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Post by waysoftheearth on May 29, 2021 19:28:55 GMT -6
I saw this question asked in another topic, and thought it would make an interesting poll. So here it is; it's anonymous so hopefully, we can afford to be honest  |
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Post by geoffrey on May 29, 2021 19:35:42 GMT -6
I was able to honestly check the 41-50 box since I don't turn 51 for another week.  |
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Post by bigjackbrass on May 30, 2021 2:08:18 GMT -6
No surprises so far.
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 30, 2021 3:41:10 GMT -6
Proboards says we have 1,285 members, with 77 online in the last 24 hours. So a ways to go... |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2021 7:19:37 GMT -6
I "came out" in 1984. I am in good company, including Gremlins and Ghostbusters to name two of my favorite 1984-relics.
At 36 years of age I'm not in what appears to be the primary demographic of this place.
So how did I get here? I have an old soul, and the heart of a child.
I keep both in the sub-basement with all the other things I've dug up.
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Post by tombowings on May 30, 2021 7:27:33 GMT -6
It makes me feel old knowing I would have been in the "Up to 20 years" category when I first started posting here. Now I'm nearly 31.
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Post by Finarvyn on May 30, 2021 7:45:48 GMT -6
It makes me feel old knowing I would have been in the "Up to 20 years" category when I first started posting here. Now I'm nearly 31. I feel old, too, as I realize I created this space nearly 14 years ago.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2021 7:49:09 GMT -6
It makes me feel old knowing I would have been in the "Up to 20 years" category when I first started posting here. Now I'm nearly 31. I feel old, too, as I realize I created this space nearly 14 years ago. You can create Pocket Dimensions? You're too dangerous to be kept alive. |
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Post by jeffb on May 30, 2021 8:06:59 GMT -6
A bunch of old (eggs of) coots, most of us. I actually thought we had a bit more younger folks. But still early in the voting process.
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Post by Punkrabbitt on May 30, 2021 20:45:09 GMT -6
Getting old is better than dying young.
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Post by Vile Traveller on May 31, 2021 1:56:49 GMT -6
Getting old is better than dying young. As long as you leave a good looking corpse. 💀 |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on May 31, 2021 7:23:34 GMT -6
Getting old is better than dying young. As long as you leave a good looking corpse. 💀 I think I passed that by maybe 30 years ago... |
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Post by tombowings on May 31, 2021 7:29:32 GMT -6
Apparently, we need an OD&D workout group.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2021 14:10:07 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to.
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Post by DungeonDevil on May 31, 2021 17:55:46 GMT -6
Fifty, soon to be fifty-one in a couple of months. (Crikey!) On the other hand, that's still childhood for an elf. |
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Post by waysoftheearth on May 31, 2021 19:56:35 GMT -6
So... interest in OD&D appears to drop off a cliff at age 60? What happens on your 61st birthday??
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Post by asaki on May 31, 2021 20:14:16 GMT -6
I'm surprised there are that many members. Lots of lurkers, I guess?
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Post by DungeonDevil on May 31, 2021 21:03:31 GMT -6
So... interest in OD&D appears to drop off a cliff at age 60? What happens on your 61st birthday?? One becomes a raging chick-magnet. (I dearly hope.) |
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Post by yesmar on May 31, 2021 21:37:38 GMT -6
So... interest in OD&D appears to drop off a cliff at age 60? What happens on your 61st birthday?? A failed saving throw, obviously. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jun 1, 2021 0:47:23 GMT -6
Fifty, soon to be fifty-one in a couple of months. (Crikey!) On the other hand, that's still childhood for an elf. I was a miserable jerk for the 2 weeks preceding my 50th bday. Then when I crossed that milestone I kind of resigned myself to fate. |
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Post by tombowings on Jun 1, 2021 2:39:24 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to. Totally, gym memberships are overrated. I bring my daughter to the park every afternoon. While she's playing, I do calisthenics. Works pretty well for me. No extra equipment necessary. |
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Post by waysoftheearth on Jun 1, 2021 5:57:26 GMT -6
I was a miserable jerk for the 2 weeks preceding my 50th bday. Then when I crossed that milestone I kind of resigned myself to fate. Don't sweat it; there's still beer. |
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Post by geoffrey on Jun 1, 2021 10:14:31 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to. I will never forget one time decades ago when my mother and I were taking a mini-vacation in Denver. There was a comic book shop a few blocks down the street from our hotel, so I walked over. It was beautiful, cloudy, cool weather with moist air. You could walk for miles in that sort of air. On my way to the comic shop I passed a gym. Its wall facing the street was one huge bank of windows. Lined up against the windows were perhaps twenty treadmills, each one with a person on it...walking.  |
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Post by greentongue on Jun 1, 2021 11:06:19 GMT -6
Lots of people coming "Late to the Party". |
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Post by greentongue on Jun 1, 2021 11:09:45 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to. Having the Steps counter on my phone has been helpful. If I don't have 10K steps after walking the dogs I do the little more to get there. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jun 1, 2021 13:49:48 GMT -6
I was a miserable jerk for the 2 weeks preceding my 50th bday. Then when I crossed that milestone I kind of resigned myself to fate. Don't sweat it; there's still beer. It is such a weird thing. Inside you are still the same kid who was up late nights playing D&D all summer with his middle school friends. Then you look in the mirror and see this aging man. |
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Post by jeffb on Jun 1, 2021 16:40:06 GMT -6
Youth is wasted on The Young.
Or something like that.
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Post by verhaden on Jun 2, 2021 4:31:22 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to. Totally, gym memberships are overrated. I bring my daughter to the park every afternoon. While she's playing, I do calisthenics. Works pretty well for me. No extra equipment necessary. You do calisthenics? I just chase my kids around because they have absolutely zero sense of self-preservation. |
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Post by Finarvyn on Jun 2, 2021 8:17:44 GMT -6
So... interest in OD&D appears to drop off a cliff at age 60? What happens on your 61st birthday?? Retirement. I get to retire in 3 years, within a month of turning 61. |
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Post by DungeonDevil on Jun 2, 2021 17:01:55 GMT -6
All I can say as a guy who's "been there, done that" is that gym memberships are expensive, but most people with internet access own a pair of shoes and walking's free. It's not glamorous or anything but it's the thing you actually do every day and stick with that's gonna work for you, and most people can squeeze in 20 minutes of walking if they really want to. has been helpful. If I don't have 10K steps after walking the dogs I do the little more to get there. Wow, you must have a really long cord! Oops, I just dated myself! I was a miserable jerk for the 2 weeks preceding my 50th bday. Then when I crossed that milestone I kind of resigned myself to fate. Don't sweat it; there's still beer martinis. Time to graduate to something classier. |
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