So How old are you?

ay pablo · Post by **ay pablo** » Sun May 04, 2008 3:47 pm

I don't really fit in to any of those poll choices either.....
I am 45, in a LTR, have 4 Boston Terriers, 2 parrots, one cat, and I am still a student (working on my PHd).
Great to see that there are others my age (and some older) riding scoot.

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Sun May 04, 2008 4:11 pm

53. We were empty nesters until this last week when we had 3 collage kids move back in with us. Another coming back after graduation in July. Ok, so our food bill is going up again...

paint_lick · Post by **paint_lick** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:17 pm

36 year old art professor - 3 kids and a wife - after her being sick of me reminiscing about my "good ole' single days" scootering around Rome, she came home one day with a Buddy brochure and committed to buying me an "Italia" when we move back to CA next month... the life!

KABanshee · Post by **KABanshee** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:57 pm

40 yr. old punk from Vancouver/Portland Or. metro area.

Proud parent of a Rattler Buck-Ten named Chasey Lane.

bradgsanford · Post by **bradgsanford** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:35 pm

thurty fo - fo sho

wife (Cristi), son (Charlie), pug (The Dud), pug (Oz), cat (Fred), cat (Foot Foot)

okay city, reprezent

ladyofthelake · Post by **ladyofthelake** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:03 am

33, permanantly engaged to a scooter boy (47) and his son 15 going on 25.... and my Bella kitty. we all have scooters 2 vespas and buddy. It was a fabulous day to ride today!!! Went out to lunken airport......so much FUN!!!!!!

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:09 am

30 with just a scooter and a mortgage. Ladyofthelake, was that you I saw on Columbia Parkway today during the Flying Pig Marathon? I was between Mariemont and Mt. Lookout parked on the berm.

ladyofthelake · Post by **ladyofthelake** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:30 am

Todd...probably not....it was after four..... but it was a gorgeous day!! I guess you enjoyed it too!

sargelee71 · Post by **sargelee71** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:40 am

sounds like an excuse for causual day to me.

i kid, scout, it's a good way to get attention. one of my sister's favorite teachers would bring in a cauldrin, some dry ice, decorate the classroom, dress like a witch and quote from macbeth every year.[/quote]

HA! I love it. That's great, Louie! Whatever it take to engage the little shits in literature.

lynnie_86 · Post by **lynnie_86** » Tue May 06, 2008 4:49 pm

21!

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:51 pm

littleao wrote:Thats cool. Back when Sears was everything. I was in a house in farmingdale, ny that was supposed to have been a mail order delivered in sections to its location and assembled on the site. It was only a couple of blocks from the rail road. Might be a tale.

Sorry this is off topic.

I'm a 45 year old dreaming Red Blooded Weenie

1cyl wrote:I'm 58. I got my 1st Vespa at the original Vespa Botique. (Sears) in 1961!

No tale. Richard Nixon grew up in a Sear's house and it's perfectly preserved at his library in Yorba Linda. There are thousands of them all over the country, look in the basement for numbered joists. Every part was numbered for assembly.

Queen · Post by **Queen** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:19 pm

KCScooterDude wrote: No tale. Richard Nixon grew up in a Sear's house and it's perfectly preserved at his library in Yorba Linda. There are thousands of them all over the country, look in the basement for numbered joists. Every part was numbered for assembly.

Yup, my last house was a Sears house...complete with stamped directions on the visible beams in the basement.

toddrw2251 · Post by **toddrw2251** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:19 pm

I am a Realtor in Cincinnati and I know of several Sears homes in my area. I hadn't look at the joists. I'll keep my eye out.

golfingirl · Post by **golfingirl** » Wed May 07, 2008 1:58 am

Ya, the poll definitely needs more options. I'm not even close to any of them.

I am married. I have a husband. No kids. 2 homes with mortgages. 2 scooters (paid for) & 1 car (paid for).

I am 38 and bought my scooter when I was 36... my first one for me was also the first Buddy in Atlanta.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 2:24 pm

I'm 52. Got the Buddy when I was 50! Sweet!

Howardr · Post by **Howardr** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:20 pm

46 years old but still young enough tastes that my teenagers steal my music. I lived with my grandparents in the summers when I was young and my pappy had a cushman scooter and a Honda SL 70. I started riding those and never forgot how much fun they were.
I didn't get back on 2 wheels again til I was 36 when I was given a Goldwing by a friend. I was living in Kansas City then and it was NOT fun commuting50miles on big city interstates so I wound up giving it to another friend. Moved to Tucson, got my scoot and I'm not having a blast.

