, so how about picking your age from the poll?
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Offline D-EJ915

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 13:48:36 »
Quote from: ripster;89525
I'm curious too but am too old and wise to vote first.

- Ripster
you know you can vote without having to post...and this isn't a public poll anyway
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 13:50:34 »
Quote from: D-EJ915;89532
you know you can vote without having to post...and this isn't a public poll anyway

Yeah, I wouldn't have dared to make it public because too many might not vote.  :lol:
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 14:01:20 »
Quote from: ripster;89538
Well, there's a good chance you guys are 20 year olds....

Since I've revealed myself I'll vote a bit later.

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That's funny that you posted that Ripster, because that's exactly the way I had you pictured!  :lol:
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 14:41:51 »
Oops... a slight goober in the poll:

It should have been 20 and under at the top position, and 71 and over at the bottom position.  Didn't mean to leave out the 20 and 71 year olds.
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Offline zwmalone

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 14:55:44 »
I'll be the first to put my age.  I'm 16 :peace:
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Offline o2dazone

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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:08:33 »
no shame, im 25
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Offline xyzzy

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:23:25 »
35 and counting :hat:
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Offline lam47

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:30:58 »
I think if you have a keyboard that is older than you then you should be banned. Its just not right!
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Offline cchan

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:37:49 »
Nearly seventeen, and I have two 1391401's that are older than I am. One by three years, and one by only a few months.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:50:55 »
technically i think the groupings should have been "20 to 29" etc instead of "21 to 30" because people usually group themselves as "in their twenties" or "in their thirties" and the former grouping style works for that. Not that its important. I'm on the border between decades so I was glad to be able to choose the lower group ;)

I think there are a lot more 'older' people here than the poll indicates. Tho probably "in their twenties" will be the group with the most members.

I agree, if your keyboard is older than you, you are required to give it up. :)
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Offline ssb

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 15:57:44 »
I feel so old at 44.
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Offline zwmalone

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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:01:35 »
Thank god my Evolution is younger than me.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #13 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:01:56 »
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I feel so old at 44.


life is basically over after 30.  ;)
my only consolation is that its going to happen to *everyone*, even the snot-nosed 20 year olds here ;D

"We've all got it comin'" as clint eastwood said.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #14 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:04:29 »
so far it looks like about half are in their twenties and about half are not.
I still think the over 30 crowd is underrepresented.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #15 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:14:10 »
three groups -- the good, the bad, the oooooold.
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Offline rdjack21

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« Reply #16 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:44:19 »
Some of us old farts have our original keyboards that we purchased when we were young punks. Wish I would have known how valuable some of those keyboards would be back then. I would have horded a bunch of them NIB for my retirement :)
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Offline o2dazone

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« Reply #17 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 17:25:04 »
nice dodge
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Offline Mercen_505

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« Reply #18 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 17:27:18 »
34.
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Offline cchan

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« Reply #19 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 18:46:16 »
Quote from: wellington1869;89577

I agree, if your keyboard is older than you, you are required to give it up. :)


no big loss, I'm not a huge BS fan anyway. My main keyboard has cherry browns and was made post-2001. (Cherry MX8100)
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #20 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 20:20:23 »
Quote from: wellington1869;89577
technically i think the groupings should have been "20 to 29" etc instead of "21 to 30" because people usually group themselves as "in their twenties" or "in their thirties" and the former grouping style works for that. Not that its important. I'm on the border between decades so I was glad to be able to choose the lower group ;)

Yes, you're right, the poll should have been set for teens, 20's, 30's, 40's, and so on.  Hopefully, we'll be able to get some idea of the age stats as is, because it's probably too late to adjust it at this point.

Before posting the poll, I was thinking that a large number of the membership might be past their teens, and that seems to be playing out as expected, but so far nobody older than 60 is participating.
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Offline msiegel

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« Reply #21 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 01:05:45 »
phew, i'm only 39 :)

creeeeeak! listen to those tendons creaking
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Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #22 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 01:28:59 »
Best way to do it is:

Under 18
18-22 (covers normal college age)
23-29 (covers the rest of the 20's)
30-39 (covers the 30's)
40-49 (covers the 40's)
50-66 (covers the AARP pre-retirement crowd)
67+ (covers the retired)

Oh, and I'm 21, and my oldest STANDALONE board is my AEK2, made in 1990-W50. But, I do own an Apple ][+ keyboard, so that's circa 1978-1982...
« Last Edit: Thu, 07 May 2009, 01:31:19 by bhtooefr »
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #23 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 02:23:53 »
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His obituary said he died at 39.

Anyone who gets this joke is WAY above the average Geekhacker age.

- Ripster


lol i got it but only because i watched a jack benny A&E biography episode recently ;)
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Offline lowpoly

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« Reply #24 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 06:47:26 »
<--------- 45
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #25 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 10:22:31 »
In my day... we didnt have forums and twitter... we wrote letters and hand-carried them to each other and filed them in shoeboxes -- and we liked it!
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Offline o2dazone

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« Reply #26 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 11:31:07 »
old people always make the same face when playing the Wii

me mum on the day the wii came out
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #27 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 11:40:05 »
lol. it takes a lot of concentration ;)
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Offline o2dazone

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« Reply #28 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 11:43:38 »
Alright fine hows this



You can verify her age by the bouffant
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #29 on: Thu, 07 May 2009, 16:55:52 »
The forum index page shows that we have 293 currently active members, but only 44 have voted with their age as of this post, so we still have a ways to go to see how the age factor really works out.  I'm still wondering if we have any over 60 year olds.
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