I'm 48 years old-and you? Just curious as it seems

[babylonsister]

there are a lot of younger people, which is great. And you?

[eddiebrowns]

1. This is true-I'm younger than you

I won't be 48 until next August

[graywarrior]

2. I'm older than you

[babylonsister]

25. OK; I turn 49 in February-dawning of the age

of Aquarius yet again!

[1monster]

28. Me too.

[Kat45]

42. I turned 49 last February.

:-)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. 52.

But I have my memories. ;-)

[babylonsister]

33. BUT I have my memories?

Isn't that the whole point of living? If not, help me!

[teach1st]

4. I'm 51

But I still feel 17...that is, unless my back is out. And my knees kinda hurt sometimes.

[CO Liberal]

15. Me Too - For Now

I'll be 52 on the 28th. Here's a picture of me that The Princess took back in August.



BTW, my avatar is a picture of me that was taken at the Halloween dance where the Princess and I met - in October of 1991.

[babylonsister]

34. Stuff happens...

my lower back isn't all there, but I try to ignore it. When your number is called...

[RebelYell]

5. 48 going on 25 n/t

[OldLeftieLawyer]

6. 59

but remarkably immature

[babylonsister]

26. Immature is good!

[MuseRider]

7. 51 next month. n/t

[DrZeeLit]

8. Moi, je suis 52.

Next month that moves up a notch, Casey, to ...53.

and we just keep countin' down the hits.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

113. I woulda NEVER guessed...I'm 46

[DrZeeLit]

114. Wait...wait... is that a good thing? Or...???

Like many others... I feel sooo 17.
Still, what? You figured I was older? Younger?
Hmmm, I just wondered.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

118. younger

[DrZeeLit]

122. Ah...the tactful reply...and sooooo true! Big smile here! n/t

[Aunt Anti-bush]

9. 33

eom

[flamingyouth]

10. I'm 35

[wtmusic]

11. 46

a lot of us oldsters on tonight

[babylonsister]

55. 46 IS NOT OLD!

[CBHagman]

104. THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

:hug:

I turned 46 in October and realized only last night that Bush will be in office until I'm 50. :cry:

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

12. I am just shy of 34

and lovin' it!

[Swede]

13. 47 years young.

Time she flys.

[babylonsister]

32. TIME SHE FLIES!

Ain't that the truth. Almost X-mas again. For me, I don't like. Enjoy those that do..

[Gyre]

14. 50.

And man-o-man, this last birthday was tough for me!

Gyre

[n2mark]

16. My goodness

am I the eldest? I'll be 63 in March. Maybe I should leave DU.

[babylonsister]

19. NO WAY!

Stay right where you are!

[Digit]

27. You are not, although it is not me, either.

I think I read that some of our members are in their 80's.
Isn't that GREAT????

[OldLeftieLawyer]

44. You and me, kid

We're the oldest here, and we're here to show the kids The Way.

We know stuff .............. ;)

[blondeatlast]

100. Don't even think about it!

We need your wisdom, friend.

[intheflow]

17. I'm 40.

And just hitting my stride.

[Queen Jane]

18. 27-emotional age is a different story. (nt)

[babylonsister]

20. Yeah, me also. 48 but emotionally?

It's all good, we are where we are, and we are here. Take heart!

[NightTrain]

21. 38...going on 12.

;)

[tedoll78]

22. 26.

Although I'm oscillating tonight between feeling like I'm 14 and feeling like I'm 126. It all depends on whether or not my pain medication is working for this friggin' tooth ache. :(

[CelticWinter]

23. 23 twice around

:bounce:

[smbolisnch]

24. 25 as of last week!

:bounce: I like that we are a diverse group, age wise!

[billyoc]

29. 41 n/t

[progmom]

30. 33 for me nt

[OnionPatch]

31. Just a few years behind ya

45, pushing 46.

[Timebound]

35. Twenty.

Errr...I guess that makes me the baby so far then.

[babylonsister]

45. "Twenty"

Please relish being the baby. I remember way back when, when I was
'the baby' at age 24. Very cool to be young and learning in Boston, meet/have role models; you are so lucky to be meeting us this way. We never had this opportunity (chatting on DU!). Think about it; I had no clue what an internet was when I was 20. Talk about progress.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

36. I am 24 years old :)

[derbstyron]

37. OK: I admit. I don't act it but on Dec 13 I will turn..35

[getoffmytrain]

38. 26

[Fenris]

39. 20

[Polly_Sorbate_60]

40. 30 in 3 weeks

Wow...when I was 8, 30 seemed sooo old! Now that I'm almost there, it's like: "eh." I can't party like I did in my early 20s, but life is good nonetheless :)

[Socialist Dem]

41. 40

:D

[MissMillie]

162. Me too! (nt/)

.

