armadillo

You'll have to teach me that trick. Turning 33 next year. Mind you, it's my favorite number. That sort of compensates for the inevitable advance of age and wrinkles!

tan.b

what a good idea!!

Bonochick

My favorite number is 87. I guess that will have to be my silver lining when I get up there.

armadillo

LOL. From that perspective, 87 is just about the best favorite number you can get!

BettaBuddy ~ Miley

i am 14. 15 next feb!! YAY!!!! Smiley

jlhetrick

Hey, I'm dissapointed to learn that at age 42 I only have one more year (actually two since I just turned 42) to go before I'm in the "old" category.

vin

Jim,

I know what you mean....I went to see Aerosmith and Motley Crue this past summer and people were asking me "WHY?".....to which I replied - "Why not?"....I grew up on Aerosmith and don't remember reading where it said you have to changeg your musical taste once you reach a certain age. Truth be told, I can't stand half of the stuff the people my age find to be good music. Give me my Aerosmith, Metallica, etc., and I'm happy.

COBettaCouple

I grew up with 80s music and love it, but love all kinds of stuff since then.. kind of into the linkin park, red, trust company sound lately.

armadillo

Do you know what's insulting? My boyfriend, who's 29 y.o., is from a subtly different musical generation than I am (am 32 y.o.). He goes to parties called '90's revival' without a trace of irony!!!

armadillo

Yes, I think we've hinted enough about this. Please, remove the 'old' category altogether. How about something like ">42"?

Jim

I agree with armadillo ... in a world where people are living to over 100 all the time, it's sort of unfair to call anyone in their 40's "OLD"

armadillo

Oh, and we could also do <12, for our younger members. I read on this thread that some of them could not enter their age because that category was missing.

Really nice poll, by the way. It's lovely to see what diversity of ages share the fish lurve.

darkwolf29a

Ok...well...for a few minutes there, seeing the posts about a 9 year old and a 17 year old....I thought I was REALLY old for a few minutes...now I realize, they're just really young.

I'm 36, turning 37 in October.

armadillo

Funny, with your logo I'd assumed much younger. Really cute logo. Looks like Thomas the Tank Engine.

Callum The Cat

excuse me 13-17 and no younger uhh i'm 12 u should add under 13 i turn 13 this year in october though

armadillo

Hi Callum. Yep, we all had a laugh because there are members younger than 13. Just imagine you're older than 42! Insulting.

I love that this is such a diverse group. Happy birthday in advance, then. You're slowly creeping up to driving age!

Callum The Cat

3 more years after october might be diffrent laws over there but in AUS u have to b 16 to get ur learners

armadillo

Well when you're my grand old age, 3 more years is nothing! For us (Europe), you have to be 18 to drive! Imagine that. It's 17 in the UK. I wonder if there's contries where you have to be something ridiculous like 36 to get your licence. Would be funny. You could be a football mum until you're like 60 because your kids would FOREVER need a lift!

COBettaCouple

lol.. yea, it's 16 in florida, but some states in the US it's 18 now. i'm not sure why.. living in a state with MANY retired people, i notice that (as a group) they are the worst of drivers, not the younger ones.. the retirees are more likely to pull out into traffic without looking, back out of parking spots without looking, change lanes without looking or signalling.. they don't seem to be bothered to look around them.

armadillo

What I mind about older drivers, is that a lot of the REALLY old ones should not have their licence anymore for medical reasons. They drive in front of you at a ridiculously slow speed, and cause traffic accidents by the sheer frustration they cause. It's like they are completely unaware of the vehicles surrounding them. Really gets my goat!

COBettaCouple

exactly.. they're a danger to themselves and those around them.

Gwenz

wow, just realised this posted got started, just after i joined over a year ago! lol. Im 16 now!

Gwenz

COBettaCouple

Yep, you're growing old there, Gwen..

Jim

What drives me nuts is I drive a septic tanker every day, and it seems like every day some really old fool tries to drive into me; or more appropriately UNDER me. Don't these people realize how long it takes to stop in a tanker full of sh*t?
I can't believe that here in florida someone who isn't capable of walking without a walker and has a reaction time of about 70 seconds can still get a drivers licence...

COBettaCouple

yea.. i hear you.. it's the state caving in to the aarp, just like the insurance companies that charge us more and them less. if the state just had a driving test, nothing tricky, no questions, just a routine drive every couple years for those over 65, a lot of licenses would be revoked.

hamstermann

28, but I'm already going gray so I resemble the "Old" remark as well. I really don't care if I'm called old. It's when I FEEL old that I dislike it.

Jim

Bettacouple, the biggest problem is the state politicians have figured out that seniors are the biggest group of people here that VOTE! So any time they try to do something about seniors driving they don't get reelected. Therefore, nothing ever gets done

armadillo

Ooooh, clever, clever!

COBettaCouple

maybe that will change after the entire population of the state of new york moves here.

armadillo

Which they will, of course. Man, Florida must have one of the oldest average population age. It seems like that's where everyone goes to retire.