Who's older than dirt? Poll

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How old are you

Just a kid
14
10%
50ish
57
40%
Older than dirt
70
50%
 
Total votes: 141

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Danny Hall
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Re: Who's older than dirt? Poll

Post by Danny Hall »

Larry Rafferty wrote:
When I was 36 I married a gal who was just 18 years old...
Larry you should be ashamed of yourself. When you graduated High School that girl was still in diapers!
:D
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Richard Sinkler
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I invented dirt.
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Ransom Beers
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Post by Ransom Beers »

When I was born the great lakes were mud puddles & the Mississippi was just a trickle.
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Danny Hall
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Post by Danny Hall »

Ransom Beers wrote:When I was born the great lakes were mud puddles & the Mississippi was just a trickle.
Aye,and Moby was a minnow too!
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Bob Kagy
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Back from when the pterodactyls darkened the skies and the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
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chas smith
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Post by chas smith »

I'm 62. My client and I are crawling out from under a RR car that he wants to modify. After grunting and groaning, I stand up and say, 'have I ever told you how much I hate middle age'. He says, "middle age? What, do you think you're going to be 130, this ain't the middle."
Wally Taylor
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Post by Wally Taylor »

I ain't saying how old I am, but for reference, I can still remember getting down under my desk at school in an atomic bomb drill. I had no idea what an atomic bomb was, but looking back, I don't really think ducking under the desk would have helped any. :lol:
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Post by Charles Davidson »

Wally, I remember those drills.Some goverment programs were almost as stupid :whoa: back then as most are today :lol: YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Alan Brookes
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Post by Alan Brookes »

In England we never had those drills. It was always known that three H-bombs would wipe out the entire country, so there was no point. And nobody built bomb shelters. :(
Hap Young
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Post by Hap Young »

I don't want to say i'm old but I pulled KP at the Lords supper. I'm older than dirt. 73
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Dennis Manuel
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Post by Dennis Manuel »

I was born before the "Dead Sea" got sick.
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Danny Hall
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Post by Danny Hall »

chas smith wrote:I'm 62. My client and I are crawling out from under a RR car that he wants to modify. After grunting and groaning, I stand up and say, 'have I ever told you how much I hate middle age'. He says, "middle age? What, do you think you're going to be 130, this ain't the middle."
Oh man, I got that news a couple of years ago too. Kinda disturbing ain't it.
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Alan Brookes
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Post by Alan Brookes »

The average life expectancy for males in the USA is 72, so middle age is 36, and it's downhill from then on. :whoa: :whoa:
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Duncan Hodge
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Post by Duncan Hodge »

I've got a great future behind me.
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Robert Dominick
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Post by Robert Dominick »

39 and holding for 28 years now!!!
Wally Taylor
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I lit the fuse that set off the big bang! :lol:
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Post by Tommy Young »

SURE wish i knew back then what i know now iy would be so very much different. dammit its rough gettin older each morning....
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Allan Jirik
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Post by Allan Jirik »

I also remember those "under the desk" atomic bomb drills. Makes as much sense as designating a restroom as the tornado shelter. No way I'm spending my last living moments in there. BTW I'll be 56 in June.
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Post by Jack Francis »

OK..OK...I'm guilty...I'm older than dirt! :\
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Jack Stoner
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Post by Jack Stoner »

If life expectancy is "72" in the US then I've hit life expectancy. I guess everything is gravy from here on.

Being in Florida and surrounded by retirees, I'm still the "kid" at 72.
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Alan Brookes
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Post by Alan Brookes »

Our whole life is gravy, if you think about it. Most ovums don't get fertilized, and only one sperm in a million finds it target, so the chances of us even being born at all are very very slim. We're lucky to be here. Looking at it like that, every day is precious, and a gift of providence. :D

By the way, everything in the universe is the same age: we're all as old as dirt. The same atoms are reused time and time again. Everything we're made up of came out of the big bang. :whoa:
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