How old are you?
by brenarlo on Dec 9, 2008 7:34 AM PST
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PrintI've been an AN frequent for several years now. I love the website. I live in Bismarck, ND, stuck in the middle of thousands of Twins fans. There just aren't a lot of A's fans to talk baseball with. That's why AN appeals to me so much because not only does everyone here genuinely like the A's, but the discussion that take place a lot of the time are above a 3rd grade level.
As I become more and more familiar with everyone's views I have begun to "like" certain users more than others. That could be because they're thoughts are more in line with mine or because they're articulate. There are a lot of other reasons too.
It dawned on me this morning. I don't know what the age is of any of the users. Obviously, some people remember taking their kids to the 1989 World Series, so we get an idea of how old they are... but by and large I don't know anyone's age.
Who knows... maybe I'll be blown away that the users I trust most on AN are 14 years old. Maybe they're 55. I don't know....
With that being said... let's have an age poll.
How old are you?
I'm 26 by the way.
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They say you are only as old as you feel
So, when I am replying to stuff on AN, I am 12. The rest of the time I feel like I’m 96.
"Camelot sure fell apart, didn't it?"-Steve McCatty
Good question.
Pretty much taken down, but here’s one of the old maps.
Obviously, it’s a little outdated…
Time permitting (and if I can find the easiest way to do it), maybe there will be an AN Census 2009.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Dec 10, 2008 7:52 PM PST up reply actions
I'm still 18
But I chose the 19-25 option because I don’t think a college student and a 5th grader are comparable.
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Well let's see your comments....
then we’ll decide!!
Just kidding…
"I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." -Yogi Berra
Happy birthday!
I was curious. Your name always catches me short because my son’s name is also Emmett (same spelling) and he’s 12.
19
that’s my dominican prospect age.
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
Does that make you 33?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Well ... I think you're a little older than me ... which would rule out 26 ... and it's hard to imagine you're 40 ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
You were right, I'm 33
This thread started just after I found a few more gray hairs.
The monster at the end of this blog.
32...
and pleased that was the cutoff. It makes me feel younger.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
represent
'That's something we do...thirteen hits and not score'-Terrence Long
by DyeLongJustice on Dec 9, 2008 7:53 PM PST up reply actions
21
I feel left out of the 22-club that so many seem to be a part of.
RagingHarden: Yeah if you get 20 starts out of me I'll be shocked. Like, I'll wreck my drawers.
same here
21 as well, 22 in april
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
25, so a deathgrip on the populous group
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson
where is the <10 category?
and where is that silly monkey and the man in the yellow hat he hangs out with?
Save Rajai Davis
112
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
I think that's actually weight, in pounds ...
wearing clothes … that are soaking wet … with pockets full of change … and shoes … and George Costanza’s wallet … and a weight vest …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Speaking of which, is Sal's kid taller than him yet?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
dog-years?
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 9, 2008 5:21 PM PST up reply actions
16 Going on 17
I’m 16 years old, but I’m 17 in a week. Awesome.
by Rated-R Superstar on Dec 9, 2008 2:34 PM PST reply actions
So
either most AN’ers really are between 19-32, or they represent the age group that has no problem saying how old they are. I mean, yeah, if I was 22; I’d shout it out.
Bitter much?
Whatever, I’m the little boy who forgot to grow up.
BTW, you have two guesses as to how old I am.
Oh look, I reached my quota of one comment per every other week.
I'm here to talk about the past.
am I allowed to guess?
or would that be cheating?
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
I'm gonna say 6 or 7.
Or 67.
You choose.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
41?
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Unless 67 refers to the offseason the A's moved to Oakland ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
kids
I must be the oldest one here, I’m celebrating my 39th birthday for the seventh time saturday.