Howard

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:25 pm

22.
Finished school 6 months ago...
elementary school is tough...

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:27 pm

Howard,
sorry to hear you are NOT having a blast . . . most of us are . . . you must be weird or something!

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:28 pm

Mikeytaps wrote:
22.
Finished school 6 months ago...
elementary school is tough...

:rofl

:

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:32 pm

but really i finished school 6 months ago, BA in Finance from Loyola Chicago.

brape · Post by **brape** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 3:42 pm

I'm gonna check out of school and not married yet. Really its out of school, misserable for 3 years and just starting again.

Apiarist · Post by **Apiarist** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:28 pm

i checked 'out of school, but not married', but to clarify in case that makes me sounds 20-something, i turned 40 in vegas this year. i figure the birthday stayed there, right? so nice it will be to be eternally 39.

Eazy · Post by **Eazy** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:48 pm

I checked: I got the wife, I got the kids, I got the mortgage

But I'm not as old as that sounds.

I'm only 23

gymnation · Post by **gymnation** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:10 pm

sargelee71 wrote:WOT (sorry) Sargelee - if you are a fan of the movie... here is a link to a scan of my autographed pic http://timwall.com/scooter/scout.jpg
from Mary Badham (Scout Finch)

OH WOW!!!!! OK, imagine my two hands up and in bowing motion towards you!! That is so great!
When I used to teach high school English (and taught this book EVERY YEAR), I would come in one day in overhaul pants and t-shirt and role-play Scout as Mary played her, and answer student questions.
Ooops, again, don't want to hijack, so...I'm still 36 years old.[/quote]

Possibly THE coolest post! And the definitive great American novel....hmmm, I may rename my scoot...

sotied · Post by **sotied** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:56 pm

Poll needs way more options. I voted still in school. But only because I'm still taking grad classes occasionally and will be taking the Safe Rider Course in a couple weeks.

I also HAD the wife and got rid of her.

No kids ever.

Have had houses and now have another.

Own my own business.

Have a girlfriend.

etc. etc. etc.

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:44 am

sotied wrote:Poll needs way more options.

No big deal. None of them applied to me or Lagerhead, either. Not in school, no kids ever. Just the two of us scootin' our lives away! Sucks to be us, huh?

kazoo · Post by **kazoo** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:46 am

BoneGirl wrote:
sotied wrote:Poll needs way more options.
No big deal. None of them applied to me or Lagerhead, either. Not in school, no kids ever. Just the two of us scootin' our lives away! Sucks to be us, huh?

its all good

jmsmith802 · Post by **jmsmith802** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:50 am

"Still in School". (Still in HIGH school) I'm 17, and a proud buddy owner

. 110mpg sure beats the 20 i was getting driving to school.

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:01 am

58 here or is it 59....crap the memory goes first
no kids, no grandkids, no husband, no mortgage
1 cat, 1 dog, 1 partner, 1 scoot

Used to race enduro's in my "young days" on a 250 Bultaco. Had a ball then and figured a scoot was the closest thing to recapturing my youth that I could find!

irishtim · Post by **irishtim** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 3:29 am

I'm each of these to some degree:

-I got the wife, I got the kids, I got the mortgage
-Kids are gone, just me and the missus having fun!
-The grandkids like it when I tell war stories

49 Married with a 7 yr old, my 25 & 22 year old kids are on their own, and I'm a Granddad. The accountability is good for me and parenthood keeps me young.

Bender · Post by **Bender** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:59 pm

I got the wife and the mortgage...

No Kids...

AmyNTX · Post by **AmyNTX** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:33 pm

I have a 14 yr old son that lives here in tx..and an 11 yr old son that is still in CA ( he threw fit and refused to move to tx..he lives with his dad) BUT is coming out June 20th -july 20th!!! I am married to chris (he is 29) we got married a yr and a 1/2 ago....I am 34:) ......Yeah I LOVE younger guys!!!!! hahahahaha anyone up for drinks?????? hahaha

Tomboy.for.Equality · Post by **Tomboy.for.Equality** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:15 am

35...married...5 furbabies

charltons · Post by **charltons** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:59 pm

39 next month, kids, mortgage, the whole shebang. Just be safe, ATGATT, take MSF.

