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How old are people here?

Started by Vic99, April 24, 2014, 04:32:19 PM

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JamesV

#30
April 24, 2014, 08:52:46 PM
OG used to have Gaius Julius Caesar's rookie card, but he put it in the spokes of his chariot, ruining its value.

As for me, the only original Star Wars movie that I got to see in a theater was Return of the Jedi, but I did get to see it at the drive-in.
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Michael Dean

#31
April 24, 2014, 09:22:34 PM
Old enough that the first PG movie my parents let me go to was Star Wars.  

I remember the kid down the street got a Pong console.  Yes, that's right; a fucking console with the only game being Pong.  

I remember starting college and only two guys on my floor had an Apple II with a dot matrix printer; everyone else had typewriters.

Exploderwizard

#32
April 24, 2014, 09:28:39 PM
Old enough to want to be young again.
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Marleycat

#33
April 24, 2014, 09:34:09 PM
Quote from: Vic99;744783How old are you?

Really? C'mon now a lady is never above 25.
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Sacrosanct

#34
April 24, 2014, 09:34:24 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;744886Old enough to want to be young again.

Old enough to look around at my friends the same age and say "Fuck this, I don't have to let myself just to like that.  I still feel like I'm in my 20s.  Time to hit the gym."
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Arkansan

#35
April 24, 2014, 10:10:15 PM
I'm 24.

Rincewind1

#36
April 24, 2014, 10:15:15 PM
Quote from: Arkansan;744892I'm 24.

That makes 3 of us in the Young & Nerdy age bracket :D.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

The Were-Grognard

#37
April 24, 2014, 10:40:16 PM
I look ten years younger, but feel ten years older than I am.

In any case, I fall in the average demographic here, so I'm in good company :D

Ravenswing

#38
April 25, 2014, 02:04:18 AM
Quote from: Ladybird;744877Screw you and your precious Amiga. My STe's blazing fast 8mhz 68000 leaves your puny 7.1mhz 68000 in the dirt, you may as well not bother with a CPU at all.
Hah, the first computer I owned was a 520 ST, and I used STs for almost ten years.  Death to Amiga!

That being said, I did own a slide-rule, and remember vividly the sensation on the street when someone's dad brought home an electronic calculator.  (Yes, it was that portentous a matter, this being around 1972.) It was about the size of a laptop.

Funny, actually -- given the number of folks on this board who tout their grognard credentials, I'm surprised how few of us are over 50.  I expected there'd be more of us.
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Stainless

#39
April 25, 2014, 03:38:30 AM
That one kid who is 14 or younger should get the fuck out of here or else he'll be maimed for life. What are his parents thinking letting him trawl through forums!
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The Butcher

#40
April 25, 2014, 04:23:48 AM
34.

I grew up outside the US which means my exposure to gringo pop culture was similar, albeit on a slightly delayed timeframe. Case in point: RPGs made their big splash 'round here in the early 1990s. I myself started gaming at 12 with the 1991 D&D Introductory Game ("black box").

Ladybird

#41
April 25, 2014, 05:03:06 AM
Quote from: Ravenswing;744908Hah, the first computer I owned was a 520 ST, and I used STs for almost ten years.  Death to Amiga!

1040STe. Worked great, and I did a lot of school work on it. I'm still blown away that it could run SubStation, a pretty decent Doom clone, at a playable framerate. We've got more powerful hardware now, but nothing is quite as impressive any more.

When I got an A1200 a few years later, it was more powerful and had a better DTP program, so I used that instead... but I still kinda miss the simplicity of TOS.
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One Horse Town

#42
April 25, 2014, 06:04:39 AM
Quote from: Stainless;744916That one kid who is 14 or younger should get the fuck out of here or else he'll be maimed for life. What are his parents thinking letting him trawl through forums!

Heh, that was me joking - ie, my geological age.

Really, i'm 43. I thought geological age was more apt! :D

saskganesh

#43
April 25, 2014, 07:58:37 AM
I'm a Canadian Centennial Project. Which makes me the same age as many local hockey rinks.

Maese Mateo

#44
April 25, 2014, 08:34:24 AM
Quote from: Vic99;744783How old are you?
27.

*Sees Poll Results*
WOW, most users are old enough to be my father/mother. That explains a lot. XD
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