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Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :

me too. im 37 years old.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Hi, Ben. [Smile]

(Belated) welcome to Hatrack.

We've got a respectable showing of us geezers around here.

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Ben, I mean this absolutely in the nicest way.

Wahoo!!! Another Hatracker who is older than me!

♪ I could have danced all night, I could have danced all night, and still have begged for more.... ♫

<Clears throat.> Anyway, um... happy birthday.

--Pop

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Ben neglects to mention that he is full of poo.

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

37? Geezers?

Hah!

Kids!!! [Taunt]

(a nonrespectable geezer)

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Yeah, I hear that happens when you get older. Nothing to worry about. Add some Metamucil to your diet, Ben.

Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :

I will be older in 20 days . . .

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Ben was in elementary school (middle school?) with mack.

So either he lies like a rug, he's been doing a lot of time traveling, or he was held back a lot.

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Most of us will, Icky....

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Please, people who know the truth... let my dream of respective youth live a little longer.

Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :

Not you . . .

o_o

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

But we will bravely hang onto the shards of immaturity we have left to us!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
I will be older in 20 days . . .

Really, Ic? Cool! For me it's 25 more. [Big Grin]

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

quote:

im 37 years old.

Posted by Ghost of Xavier (Member # 2852) on :

Heres a tip guys. When hanging out with Moose, its fun to mention how old you were when he mentions a date.

Example:
Him: Well I think that was '82...
You: Yeah, I was about to turn 1 years old...

Him: That was back in 1980...
You: Yeah. I was still in the womb...

He loves it!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Nine more days till my birthday....

And I think I'm still older than most people here -- except maybe Bob_S.

We sure have a lot of spring birthdays!

I don't believe Ben is 37......hmmm... weren't there photos of him from Wenchcon or something?

FG

[ March 16, 2004, 09:17 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

Isn't Licky turning 40 this year?

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Pop, you're hilarious.

Posted by Dead_Horse (Member # 3027) on :

happy older day!
anyone know who is the oldest here? can't be me. I'm ONLY 45.

old_dead_horse

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

quote:
And I think I'm still older than most people here -- except maybe Bob_S.

Well, I'm sure. I am offically OTB.

(Older Than Bob)

[Smile]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Okay, I found it in THIS thread.

Bob is 45.

So that makes him the same age as Dead Horse (don't know when their birthdays are)

I'm 42.

Stephen hasn't yet specified his age...

Farmgirl
edit: how old is OSC?

[ March 16, 2004, 11:39 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I'm only 33 but my husband is older. 34. Most the time we are the same age, except for March-June.

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

I'm 48. Since November.

OSC is 52. (He mentioned his age in his current column.)

So he is OTB AND OTS. [Wink]

[ March 16, 2004, 11:47 AM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

At 30, I'm YTB.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

At first I thought sndrake's OTS was "older than SH**" but then I realize he was just referring to himself....

[Wink]

Farmgirl

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

[Big Grin]

Should hope so. If, at age 48, I thought of 52 as OTS (your original interpretation), I'd be in DS and HSFB.

Still OTB but YTOSC

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

I'm 27.
Well... almost. March 18th baby!

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

"HSFB."

"Have sh** for breakfast"? Just curious.

Anyway, I think I'm going to start using OTS in discussions with my friends. Or maybe OTC so we can protect our "good" image, and have that drug overtone.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I'm going to be a whole year older tomorrow. Well, not a whole year, but my numbers of years will go up!

[Big Grin]

Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :

Hehe...Ben hit 'Add New Topic' instead of 'Reply'.

Nerd.

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Congratz Early Teshi

It could be worse

I will be a decade older come the dreaded Tuesday the 13th, of July.

My goal is to have two children by that time. I now have none. If thing go on as schedule, I may be able to do it.

Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :

I figured it out.

1337 = leet

37 = et

Ben is a "years old" E.T.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

I'm AOAB

and YTS&C

I'm also younger than my girlfriend's parents.

[Wave]

dkw

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I'm older than I've ever been.

And now I'm even older.

And now I'm even older.

And now I'm even older.

I'm older than I've ever been.

And now I'm even older.

And now I'm older still.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

curses to you for getting that song stuck in my head now!!!

Farmgirl

Posted by aka (Member # 139) on :

I LOVE that song. That's exactly what I was thinking.

I knew I could count on my hatrack jeesh to come through.

I'm 14,000 give or take a few centuries. It's hard to remember exactly.

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

<< relative youngster at not-quite-21.

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

<< relatively "diaper clad" at just barely 17.

[ March 17, 2004, 12:20 AM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I'll answer the question. I'm going to turn 30 this summer. That's gonna ge hard to get used to.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

*raises eyebrow* I hit the big 3-0 in a bit less than a month. [Angst]

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

*high 5's rivka*

We were born within a month of each other!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Ooh, port married an older woman, did he? [Wink]

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

[Blushing]

'tis true

Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :

I'm YTB but OTDG&EL

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

sndrake--November whath? Mine's the 21st. I'm currently...32. Had to think about that for a second, but yeah, I'm 32 at the moment.