ScooterNewbie · Post by **ScooterNewbie** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:52 am

Turning 26 in two weeks,
starting summer break in one week (as a teacher, not a student),
Staying single for at least 20 more weeks,
Paying rent for an apartment for about 50 more weeks,
Scootin- indefinitely.

alienmeatsack · Post by **alienmeatsack** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 3:52 pm

40, male, single & lonely, 1 GSD, 1 cat, 1 Stella, house paid in full, car paid in full, Stella paid in full, like beer, never in the armed forces, OCD, graphics guy, IT guy, love to grill, am told I should tell everyone I am 32.

But I feel 23, so let's go with that.

r0sa · Post by **r0sa** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:31 pm

look at what i dug u!

BUMP

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:49 pm

42 years young old i lke to tell people im 50 and they freak wow you look 30 or somthing pretty cool i have three children one is graduating High school this year with an associates degree she started college classes when she was 16 very proud of her. now i have to ride so cya

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:58 pm

Wow I remember when this thread was made last year, the "The grandkids like it when I tell them war stories" option cracks me up still.

EBee · Post by **EBee** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:05 pm

Sexist poll!

Me and my old man are having fun...

gearhead · Post by **gearhead** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:06 pm

just turned 20 =)

iMoses · Post by **iMoses** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:10 pm

BadBrains wrote:
KRUSTYburger wrote:I like the milk picture in the background!!! YUM!
I wish I could explain the framed milk photo.

how does nice jugs sound? Is that a good enough explanation?

We are kind of younger empty nesters... since the two eldest kids are out of the house and the youngest lives with the other parent.

46 (soon to be 47), married 12 yrs (second time is the charm), 3 kids (26, 19, 16), 1 dog, 3 scoots

Cheshire · Post by **Cheshire** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:53 pm

I can't for the life of me figure out what social status has to do with age.
A friend of mine has 2 kids now, married when she was 16, don't know if she has a house or is still renting, and has her associate's. I think she's 23 now.

I'm not giving my stats. I don't want no stinking white fence.

gr8dog · Post by **gr8dog** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:57 pm

Currently 46, but I act like a kid. Mario Cart, climb on the playground equipment, that kind of stuff. Wife, two daughters (6 and 9), 1 dog, 1 cat, 2 fish tanks, 1 scooter. The good thing about having kids when your are 40 is that it gives you a great excuse for climbing on the jungle gym stuff at McDonalds playland. '

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r0sa · Post by **r0sa** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:05 pm

gr8dog wrote:The good thing about having kids when your are 40 is that it gives you a great excuse for climbing on the jungle gym stuff at McDonalds playland. ''

a couple of years ago, my bf and i ate at this mcdonalds after a tennis tournament and they had the biggest playland i've ever seen, there were no kids playing so we went in and enjoyed ourselves

after a couple of minutes, we got kicked out

and were told we were going to break the equipment

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:13 pm

EBee wrote:Sexist poll!

Sigh, you are right. We discussed that last year when the poll was first created! It's an interesting idea (to gauge the age of ModernBuddy.com users), but poorly executed.

DennisD · Post by **DennisD** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:17 pm

63, married, 1 son (15) and 1 daughter(13), 2 cats (Fatback and Mr. Grumpy), 2 dogs, Nelly (mutt) and Twigs (rescue greyhound) at home. Oldest daughter (36) and 1 grand daughter (3) in Oklahoma. Lovely wife is a mere child of 54.

As far as the poll, most of the categories fit. What to do??

I worked in the auto department at Sears when I was 16. When closing at night it was my job (

) to ride the scooters (Allstates) and the Scrambler motorcycle into the garage. Of course, I had to ride them around the parking lot a while first. Loved the blue Allstate with the white walls.

bunny · Post by **bunny** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:21 pm

In July 2010 I will be 40. I have the hardest time with telling people I will be 40 minus 1 this summer. I can handle 40...just not the almost 40. How wierd is that?

That said, we have ten furkids, a featherkid and a resident frog. No human children. Just us and the non-speaking.

We LOVE our two wheels. Both of them.

broke · Post by **broke** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:22 pm

heh, the poll is giving me the finger...

BoneGirl · Post by **BoneGirl** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:24 pm

EBee wrote:Sexist poll!

It asks your AGE, not your GENDER

Nothing sexist about it.

When it comes to this kind of stuff I have nothing to hide. Age? Weight? Height? Just not a big deal.

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