View Poll Results: Your age?
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50+ Age Check
01-28-10 | 10:06 AM
#176
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 1,561
Likes: 0
From: Brighton, UK
Bikes: Rocky Mountain Solo, Specialised Sirrus Triple (quick road tourer), Santana Arriva Tandem
01-28-10 | 12:45 PM
#177
No I'm Not a Pirate!
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 694
Likes: 1
From: The middle of somewhere in Indiana
Hello everyone... I’m about 49 and three months, so technically I’m cheating when I post to this forum I guess.
But, in my defense though, I was a Heavy Equipment Diesel Mechanic for over 18 of my 49 years, and anyone who has ever worked in that field should agree it ages you about 7 years to every 1. So, in that respect I am somewhere around 139 years old, which feels about right some mornings.
I also like pie, and totally understand the concept of the pie ride… Apple is still my favorite, but peanut butter is coming in a close second.
So, hopefully I won't get kicked out... But, if I do I"LL BE BACK.
But, in my defense though, I was a Heavy Equipment Diesel Mechanic for over 18 of my 49 years, and anyone who has ever worked in that field should agree it ages you about 7 years to every 1. So, in that respect I am somewhere around 139 years old, which feels about right some mornings.
I also like pie, and totally understand the concept of the pie ride… Apple is still my favorite, but peanut butter is coming in a close second.
So, hopefully I won't get kicked out... But, if I do I"LL BE BACK.
01-28-10 | 05:05 PM
#178
01-28-10 | 05:11 PM
#179
Hello everyone... I’m about 49 and three months, so technically I’m cheating when I post to this forum I guess.
But, in my defense though, I was a Heavy Equipment Diesel Mechanic for over 18 of my 49 years, and anyone who has ever worked in that field should agree it ages you about 7 years to every 1. So, in that respect I am somewhere around 139 years old, which feels about right some mornings.
I also like pie, and totally understand the concept of the pie ride… Apple is still my favorite, but peanut butter is coming in a close second.
So, hopefully I won't get kicked out... But, if I do I"LL BE BACK.
But, in my defense though, I was a Heavy Equipment Diesel Mechanic for over 18 of my 49 years, and anyone who has ever worked in that field should agree it ages you about 7 years to every 1. So, in that respect I am somewhere around 139 years old, which feels about right some mornings.
I also like pie, and totally understand the concept of the pie ride… Apple is still my favorite, but peanut butter is coming in a close second.
So, hopefully I won't get kicked out... But, if I do I"LL BE BACK.
01-28-10 | 08:12 PM
#182
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,095
Likes: 10
From: Blueberry Capital of the WORLD, NJ
Bikes: Trek '09 1.5 wsd, Trek '13 Cocoa
01-28-10 | 08:19 PM
#183
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,095
Likes: 10
From: Blueberry Capital of the WORLD, NJ
Bikes: Trek '09 1.5 wsd, Trek '13 Cocoa
01-28-10 | 08:44 PM
#184
Brain fart.
02-01-10 | 02:18 PM
#186
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 1,050
Likes: 96
From: San Diego
Bikes: 1989 Schwinn World Sport. 1994 Diamond Back Response Elite MTB. 1964 Schwinn Typhoon. 1974 Bridgestone Sprinter, 2015 Scott Sub 10 Citybike.
I remember the day in my 3rd grade class when the President was shot in Dallas. The teacher was so upset she could no longer teach. So I do qualify to post here.
02-01-10 | 03:10 PM
#187
Old Fart Racing
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,347
Likes: 0
From: Draper UT
Bikes: 2015 Trek Domane 6.9 disc D/A Di2
02-01-10 | 04:54 PM
#188
just keep riding
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 13,560
Likes: 44
From: Milledgeville, Georgia
Bikes: 2018 Black Mountain Cycles MCD,2017 Advocate Cycles Seldom Seen Drop Bar, 2017 Niner Jet 9 Alloy, 2015 Zukas custom road, 2003 KHS Milano Tandem, 1986 Nishiki Cadence rigid MTB, 1980ish Fuji S-12S
We are the same age. I can still visualize the scene on our playground at recess when my third grade teacher came out and told us that President Kennedy had been killed.
02-01-10 | 09:51 PM
#189
02-01-10 | 09:59 PM
#190
Thread Starter
Banned.
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 20,915
Likes: 12
02-02-10 | 09:41 AM
#193
Infamous Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 24,360
Likes: 7
From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
I'm actually legal for this one...so you gonna buy me a shot of Geritol now or what?
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
02-04-10 | 09:46 AM
#195
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 619
Likes: 35
From: The Cotswolds, England
Bikes: Giant Revolt 2. Velo Orange Pass Hunter flat bar
A couple of years ago I got myself a winter training machine and set it up to simulate a time trial, just to see how I'd do. Thinking I'm a fit windsurfer, paddler and so on, I thought it seemed pretty fast... when I checked the time/distance chart, my time came out as comparable to an 82 year old... trouble is, I was 48 at the time! (I'm not saying it was me that ticked the 80+ box, by the way.)
02-04-10 | 03:58 PM
#196
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,095
Likes: 10
From: Blueberry Capital of the WORLD, NJ
Bikes: Trek '09 1.5 wsd, Trek '13 Cocoa
A couple of years ago I got myself a winter training machine and set it up to simulate a time trial, just to see how I'd do. Thinking I'm a fit windsurfer, paddler and so on, I thought it seemed pretty fast... when I checked the time/distance chart, my time came out as comparable to an 82 year old... trouble is, I was 48 at the time! (I'm not saying it was me that ticked the 80+ box, by the way.)
I notice no one is owning up to checking that 80+ box!
02-04-10 | 07:00 PM
#197
Thread Starter
Banned.
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 20,915
Likes: 12
02-05-10 | 03:29 PM
#198
Junior Member
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 19
Likes: 0
02-05-10 | 04:27 PM
#200
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,095
Likes: 10
From: Blueberry Capital of the WORLD, NJ
Bikes: Trek '09 1.5 wsd, Trek '13 Cocoa
Excellent! Celebrating many anniversaries seems like so much more of an achievement than just getting old. 36 anniversaries? That's quite an accomplishment! Congratulations!