So How old are you?

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So How old are you ?

Still in school
21
11%
Out of school, but not married
34
18%
I got the wife, I got the kids, I got the mortgage
95
51%
Kids are gone, just me and the missus having fun!
23
12%
The grandkids like it when I tell war stories
12
6%
 
Total votes: 185

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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.
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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... :shock:
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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!
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40 yr. old punk from Vancouver/Portland Or. metro area. :P

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thurty fo - fo sho

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

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how old

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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!!!!!!
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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.
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Todd...probably not....it was after four..... but it was a gorgeous day!! I guess you enjoyed it too!
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sounds like an excuse for causual day to me. :wink:
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]

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21! :) :lol:
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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.

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1cyl wrote:I'm 58.:shock: I got my 1st Vespa at the original Vespa Botique. (Sears) in 1961! :D
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm 52. Got the Buddy when I was 50! Sweet!

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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.

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22.
Finished school 6 months ago...
elementary school is tough... :?
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Howard,
sorry to hear you are NOT having a blast . . . most of us are . . . you must be weird or something! :lol:
Beer is the answer . . . what was the question?

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Mikeytaps wrote:
22.
Finished school 6 months ago...
elementary school is tough...
:rofl: :rofl :rofl: :
Beer is the answer . . . what was the question?

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but really i finished school 6 months ago, BA in Finance from Loyola Chicago.
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I'm gonna check out of school and not married yet. Really its out of school, misserable for 3 years and just starting again.
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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.
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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
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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]

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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.
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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? :P
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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? :P
its all good
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"Still in School". (Still in HIGH school) I'm 17, and a proud buddy owner :P . 110mpg sure beats the 20 i was getting driving to school.
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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! :sigh:
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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.
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I got the wife and the mortgage... 8)

No Kids...
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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
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35...married...5 furbabies
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39 next month, kids, mortgage, the whole shebang. Just be safe, ATGATT, take MSF.
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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.
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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. :D
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look at what i dug u!

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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
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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.
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Sexist poll!

Me and my old man are having fun...
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just turned 20 =)
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BadBrains wrote:
KRUSTYburger wrote:I like the milk picture in the background!!! YUM! :wink:
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
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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.
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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. ':wink:'
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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. ':wink:'
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 :lol: after a couple of minutes, we got kicked out :cry: and were told we were going to break the equipment :(
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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.
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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 ( :D ) 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.
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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.

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heh, the poll is giving me the finger...
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EBee wrote:Sexist poll!
It asks your AGE, not your GENDER :wink: 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. :P
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