[elfrangel]

43. Just turned....

26 in September

[truthbetold]

46. 18.

This was my first voting election.

[smbolisnch]

53. And one you will never forget, no doubt...

:cry:

[Left Is Write]

67. There was a presidential election when I was 18 too.

It was 1984, Mondale running against the very popular Ronald Reagan. I was a young Democrat born, raised, and living in Minnesota. I'll give you one guess who I voted for. ;)

[the Princess]

47. 44 - but I don't think I look it! :)

That's me in my sig line - NOT Pete Townshend - the other one! LOL

[EstimatedProphet]

48. 41, until January

[qnr]

49. um, whatever 11/29/1957 makes me... I don't keep track n/t

[babylonsister]

54. ROFLMAO! Yeah, right. nt

[qnr]

58. actually, I really don't :)

I know I'm somewhere in the upper 40's, but it's too much effort to figure it out since I'm not really interested :)

[Left Is Write]

70. Well, by my calculations

that means you'll be 47 in a couple of weeks. ;)

[qnr]

73. thanks :) n/t

[aquaman]

50. I'm 32..

But I look 14.

[Wapsie B]

51. I'll be 48

going on 25 ;-)in a couple weeks; December 3rd to be exact. Yes sometimes it does seem like a lot of much younger people on here but DU is so diverse.

[babylonsister]

52. Many folks, young and not so young-thanks for

replying! :hi: This gives me faith! :yourock:

[Queen Jane]

57. i LOVE steely dan. (nt)

[yvr girl]

56. I'm 37 but

people are usually shocked by that info (in a good way.)

[St. Jarvitude]

59. 16... ya old farts! (n/t)

[qnr]

62. Oh hush... and hand me my walker, youngun! n/t

[Name removed]

65. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[St. Jarvitude]

106. Pardon my French, but...

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

:D

[blondeatlast]

101. Wise beyond your years, kid.

I find that astonishing; you are very bright.

[nine23]

60. I'm 48. This should be a formal "group".

After all, think of all the things we've seen...we're not "boomers", we're "tail-end" boomers, children of the 70's...

The late-Vietnam era, ending circa 1971/72, morphed into Led Zepplin/Bowie, which in turn morphed into punk/Sex Pistols/Ramones...and RONALD REAGAN, defending America from those evildoers in...Grenada. This happened right before our very fucking eyes!

In the meantime, US foreign policy, across-the-board, with every single example, throughout the 60's, 70's and 80's, MY LIFETIME THUS FAR, has been a fucking joke.

Our timeline deserves it's own thread.

[Pithlet]

61. I'm 32

There seems to be a wide age range, here, which I love.

[FM Arouet666]

63. Too damn old or not old enough?

38 years old, but I have seen "kids" here at 15 which make me ashamed of myself for not becoming more active and thoughtful with my convictions. I was the most radical right wing nut ball in my teens and early twenties, I shutter at some of the things I said. I once said that "I am more conservative than Rush Limbaugh." That hurts more than a spicy bean burrito and a bottle of kimchee.

I hope you can forgive me, I was a US Marine at the time, damn bloody brain washing, hell of a thing.

Anyway, education UC Berkeley of all places, and experience, living in NYC for post-graduate work, made me see the light.

I guess, my point, age is not significant, we all reach the truth at different times in our lives. I personally, wish I had seen the light a few decades ago.

Peace.

[Left Is Write]

69. Were you born in June, by chance?

Guessing from your user name. I, too, was born in June of '66.

[FM Arouet666]

72. Close, but.....

I adopted the 666 moniker to irk the overly religious. My BDay would have listed me as FM Arouet466, not quite the same. :evilgrin:

[Maraya1969]

91. That is a very hopeful post

Arouet666 - The world can be changed - one person at a time!

I'm 46 BTW

[IronLionZion]

64. 21

all up in it loving it strong


but sometimes even I feel old, like when I go to a punk concert and there are tons of younger kids there :( and I want be like "you kids stop crowd surfing before you hurt yourselves"!

shameful, I know :P

[Left Is Write]

66. I'm 38. (nt)

[Reverend_Smitty]

68. I'm 20

and my last birthday that really matters is coming up in less than 5 months!

[Liberal Mommy]

71. I'll be 33 in Jan

Time sure flies by. :cry: My oldest will be 12yrs old next Jan 27th and my youngest will have his first birthday on Jan 20. Lots of Jan bdays in my house. hehe

[yellowdogintexas]

74. just had my 56th birthday

on Oct 27th

[Bobbie47]

75. I'm 51

with an 11 year old daughter, she is keeping me young, or making me old depends on how our days are going...