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

I am exactly one week older than Noemon.

[Cool]

Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :

port, rivka and beverly, just remember that you will be 30. That is not the same as being "in your 30's". That doesn't start until you hit 31.

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Noemon,

You missed the sndrake-centered quiz! [Big Grin]

Or you'd know. [Wink]

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

zgator, that will become my mantra to comfort myself. [Cry]

Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :

I am 19 turning 20 in May, and it scares the S out of me. I was supposed to be responsible by the time I turned 20.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Zan, if the thought of actually being 30 weren't freaking me out quite so much (particularly being 30 and being at the point in my life that I am), I'm sure I'd find that very comforting.

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

quote:
I am 19 turning 20 in May, and it scares the S out of me. I was supposed to be responsible by the time I turned 20.

*laughs hysterically*

Ask the people at this forum how many of them really feel like they are as responsible as they should be.

(22)

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

I'm still annoyed by the fact that Dan and I have both the same name and the same birthday.

But, darn it, he called it first.

Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :

How on earth are you only 22 years old? You seem way more mature than I will be ever.

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Really? People who know me think I'm sixteen.

Of course, I DO have two kids. That helps mature one up considerably.

Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :

I can imagine. Or perhaps that was cannot. I have a hard enough time keeping track of my dogs, and I have almost no expenses to worry about either. Kids scare me.

Related to perceived age online, for some reason people on the Internet thought I was quite a bit older than I really was a few years back, my actual age being around 14. Unfortunately this is no longer the case. [Smile]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Nah, I thought you were older than you are.

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

I can't believe you're 22 and have 2 kids. How did you have the time?

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

The time for what, Bob?

Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :

By how many years, just out of curiosity?

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

That's probably the wrong question. Assuming you had the first kid at 20, where was I at 20? I'm pretty sure I was curled up in the fetal position in a hovel writing poetry about how nobody understands me.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

dkw-- [Smile]

Late November 1971 was a good time for Hatrack, I think!

Sndrake--I remember that thread! Probably one of the best "It's my birthday" type threads I've seen; I remember wishing *I'd* thought of doing a thread like that. I'd completely forgotten that you were born on the 22nd though.

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

When I was 20 I was spending most of my time skipping class at KU at every opportunity, and living in a fantastic little house in the woods on a commune outside of town with my then girlfriend, my then dog, and my then two kittens. The pets have all died [Frown]

. The girlfriend hasn't; we just broke up later that year [Smile]

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

Danzig: By a good measure. No specific age in my brain though.

Bob: I didn't have the time. Jes MADE the time.

Posted by Chris Kidd (Member # 2646) on :

I'll be 28 on june 19th. which is a saturday, which is one of my days off from work.

[Party]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Noemon, you share a birthday with my older sister! (Nov. 21). However, hers is a few years before yours... (1957). Another Kansas scorpio, I see...

FG

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

I am turning 30 this year (six months minus two days). Not sure how I feel about it. Mostly, I'm okay with it. But I really, really expected to be married by the time I was 30, and it ain't gonna happen.

Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :

quote:
Isn't Licky turning 40 this year?

::shakes fist::

::pees in Zan's beer::

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

It COULD. Just find some random guy and ask, then tell him after the wedding you want a divorce, because you only married him for the experience.

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

quote:
Sndrake--I remember that thread! Probably one of the best "It's my birthday" type threads I've seen; I remember wishing *I'd* thought of doing a thread like that. I'd completely forgotten that you were born on the 22nd though.

Thanks!

You know, you could still do something that's a variation on a theme...

Ask people to come up with all the notable things they can find associated with your birthday.

Or make your own list (after your own exhaustive research) of really obscure stuff and challenge people to try to find the tie-in to your birthday.

Something - you've got some time to think about it and play with it. Imagination is something you've got plenty of. [Smile]

Somebody (I'm too lazy to look back right now) mentioned dropping year off their age at some point. I lost track of a year once. My best guess is that the error occurred during the highly traumatic Reagan years. I realized my error and reconnected with my lost year during Clinton's reign. [Wink]

Posted by lcarus (Member # 4395) on :

I always forget the exact number . . . is that what you mean?

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Ick,

If you're talking to me, then yeah. For a few years, I thought I was a year younger than I actually was.

Meanwhile...

Peeing in beer, Ick?
[No No]

It's OK, though - I was young once, too. [Razz]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

xnera, I never expected to be 30 and single either. [Dont Know]

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

What's wrong with the single guys in LA? They really must be messed up to have missed you, rivka!

Stupid guys....

...Wait a minute....

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

eslaine, it turns out there's something even less what I expected than being (almost) 30 and single.

It's being 30 and not-quite-single. [Razz]

Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :

I'm 18 turning 19 in May, and I'm quite comfy with that fact.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

I was going to turn 40 last November, but I decided to age like Merlin, instead, so i am 38 now.