Modern Buddy

On the heels of the resurrection of the long-dormant original "So How old are you?" thread, I give you the new, improved, and purely quantitative obigatory age check poll. (I appreciate that the poll options in the former thread were meant as fun but members got irked when they didn't fit in and couldn't respond.) No, the new poll options are not evenly distributed. This is for fun and FYI, not stats class.

If you'd like to add your precise age and other identifying info (kids, no kids, grandkids, pets, house, apartment, whatever) feel free to do so.

As of this post, fully 50% of our membership is 39!

WHOA!!

Step aside for us old guys! 53 and counting!

If you haven't figured it out, my age:

41, married 16 years, one son 10 years old, one daughter 5 years old, one cat (Stiger) Mane coon, one dog English bulldog (Lola May Abrigida), one 1989 Volvo 240 station wagon (230,000), one 1997 Geo Prism (127,000)

33, (34 in june) twins on the way, wife has a car, i have an 06 blur. house payment included...

ericalm wrote:If you haven't figured it out, my age:

Why, I remember, young'n, back in the day when I was a mere 39 years old....

--Keys

ericalm wrote:If you haven't figured it out, my age:

So how long have you been 39? I celebrated my 39th birthday for the sixth time last month.

BoneGirl wrote:Step aside for us old guys! 53 and counting!

I'm in my 53rd year - wife falls in the same category but I cant vote twice and she hasnt registered on her own yet. if she did it would put us in the lead for the moment

TVB wrote:

ericalm wrote:If you haven't figured it out, my age:

So how long have you been 39? I celebrated my 39th birthday for the sixth time last month.

Oh, just around 8 months for me.
Married, no kids, one cat, house. Living in LA, scootering and not being a parent has allowed me to delay becoming a grownup.

bgwss wrote:…one 1989 Volvo 240 station wagon (230,000)…

I'm on my 3rd Volvo; my first new car ever. I've had two 240s, though. One totaled (I'd have died in a lesser car), one needed expensive repairs to pass CA emissions. There are several Volvo fans on the forum.

37, married, one kid and one cat. 6-wheel family which pretty much rocks down here.

20 yrs old, no kids, no wife... yet

I turned 37 earlier this month.

Have a son that will be 14 this coming Sunday, a daughter that will be 11 in about a month, a dog that is approximately 2 and a fish that acts like he is dead half of the time (Betas suck, just about the time I think it is flush time he decides to swim up to the top of the tank and eat-I have decided he is either very lazy or depressed).

In about a month we will be obtaining another cat to replace the orange tabby that got a little too interested in the train tracks one day when she escaped.

In the spirit of the other thread (I typed "old thread" ) I also have a mortgage, a VW New Beetle (named the NannyBeetle or NannyBug) and recently acquired a F250 to drive my Buddy around but don't tell Charlie Brown (my scooter) that because I don't want him to get too pompous.

Oh, and a job that I am SUPPOSED to be doing right now...

-v

Will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of my 29th birthday in about six months!!!

45 and once again disgusted that a poll splits the 40s into "40-44" and "45-49" just to make me feel older!

Single with two dogs (kachoo the pug and Bessie the French Bulldog), a house, a scoot, and a 14 year old Saturn with 225-275,000 miles on it (the odometer died shortly after 200,000 miles). I've given up on getting married.

22 years old. Marriage??!!Kids??!?!?!?!

Got my BF/ BFF Zac, my cat/baby Frida, and my constant companion since I was 10, my Asian box turtle Spartacus. Got my Buddy, a '73 CB 350 Twin, and my truck to haul them around in when they are broken.

I cheated and put 30 since it's only a few months away.
GF for 2 months, cat, dog, scooter, compact SUV for hauling stuff, and a pottery business just starting out that I REALLY hope works! Perpetual renter am I, but hopefully that'll change...oh, in the next few years?

I toy with the idea of being a modern nomad, but there's still a few kinks to work out before I see that being viable. For example...how on earth do I fire my pottery on the road?? Hmm....

Barely still in the under 44 crowd. Wife, two kids 17 and 7, one dog, one mortgage.

Vic wrote:a fish that acts like he is dead half of the time (Betas suck, just about the time I think it is flush time he decides to swim up to the top of the tank and eat-I have decided he is either very lazy or depressed).

Give him another betta to play with.

Hahaha! Excellent idea, Eric.

Two scooters, one cat, one boyfriend (see my priorities?), no kids. Rent my apartment, overeducated (Masters degree), underpaid (academia), and blissfully happy.

im 20, soon to be 21 in a couple of months, i have:
- 1 car
- 1 scooter
and
- 1 bf

kids?!? what kids?

Currently 71, 0 kids, 0 dogs, 1 wife, 2 scooters, 5 cars, 8 bicycles and 14 cats.

I'm surprised someone here is under 18.

Tazio wrote:Currently 71, 0 kids, 0 dogs, 1 wife, 2 scooters, 5 cars, 8 bicycles and 14 cats.

Do you really have 14 cats? Because everyone thinks I'm crazy and I only have 5. Perhaps there is no correlation? Regardless, thank you for taking care of the cats!

36, living in sin for the last 3yrs. two dogs.

