Fifty Plus (50+) - Young'ns Thread

Everybody is welcome to post here. We're inclusive, because we know that everyone is young at heart.

This thread is too syrupy sweet.

Like THAT will last.... I just thought I'd give the ol' pendulum a push in a positive direction before all heck broke loose.

You like me... You really like me!!!! :D

Yes!

Now we have to think of something to talk about. Sigh.

1) I like my Scott Cheyenne better than my Atlantis.

2) Horseback riding hurts worse than bike riding.

3) Possums are the ugliest roadkill.

1) I like my Scott Cheyenne better than my Atlantis.

:eek::eek::eek:


Possums are the ugliest roadkill.

They make up for it by being so tasty.

3) Possums are the ugliest roadkill.

Ya sure they were dead?:D

When can we order jerseys? :innocent:

I tossed and turned all night worrying about this whole divisive age thing going on here.

Over the last 2 days I've ridden 62 miles and wondered if that would qualify me for an "I've almost ridden their age in two days." post. It was such a relief to awake to the this Young'ns Thread.

"Young at heart" is a loathsome expression. It invariably translates into "old coot".

I'll have none of it.

"Young at heart" is a loathsome expression. It invariably translates into "old coot".

I'll have none of it.

Ok then...................your a middle aged coot!

Wow! A thread called loathesome AND syrupy sweet! My job is done!

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3) Possums are the ugliest roadkill.

I prefer them over skunk roadkill:eek:

I prefer them over skunk roadkill:eek:


Especially if the oppossum is still nice and warm or the asphalt is keeping it good and hot, burrrrp:innocent:.

Bill

My obsessive summertime fear is that a ripe, swollen, several-days-dead raccoon will be run over by a car and that I, riding along in proximity to the car and raccoon (minding my own business) , will be sprayed with hot roadkill juices!

Everybody is welcome to post here. We're inclusive, because we know that everyone is young at heart.

Let 'em get their own damn forum, with their rap music and tattoos, they have not respect because they are too busy eating junk food and playing game boy. :notamused:

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3) Possums are the ugliest roadkill.[/QUOTE]

has anyone ever sen a live possum??

has anyone ever sen a live possum??

Yes. And if you think they are ugly when they are dead in the road...:twitchy:

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3) Possums are the ugliest roadkill.

has anyone ever sen a live possum??[/QUOTE]

Usually when they are racing an armadillo from the road side to underneath a car or truck tire to see which one can get a tire track over them first.

Bill

I tossed and turned all night worrying about this whole divisive age thing going on here.

Over the last 2 days I've ridden 62 miles and wondered if that would qualify me for an "I've almost ridden their age in two days." post. It was such a relief to awake to the this Young'ns Thread.


I'm 54, you've already ridden my age in 2 days!

Can't we all just get along? I'm gong over to the 55 1/2 forum. Maybe I'll find I have something in common with those good folks.
Never trust anyone over 56!!

Can't we all just get along? I'm gong over to the 55 1/2 forum. Maybe I'll find I have something in common with those good folks.
Never trust anyone over 56!!

Just what I keep saying- Youngsters have no respect for their elders.

Now go to your room and read your comics---and NO supper.

[has anyone ever sen a live possum??

Usually late at night when I walk out onto my back porch when the lights are off and I least
expect it. :eek:

Im only 34, but my curmudgeonly attitude fits in well around here

Im only 34, but my curmudgeonly attitude fits in well around here

Says who?

:saweeet:

Im only 34, but my curmudgeonly attitude fits in well around here

Hey..............you kids...................get off the grass!

I'm only 49.

My bike has triple chainrings.

With cages, not cleats.

Go ahead. Flame me. I read the Road Bike forum. I can take it.

I'm only 49.

My bike has triple chainrings.

With cages, not cleats.

Go ahead. Flame me. I read the Road Bike forum. I can take it.

ME TOO!

I'm only 49.

My bike has triple chainrings.

With cages, not cleats.

Go ahead. Flame me. I read the Road Bike forum. I can take it.

Years: 49
Chainrings 3
TOTAL 51

THAT MAKES YOU 50+ BY ANYONE'S MATH. YOU'RE IN.

Years: 49
Chainrings 3
TOTAL 51


:rolleyes:

Okay, am I missing the obvious?

:rolleyes:

Okay, am I missing the obvious?

:lol:

BUT! If that logic is valid... I'm 47 with 3 rings. Which just* puts me in!

:rolleyes:

Okay, am I missing the obvious?

There you go again, foolishly trying to think you're way through one of my posts. Trust Solveg. She has a woman's intuitive grasp of my artistic rendering of silly things like numbers.

:lol:

BUT! If that logic is valid... I'm 47 with 3 rings. Which just* puts me in!

You are at least 329 in dog years.

You are at least 329 in dog years.

I've always said it: Tom Bombadil knows what a woman wants to hear.