[PlanetBev]

76. Turning 54 this Wednesday

Holy Jebus. How the hell did I get this old?

54 and still marching against the knuckledraggers. I feel like I've spent my whole life making up protest signs. I got a closet full of them for different issues/occasions.

[Mumble]

120. I'm 57..

..about the same age as Shrub. I would be a better President, but I had no desire to run or serve at this time. Maybe in 2008.

[WindRavenX]

77. 19

Yo!

[barackmyworld]

138. me too

[Lone_Star_Dem]

78. Well, I am 36 and you could not pay me enough to be

20 again. I've always fought the good fight but now I do it better. I love my age!

Having said that, last week I looked in the mirror and saw my Mother. Oddly all I felt was pride, she was one heck of an activist in her day. :)

[maveric]

79. I'll be 49 in May. 1956 was a very good year.

[ariesgem]

80. 41 and I sometimes get carded for cigarettes!

[Mabus]

107. 43 (and 49)

same for me when I buy cigarettes or alcohol or go to night clubs. I was got held out of line last year at a local concert while they checked over my ID to make sure it hadn't been altered.

My partner's the same way. He's 49 and until his moustache started to grey up a few years ago he got carded too.

This probably wouldn't happen if he actually took me anywhere (besides poltically oriented get togethers).

[ariesgem]

134. I get so flattered when they ask! I'm lovin' it!

[leftofthedial]

81. same age

for another week

[GingerSnaps]

82. I am this many fingers old

I am holding them up right in front of my computer screen can you see them? :bounce:

[Dogmudgeon]

88. They've got surgery for that, you know

There is no reason why anyone should have to go through life with more than 28 fingers on each hand.

(Ducks flying glassware and sharp objects.)

--bkl

[GingerSnaps]

90. Damn you saw that?

My Motto: "Why put off til tomorrow what you can put off til next week? Or maybe even next month?"

[billyskank]

83. 28. n/t

[jdots]

84. i'm 56 but don't blame me

shit happens and i still behave like 4 -14 year olds

[American Tragedy]

85. I am 21

so this was the first presidential election in which I could vote.

It has definitely changed my life, because immediately after I walked through the curtain, I realized that regardless of the outcome, I would never be able shroud myself in apathy ever again.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

86. I am 22, but only look about 18

which is weird as when I was 20, people thought I looked 24 :crazy:

[bobthedrummer]

87. I'll be 55 on the 23rd.

:hi:
Still drumming...

[non sociopath skin]

96. Hey, I beat you, Bob!

Turn 55 on the 19th! :toast:

The Skin

[flvegan]

89. 33 as of this coming Thursday

[supernova]

92. I'm 42 here

:hi:

One of the reasons I like DU is the variety of ages. :-)

[Cerridwen]

93. 47 this past October 12th.

A true child of the 60's and a teen of the 70's. I turned 13 October of 1970.

One day, when I was a little girl, my mom took me and my brother over to my grandparents. My mother was very sad. She explained that another little girl and boy about mine and my brother's age had just lost their daddy and everybody was very sad. That was the day JFK was assassinated.

A man walked on the moon. We watched it on TV.
The Beatles came to the US. We watched them on the Ed Sullivan Show. My parents wouldn't let me go see them when they came to Vegas. They said I was too young.

In junior high, one of my coolest teachers was fired for being a "communist." I ran into one of his daughters many years later and she let me know what really happened. Her father was extremely liberal and the school district didn't want his "subversive" ideas in the school. My school went through a period of "race riots." The Civil Rights movement was in the news everyday.

Kids in high school wore POW and MIA bracelets. Platforms made their "debut." Long hair was in. A woman from the National Organization for Women (NOW) came to my school and gave a presentation on the ERA. Vietnam was in the news everyday.

Walter Cronkite, David Brinkley, and Chet Huntley were the news reporters I remember growing up listening to.

I remember exactly where I was standing the moment we heard on the radio at work, that the Challenger had exploded.

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

[babylonsister]

147. I remember so many of the things

you wrote about! JFK, POW bracelets (I had one; still do!), moon, Beatles, Huntley & Brinkley, etc. Thanks for the memories!

[SarahB]

94. 32

[HEAVYHEART]

95. I'm 39 years old.

[shesemsmom]

97. 47 last September

[bearfan454]

98. 48 for me too. n/t

[blondeatlast]

99. 45. nt

[Penndems]

102. I'm 49

Turning the BIG 5-0 next June. Where did the time go?

