how often do you find yourself wanting to ask a poster

[Tuesday Afternoon]

"how old are you?"

or is it just me

[seabeyond]

1. sometimes. and it matters. it would help conversation in many ways,

without it being a slight.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. yeah, but the time it takes to bring them up to speed in the thread and boom

the thread has dropped off the page.

[ret5hd]

2. oh, all the time!

sometimes i will ask, phrasing it as an accusation:

"i bet you're some kinda 25 yr old pup, right? you don't know nothin'"

or

"you're probably some kinda 80 yr old 'get off my lawn' codger, right? you done forgot what it's like."

me, i'm the perfect age, exactly between puphood and codgerhood.

[seabeyond]

3. ha ha. me,too. that. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. I will always be young because old age is always 15 years older than me!

[seabeyond]

33. that is what i hear, and reality seems to be baring that out. nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Usually, it's a reflex response to some totally naive (OR immature) post.

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But sometimes I'm curious as to whether they have first-hand
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[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. yes and

I always think that if I have to ask I already know the answer.

[Angry Dragon]

5. I find I am more interested in where they live..........

[surrealAmerican]

6. That's the one that always gets me too.

People will post about something local, and when you check their profile, there's nothing there. You're left guessing what town (or even state) they might be talking about.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. lol

as long as they aren't on my lawn I don't care where they live.


stalker

on edit: I figure they live where the unicorns poop rainbows.

[Xipe Totec]

7. So, what are you wearing?

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. flannels

[Xipe Totec]

13. Hahaha!

[bigwillq]

8. Rarely

Just you.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. lol

I am too old to care and just young enough to not give a shit.

[JitterbugPerfume]

14. often

I think there are some very young posters here

Get off my lawn whippersnapper, and respect your elders!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. I just wish they would get a clue

[madinmaryland]

15. So how old are you??

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. well, it is like this

I might have been born at night but, not last night

[MrsBrady]

47. my grandmother used to say that...

but I know you are not THAT old.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

48. no,but My Grandmother used to say, too

that is where I got it

[pink-o]

20. You can ask me anytime: I just had my 57th b'day.

As a liberated (and old) woman, I'm not gonna lie about my age or pretend I'm some nubile 40 year old or anything! Lucky for me, the kids like me and I have a lot of twentysomethings in my life to keep me current, so I may sound younger sometimes. But then, I mention that I lived through Kennedy's assassination and was a teenager during Watergate, so the cat's out of the bag.

Now you don't have to wonder or ask me, at least!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. lol

sometimes the wonderment goes hand in hand with a low post count

near as I can remember your posts have always seemed sensible enough that age was never a thought.

[pink-o]

27. Aww, thanx, TA!

I wish I could say that wisdom has come with aging, but nope. Still waiting.

[Curmudgeoness]

22. Screw that!!!!

If you are an "old" lady, then so am I at one year older than you. And I am not ready to accept that.....yet.

[pink-o]

25. Naw, me neither!

I just throw in the adjective because 57 is supposed to be my mother's age--and she was always old.

Actually, I'll settle for middle-aged. We could live to 120--it could happen, really!!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. ok.. I will give 120 -- if the quality of life is there

and this living longer makes me wish that the stages of life that we go through could be stretched out in accordance.

[Curmudgeoness]

40. LOL, I get your point.

I do laugh when I think about how this is not exactly "middle" age anymore. But unless I look in the mirror, I feel like I am still 40. I will concede to being old when I need a walker.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

35. I hear ya !!

not yet by a long shot

[nolabear]

37. You and I are the same age, Kiddo.

And I agree that being with poeple of all ages is a delight. Some days I feel old as dirt and some I know I'm hopelessly stuck at 13, and on the really good ones I feel the wonder of a five year old.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

23. I just wonder what gender they are at times.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

34. really, meh that doesn't bother me. usually they give that info away

at some point and even if they don't, doesn't matter to me. I guess I am pretty much gender neutral

[Doc Holliday]

24. For years I've been

referring to myself (mentally) as 'middle-aged.'

But since I don't know anyone who's 116 years old, I'm guessing it's time for a change.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. lol

whassup Doc?

[Doc Holliday]

42. I'll bet

you've been waiting for just the right moment to use that line.

I get that a lot. I've learned to live with it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

43. well, it was either that or

ask you how Wyatt was doing

[Quartermass]

26. That is one of my most hated questions on the internet.

I'm tired of people accusing each other of being children over a disagreement or the way they express themselves.

It's a deplorable thing to do, and has no real bearing other than another stupid tactic to try to win an argument.

If I had a dollar for every time I saw a post asking that question, I'd be a rich man.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. really? I hardly ever see it. I think it but, I never ask it. Do you see it here at DU?

I dont think I have ever seen it here.

I agree it is lame but, sometimes I do wonder what accomplishments or life experiences a poster has had to say some of the things they say and the expectations they seem to have.

[Kali]

28. not as often as I find myself wanting to ask

"what was your username at your last banning?"

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. lol

yeah, pretty much

[IcyPeas]

36. I remember a poll someone posted asking this quite a while ago

but they had it in a range format - not an exact age.

[rrneck]

38. All the time.

And then I find out they're fifty years old writing that juvenile stuff.

[bluedigger]

39. Old enough to know better, and young enough to do it again.

For the record.

[UTUSN]

41. I'm OLD & therefore hate/dislike anybody younger

I don't know whether I need to go on-and-on here.


Why is Herman CAIN on t.v. with eternal suckass Piers MORGAN?!1

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. time to change the channel, that is why Piers is on -- to remind you that it is time to

change the channel -I know I did. watching the Closer rerun on TBS

[ScreamingMeemie]

45. When I was MrsGrumpy people used to think I was 70-something.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

46. heh --

and so you thought ScreamingMeemie would conjure up a better image?

loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

49. I suck at username choosery, I guess...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

50. nawh

at the time you chose it, I could totally understand why.

it is so good to see how well you and your family are doing these days.

and actually the Repukes make me want to be a screaming meemie, too -- gah!

[raccoon]

51. I often want to ask where they're from, don't care so much about how old they are.

Oh, I'm around 60.