Stomp,em, stomp the piss out of em.Then pound the budweiser after the game. Joe Schultz Seattle Piolts Mgr 1969
by billyball1981 on Dec 10, 2008 6:00 PM PST up reply actions
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"Never in your wildest alcoholic dreams could you conjure up a game like this!" Ken Korach
by jackcustismyhero32 on Dec 9, 2008 3:38 PM PST reply actions
my choice wasn't here....
old enough to know better but not smart enough to stop myself…..
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby
LOL.....
yup, I was 10 in 1971…..
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby
by thegashousegang on Dec 9, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
I also use this little nugget on occasion...
With age comes the wisdom to lie about said age.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
exactly
but it is funny how that wisdom can just flee at certain times….
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.-Rogers Hornsby
by thegashousegang on Dec 10, 2008 4:17 AM PST up reply actions
Here are some old polls...
From January 2005. The 25-34 age bracket won, with 37% of the vote.
From July 2005. The 30-40 age bracket won, with 24% of the vote. (But if you add up the 20s, which were split into a few different categories, they would have won.)
From April 2006 (with fewer overall votes).
And here’s an AN gender poll from July 2005.
This isn’t an age poll, but it’s entertaining: Getting to know you, from July 2006.
I have a feeling there’s at least one more recent poll, but I can’t find it…
but all the ages are wrong in those other age diaries
A's v Giants "is kind of like the difference between going to see the Ramones and going to see the Bee Gees. A's fans will go see the Ramones." -BB 07/27/05
+1
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
Speaking of which ...
did athleticsgirl24 every tell us how that matchmaking thread worked out for her?
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
What about the 'where are you from' diary
quite a ways back
I think by former huntsvillestar
Wow...
It looks like so many on that list are pretty much no longer regulars here.
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Dec 10, 2008 8:02 PM PST up reply actions
Heh
Incidentally, fans of our vintage are, for the first time, older than anyone on the roster.
Try to name the oldest player on the current roster. I’ll bet no one gets this without looking.
Thanks for tomorrow 'cause I've had enough
I dunno, but he oughta be DFA'd.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 12:01 PM PST up reply actions
without looking ...
I’m guessing Cust or Bowen.
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
Looking ...
OK, anyone who gets it right and claims not to have looked is lying.
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
Eric Chavez is 31 ...
it might just be him … though, actually, I think Mark Ellis is an older 31 than he is … wait, I think Duke is 31, too …
I think it’s one of them, whoever is the oldest 31 … I think that’s Ellis …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
you are correct in all your statements, yet still wrong on andeux's question
I'll send you a postcard from Space Mountain. @('.')@
No, you're right.
I just looked it up. Ellis is the oldest, being born on 6/6/77.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
I looked it up ...
I was not right … those there is no way you’d get it without looking it up …
Here is the answer, if anyone wants to look …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Jeez, my eyesight must really be bad.
I could’ve sworn I didn’t see anybody older than 31. It does make me feel better, me being 32 and all. One guy I can root for that’s officially an old geezer.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
I'd say there is a fairly low chance he starts the season on the roster ...
Randy Johnson or Jason Giambi will make you feel spry, though …
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Yes but the ugly baseball players
usually get the hot chicks. Kent Tekulve and A-rod prove this, I think.
And knowing who Kent Tekulve is shows my age well enough. I actually remember watching all of the Series games in the 70’s.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Dec 10, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions
Good looking guy hanging out with Madonna?
He proves the flip side all by himself. Though the ex wife is hot.
it is not possible to strategize while the ball is coming towards you
by eastcoasta'sfan on Dec 11, 2008 9:00 AM PST up reply actions
Robbing the casket? Or ...
Poking the cougar? 
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 12, 2008 8:09 AM PST up reply actions
Email still shows up on the AN version of ROSTER.
Not sure why.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 1:48 PM PST up reply actions
Seems like it should be a pitcher...
Duke maybe? Some middle reliever I can’t think of? Maybe Cust or Ellis?
Damn all those prospect threads left my brain filled with the names of, well, prospects.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
young people own the internet!