[FarLeftRage]

103. 46

I look like I'm 36, tho...

[nonconformist]

105. 31. nt

[CatWoman]

108. I turned 48 last week

depressing, ain't it?

[babylonsister]

146. Nah, consider the alternative! nt

[Bertha Venation]

109. 41 eom

[xpunkisneatx]

110. 21 n/t

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

111. 51 down, 9 to go

Whoo hoo! :bounce:

[elcondor]

112. 20 going on 40

My mom says I was "born an adult"

[NMDemDist2]

115. 49 and holding.......

I'll be 50 in April

[da_chimperor]

116. 21 and ripe for drafting

Good thing for me I've already fled to another country. :D

[jdj]

132. Bless your heart.

Stay there. I'll circle you with white light tonight in prayer.

"The life of a man belongs to that man." David Harris, explaining why he sent his Vietnam draft cards back to the gov't, for which he spent 5 years in jail.

[deadparrot]

117. 17...one of the babies...

Will be 18 in February, though...just in time for a draft. :crazy:

[sugarmags]

119. I'm 34...

but I still feel 20, sometimes....

[northamericancitizen]

121. 51 going on 35 n/t

[ScreamingMeemie]

145. I'm 34 too!

:hi: There's a lot of us. :bounce:

[sleepyhead]

123. I'm 49

Till next September. Glad to see so many DUers around my age.

[LastKnight]

124. 18, male, and athletic... the draft's favorite... nt

[emdee]

125. I'm 44. n/t

n/t

[kitchen girl]

126. 47 and growing older...

but not up! :evilgrin:

[yardwork]

127. 44, will be 45 in February

Being born in 1960 is convenient because if I forget it's easy to figure out how old I am.

[Dying Eagle]

128. 23

feel like 43. I am a construction worker. Its slowly killing me.

[Ilsa]

129. 46 here.

[ralps]

130. I turned 49 in May

:hi:

[Metatron]

131. 35 n/t

[steve2470]

133. 46, sometimes 21 lol nt

[alittlelark]

135. A touch younger.

[Der Blaue Engel]

136. 38, and it freaks me out

I keep thinking I'm in my early 20s. I'm the mom of a 13-yr-old boy...and I have *no* idea why anyone would leave me in charge of another entire human being.

On edit: I so cannot type tonight

[KT2000]

137. 53 years old n/t

[He loved Big Brother]

139. Just turned 25

And no gloating here, I know I am above-average intelligence for my age, but that's about it- "for my age".

Sometimes I think a person's 20s are there solely to show them how much they have left to learn. All of my friends are 29-35, and I feel like the baby of the group. But I don't mind, as it has taught me that age is not always "just a number", especially during the times I am thrust into situations where I must converse and associate with people younger than myself.

[Robeson]

140. 40

[achtung_circus]

141. I turned 49 last tursday but

I'm told that you're only as old as the woman you feel,,, oh, wait, that doesn't work cuz she's 50.

Well, I don't know what 49 is supposed to feel like. I feel fine, mostly, unless my knees hurt. I sometimes feel 17. Oh piss on it.

Never mind. It doesn't matter.

[BlondieK143]

142. 19.

:) As far as emotionally... 35.

[LWolf]

143. 44

I like "doubles" years!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

144. I'm 17,

I'll be 18 in June. :)

[Richardo]

148. I'll be 48 in 7 days.

See you then! ;-)

[Mrs. Venation]

149. I'm 52

I'll be 53 in January. I can honestly say I have been standing up for oppressed people for 40 years!

[SCDem]

150. 28

But I just say almost 30 to round things off... been saying it since I turned 26.

[lovedems]

151. 36

Will be 37 in January. I still feel like I am in my early 20's.

[Pacifist Patriot]

152. Turned 36 last week.

[bluedeminredstate]

153. 42.

But I have at least 6 years of cute left, dammit!!!

[Union Thug]

154. 40 years old here.... (3/28/64) n/t

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

155. 25

[Wat_Tyler]

156. 82.

[kick-ass-bob]

157. 31. but I look 25.

[Jack Schitt]

158. Tengo veintidos anos.

I am 22 years old. :)

[tnlefty]

159. 44 for 3 more months anyway...

eom

[gpandas]

160. 60 years young. n/t

[arwalden]

161. 44

[Gothic Sponge]

163. 37

[Fifth of Five]

164. Me too!

[Dora]

165. 35

[norml]

166. 47 Born 5pm 7/29/57 in Lincoln Nebraska

DU is made for all ages!

[Peance-Freeance]

167. 28 n/t