26 - Got myself a scooter, a boston terrier, Beast, a little apartment, a great group of friends, and some letters to my name. life is good.

58, happily retired electrical engineer, given up on getting married, '08 Buddy 125, '09 SYM 250 on order, '63 Karmann Ghia, and a 65" LCD computer monitor (do I like the Internet or what?).

25 and a girlfriend who's put up with me for over 3 years now. Marriage - the gf says not yet. Kids ... she just laughs at me when I mention those. The mortgage and dog are coming May 22nd when I close on my house. Until then, it's me, my apartment, my scooter, and my pet roomba.

jfrost2 wrote:I'm surprised someone here is under 18.

don't be surprised! but ain't that you though?

23, 1 cat, 1 scooter, no life outside of said cat and scooter. I hate these threads....

On the other hand, I don't have any kids , but get to play with my nephew and niece when I feel like it, and I have no debt (yet).

45, live with my 20 y/o daughter, two scoots, three cars and my daughter's cat.

siobhan

Yes we really have 14 cats, they are all indoor, all fixed and well cared for. They are all or were feral, injured or discarded. It's my wife's hobby. She should have been a vet.

I'm 29. I have a dachshund named Izzy. I'm an Animal Science student (pre-vet!) at the University of Florida. No scooter yet, but its on order. I should have it on May 5th

Me, 59, Alum of Bradley University, Family food business in Chicago.
Wife, 57, Alum of U of I, Realtor .
Son, 30, Alum of Dominican University, Professional Student.
Daughter, 28, Alum of Miami of Ohio, Teacher at Francis Parker.
Daughter,25, Alum of SMU, Harris Bank, Private Banking.
2 Yellow Labs, Dunkn 12, Jack 10.
1 Cat, Sunshine 12.
1 Buddy 150
1 2004 Honda Accord EX
1 2005 Acura
I live a 3 bedroom townhome.
I have a condo in Lincoln Park that my two daughters "Borrowed" three years ago and never returned.

I will probably have to work for the rest of my life to pay for all of the above!

45 to 54 rules! The rest of you are LOSERS!

k1dude wrote:45 to 54 rules! The rest of you are LOSERS!

Oh, real mature.

25-29 is in the lead! There is a nice variety of ages here, no 65-69 tho... kinda goes in two humps, like you get a
scooter when you're in your mid 20's, ride it for 10 years then sell it. Then miss it and buy a new one in your mid-40's.

My real age or the age I tell people?

Which do you all prefer?

Angela wrote:My real age or the age I tell people?

Which do you all prefer?

Well, it's anonymous unless you care to post your actual age.

Angela wrote:My real age or the age I tell people?

Which do you all prefer?

BOTH!

49, (in a month), 3 kids, 1 grandson, 2 scoots, 2 Jeeps, 1 mortagague, 1 evil ex-wife & 3 Gold fish. No dog, neighbor has 5 and runs a 'Dog School' with 'Doggy Day Camp' No cats, they're not my most favorite 'people'

41, NO KIDS Married, 3 dogs, one cat, guppies (all strays/ rescues, including the guppies). One scooter and one motorcycle for me and one for my husband. I won't mention the cages, or is that mentioning them there?

r0sa wrote:

Angela wrote:My real age or the age I tell people?

Which do you all prefer?

BOTH!

24 and 36...you figure out which is which.

Cheshire wrote: I toy with the idea of being a modern nomad, but there's still a few kinks to work out before I see that being viable. For example...how on earth do I fire my pottery on the road?? Hmm....

I see a VW van and a portable raku set-up in your future.

For the record: 44 years old, widowed, 1 goldfish (2 years), 1 bike (8 years), 1 scoot (new), 1 subcompact (7 years).

42 I love the 40's kinda like being 20 again same attitude but a little wisdom added 3 kids, divorced, scooter, car , mortgage a gf, and cat

r0sa wrote:

jfrost2 wrote:I'm surprised someone here is under 18.

don't be surprised! but ain't that you though?

Nope, I'm no longer a minor! I turned 18 this past January. My license still says "under 18 until such and such date" and "MC novice".

Learning to drive a car again feels to awkward compared to my scooter, I feel trapped and blinded in a car. I cant lean or anything like I can on the scooter, so boring! I havent driven in over 3 years and went straight to the public roads, drove everywhere and found I still remember how to drive, riding a scooter probably helped a little too.

Happily married, 2 daughters, 2 step-daughters, 2 cars, one grandson, and one scooter.

51, and since I got my scoot, going on 29.

Abbott: You're 40 years old, and you're in love with a little girl, say 10 years old. You're four times as old as that girl. You couldn't marry that girl, could you?
Costello: No. ?

Abbott: So you wait 5 years. Now the little girl is 15, and you're 45. You're only three times as old as that girl. So you wait 15 years more. Now the little girl is 30, and you're 60. You're only twice as old as that little girl. ?

Costello: She's catching up. ?

Abbott: Here's the question. How long do you have to wait before you and that little girl are the same age?

Costello: What kind of question is that? That's ridiculous. If I keep waiting for that girl, she'll pass me up. She'll wind up older than I am. Then she'll have to wait for me!

^^ that was odd