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Internets ...
it’s spelled Internets …
The Internets are not a big truck … they’re a series of tubes. Those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it’s going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
In Alaska, intertubes sees you!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions
Fiddy-seb'm.
Therefore, you will kindly… (turn down volume at work)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
45
Now get off my … (falls asleep)
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
I'm 50% closer to andeux than I am to The Dogfather.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
Or 100%. I don't know.
I’m also not a math major.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
The first one would seem to be 43 -- the second is an NFI.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 9, 2008 5:24 PM PST up reply actions
No Idea, with emphasis.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 9, 2008 5:52 PM PST up reply actions
The second one is ...
36. 100% closer to andeux than you. For that matter, my age is x where log(base3)(3x+9)=4.
Also, an NFI? How does NFI warrant an instead of a?
… because the sound of N is an EN vowel sound, therefore it gets an “an.”
So sez me.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 11, 2008 1:01 AM PST up reply actions
Otherwise, I have NFI why.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 11, 2008 1:03 AM PST up reply actions
Thanks for the earworm, jerk.
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
It's all
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 12:33 PM PST up reply actions
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 9, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions
Not old enough to be my dad...
…maybe an older brother, though.
My age is what you would be if you batted .800 for one game.
I blame Englishmajor.
You are not batting .800.
Aren’t you younger than me? Aren’t there like nine sibs between you & Ice Cream?
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
27?
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
God I hope this isn't the peak.
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
You hexy thang!
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
I believe in monocles!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
21.
Yeah.
"To this day and dating back 25 years, before every game he plays, Henderson stands completely naked in front of a full length locker room mirror and says, "Ricky’s the best," for several minutes."
by VORP is too nerdy on Dec 9, 2008 10:46 PM PST reply actions
(Which happens to be a good number if you're on the A's)
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23.
"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is." -Bob Feller
17
anyone younger?
Stay calm. I'm a relatively respectable citizen -- a multiple felon, perhaps, but certainly not dangerous
Yes, but she's really a 43 year old man ...
"It's for your own good. Big strong Devo knows whats best for Poppy" -- Mossback
Omigaw -- I see what you did there!
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions
im 17
born in feb. you?
"Sometimes Joe (morgan) doesn't like facts to get in the way of his opinions."- billy beane
"That was a great pick...if this was 2002" Me, to guy who selected Barry Zito in a fantasy draft
by harendaman365 on Dec 10, 2008 7:18 PM PST up reply actions
Me too
Stomp,em, stomp the piss out of em.Then pound the budweiser after the game. Joe Schultz Seattle Piolts Mgr 1969
by billyball1981 on Dec 10, 2008 6:02 PM PST up reply actions
Also 34
Born on Saturday the 5th, which doesn’t sound so bad, although I did ruin my father’s golf plans that day…
by FormerHuntsvilleStar on Dec 10, 2008 8:06 PM PST up reply actions
… and do you look good in jeans or a little black dress for a night on the town, like long walks on the beach, cuddling in front of a warm fire, a good glass of wine and an honest, open man who can make you laugh? Hmmm?
Sorry — I used to frequent Yahoo search.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 4:00 PM PST up reply actions
Haha! I've looked at Yahoo search,
but most of the guys my age that post there seem to prefer women who are 20 years younger than they are!
This party's over
Yup -- some folks 'think' 20 years younger.
It’s one of these problems.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 4:32 PM PST up reply actions
Amen. Just maybe you could use ...
… a young, young man, to drive away those middle-aged blues.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 5:00 PM PST up reply actions
Right on! I have no problem with being a cougar,
as long as he can handle it. I don’t get the middle-age crisis deal. I feel like I just keep getting better. No worries.
This party's over
Looks like you've come to the right place.
But watch out for the Rossmoor lady.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 10, 2008 7:04 PM PST up reply actions
Check her out in vertig0's recent thread about Fremont + SJ
Look for EMajor’s explanation in an exchange that starts here: 
And try to keep up, puma-girl. ;-)
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 11, 2008 12:37 AM PST up reply actions
I've decided I can't be any clearer, young-un.