:rolleyes:

Okay, am I missing the obvious?

How about this for a rationalization - the chain's got to be on one of those 3 rings, so whichever one the chain's on doesn't count?:D

- Bob

I am 201 in dog years. The 7 year:1 year thing isn't really accurate.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/dogyears.htm

That calculator is wrong too. There is no standard conversion, as not all breeds of dogs have the same longevity expectation.

I submit that the on-line calculator is no more accurate than the old 7:1 assumption. For the average person lives to roughly 75. Using their calculator, the average dog would have to live to 15.5 for it to be accurate. But the fact is that few dogs live that long. The average across all dog breeds is closer to 12-13.

Here is a chart of expected lifespan by dog breed:
http://www.dog-answers.com/Dog-Longevity-by-Breed.html

So in Pomeranian years, 47 would translate to 235 years
In Great Dane years, you are 376.

That calculator is wrong too. There is no standard conversion, as not all breeds of dogs have the same longevity expectation.

I submit that the on-line calculator is no more accurate than the old 7:1 assumption. For the average person lives to roughly 75. Using their calculator, the average dog would have to live to 15.5 for it to be accurate. But the fact is that few dogs live that long. The average across all dog breeds is closer to 12-13.

Here is a chart of expected lifespan by dog breed:
http://www.dog-answers.com/Dog-Longevity-by-Breed.html

That chart is very accurate!

Well, help me out here, because I have kind of a headache and not energetically thinking tonight. The actual way of converting years would be to compress human age to adulthood into when dogs reach adulthood, which is between 1.5-3 years if you go to when a dog's growth stabilizes and he's not expected to gain any more weight. So those years are weighted probably 10-1. Then you'd have to take the years remaining of the average lifespan and prorate them to the average lifespan of the human. There would be some male/female thing to consider there.

Then there would be some math magic that would happen to combine the ratio pre-adulthood with the ratio post-adulthood, which is beyond me right now.

Help?

The simplest way is to simply find a ratio between the expected longevity of a particular dog and that of a human. So if a dog breed lives to 10 and a person to 75, then you use 7.5. I really don't see much reason to make it more complex.

A dog who is 5 has lived half of its expected life, as has a human who is 37.5. Although neither of those statements is accurate either, as for both dogs and humans, if you avoid dying from infant death causes and accidents at a young age, your life expectancy changes.

As its just a silly approximation anyway, I see no reason to overthink it.

The simplest way is to simply find a ratio between the expected longevity of a particular dog and that of a human. So if a dog breed lives to 10 and a person to 75, then you use 7.5. I really don't see much reason to make it more complex.

A dog who is 5 has lived half of its expected life, as has a human who is 37.5. Although neither of those statements is accurate either, as for both dogs and humans, if you avoid dying from infant death causes and accidents at a young age, your life expectancy changes.

As its just a silly approximation anyway, I see no reason to overthink it.

So, why am I thinking that if we go back 30 years, dogs lived longer, and the average was indeed 7:1, but now it's more like 5:1?

We would have had some great conversations in college, Tom.

You want to rehash skin tone?

So, why am I thinking that if we go back 30 years, dogs lived longer, and the average was indeed 7:1, but now it's more like 5:1?

I would bet that dogs had shorter lives 30 years ago, given that vets do far more to prolong the life of a dog than they used to.

Technically even if dogs and humans lived shorted lives 30-50 years ago, the ratio could have been higher then. Consider the following:

Let's say humans now live 75 and dogs live 12: Ratio is 6.25:1

In the past let's say humans lived to 68 and dogs to 10: Ratio is 6.8:1.

The 7:1 probably stems from people living to around 70 and dogs living to around 10.

Jet Travis:

I like your new avatar, but the saddle height looks a little high.

No contest ( I actually had to make the dead possum photo kinda cute, because the original dead possum was so incredibly gross--it's still no contest):

Dead Possum:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/138250017_240d914e39.jpg

Live Possum:

http://www.buzdor.com/_images/grapepossum.jpg

That calculator is wrong too. There is no standard conversion, as not all breeds of dogs have the same longevity expectation.

I submit that the on-line calculator is no more accurate than the old 7:1 assumption. For the average person lives to roughly 75. Using their calculator, the average dog would have to live to 15.5 for it to be accurate. But the fact is that few dogs live that long. The average across all dog breeds is closer to 12-13.

Here is a chart of expected lifespan by dog breed:
http://www.dog-answers.com/Dog-Longevity-by-Breed.html

Occam's razor: If you're doomed to be wrong anyway, at least keep it simple?

road fan

Occam's razor: If you're doomed to be wrong anyway, at least keep it simple?

road fan

That's the most logical thing I've read in a long time!!!!

Im only 34, but my curmudgeonly attitude fits in well around here

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EVERYONE is allowed in this thread!!!!!


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