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 11, 2008 10:13 AM PST up reply actions
Haha! Sorry,
this is my 11th straight day working with a head cold. I’m not at my brightest. The Rossmoor lady is indeed scary! I’m giving her a wide berth.
This party's over
I know how you feel
I went to college at the Dickinson State University….after leaving in ND for a while I was f-ing sick of the Twins and now I live in the Pacific Northwest and I’m so f-ing sick of the Mariners!!
Oh and I’m 27 and been a life long A’s fan.
DSU EDUCATION
what I meant to type up above was I attended the great Dickinson University…after living in ND..not leaving…..love the DSU education lol
Rickey says Rickey is ageless.
99 MPH with as much control as a deflating balloon - CurveballKing on H-Rod
I joined AN at the tender age of 18.
Ah, the impressionable days of youth…
by whiteshoes40 on Dec 10, 2008 6:50 PM PST up reply actions
2 months shy of 40 years young.
i need to hang with an older demo for a while to make me feel better
If you are going through hell, keep going. -W. Churchill
26...
and very happily signed to a life-time contract to the woman on the left. No opt-out clause, no signing bonus.
"I'll make a list for the record. These people should be trusted: Sal, andeux, rfloh, danny...and no one else. Certainly not me. And even extra super-certainly not NSJ."
by notsellingjeans on Dec 10, 2008 10:35 PM PST up reply actions
38 as of Friday
I saw Los Lobos at the Fillmore. I had a good time but it was not a good show. I thing they are playing with a new drummer and homeboy was lost on the cumbya stuff.
"Not in your wildest alcoholic nightmare would you ever imagine such events unfolding!" Bill King
by Buck Turgidson on Dec 10, 2008 11:48 PM PST reply actions
Yay old people!
"However, at Elias, I think they keep track of the amount of sunflower seeds spit in a dugout each night." - Brad Ziegler, 8/7/08
The meaning of life is not so much 'found,' as it is 'made.' --Opus
by The Dogfather on Dec 11, 2008 9:26 AM PST up reply actions
I'm old enough that this diary reminds me of IRC.
“A/S/L?”
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
wow, i must be old too
A/S/L was one of the first acronyms I learnt on the internets
There's no crying in baseball!
by gigglingone on Dec 11, 2008 10:50 PM PST up reply actions
Me too. You're not that old. ;)
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
I googled it so I could know what you're all talking about.
Does that count?
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Right. I'm sure you were one of *those* guys.
/join #randomchat
Any single girls here?
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/part
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
I am
39, to be 40 in april. I act 20 years younger, look 5 years younger, feel 15 years older.
Ooo! Piece of candy!
by ChickenStanley on Dec 11, 2008 10:30 AM PST reply actions
42, just like Halle Berry
So if I ever go on a blind date with her? Perfect ice breaker.
by EddieVegas_NRAF on Dec 11, 2008 8:43 PM PST reply actions
If you're really "just like Halle Berry"
I will go on a blind date with you.
"Dispatch knuckleheadedness with Bond-like aplomb." –74mk
36
turned 13 the day the (1st) space shuttle exploded.
I do recall the A’s-Giant’s WS, and the earthquake.
by rollierollieOxenfree on Dec 11, 2008 9:39 PM PST reply actions
31
The day I was born, Boston played at Oakland in front of 7,586 fans. A’s gave up 4 in the ninth, breaking a 1-1 tie, and lost 5-2. I don’t remember it at all, but the internet tells me it happened, so I believe it….
There's no crying in baseball!
25
But I feel 26…now I’m torn which age group to vote in…
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." ~Rogers Hornsby
by ZeroIndulgence on Dec 12, 2008 11:20 AM PST reply actions
How is the Jedi family doing?
Ray: "How fun is it to be up here playing in the Big Leagues?"
Gio: "It's *SUPER* fun!!!"
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