Sat Mar 5, 2022, 03:50 AM

How old are you, DUers? (poll) Please vote! lol

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I was driven to create this poll by the seeming absence of DUers in the late-night hours, so I have my suspicion as to how it will turn out... hell, I would not be awake myself at this time, and lately am not-- except I woke up so early yesterday (5 am) that I fell asleep in the early evening for 5-6 hours, and am thus now awake in the middle of the night... lol

Love you all!

Edit: sorry, I forgot, I am 59 years old... but looking good for my age-- genes from my father. lol

226 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Under 18 years
	0 (0%)
	18-29 years
	1 (0%)
	30-39 years
	8 (4%)
	40-49 years
	25 (11%)
	50-59 years
	43 (19%)
	60-69 years
	85 (38%)
	70-79 years
	53 (23%)
	80 and above years
	11 (5%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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How old are you, DUers? (poll) Please vote! lol (Original post)	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	OP
What I am hearing on the radio right now...	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#1
Always loved that song	PlanetBev	Mar 2022	#34
I think you forgot something DemocraticPatriot	canetoad	Mar 2022	#2
Now i have. 59	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#5
Thank you!	canetoad	Mar 2022	#8
Ask me two weeks from today	DFW	Mar 2022	#3
Are you finally turning 40?!?	róisín_dubh	Mar 2022	#4
Well.................don't tell anyone this, OK?	DFW	Mar 2022	#26
but we ask tonight, not 2 weeks later	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#6
I use my DU right to refuse to answer	DFW	Mar 2022	#27
I turn 60 myself in about three weeks.	Dial H For Hero	Mar 2022	#33
Been there, done that:	DFW	Mar 2022	#41
'Early returns' suggest that we are mostly older than shit	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#7
Periodically	canetoad	Mar 2022	#10
I'm not the same age I was when I joined	DFW	Mar 2022	#28
Thank you for that reference! Many of us here will get it	ms liberty	Mar 2022	#29
As the saying goes......	DFW	Mar 2022	#30
And what a great age!	MuseRider	Mar 2022	#38
It's from a Bob Dylan song	DFW	Mar 2022	#77
Love 'The Byrds' too... nt	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#55
Musically, their version was by far the best	DFW	Mar 2022	#75
yes, the site started about 20 years ago, yes?	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#69
Tom Petty was indeed a loss! Btw, it was the Byrds who did the cover	DFW	Mar 2022	#74
bedtime is 3am	orleans	Mar 2022	#9
You're a true night owl	True Dough	Mar 2022	#12
Same here, I'm a night owl plus I have terminal insomnia. I've always been up when everyone	Raine	Mar 2022	#15
I'm definitely a night owl, and I wish I could get to sleep by 3	wackadoo wabbit	Mar 2022	#19
Same here, but I'm more like 3-4am to 10-11am.	smirkymonkey	Mar 2022	#44
I have found the supplement "melatonin" to be helpful for sleep..	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#71
Way back when, I was presented with option of a desk job with regular hours. I was 23. I passed.	DFW	Mar 2022	#78
i'd be up later too if i had more options	orleans	Mar 2022	#59
same here I was always a night owl.	yellowdogintexas	Mar 2022	#58
This message was self-deleted by its author	jfz9580m	Mar 2022	#11
I'm about to exit the category you just entered	True Dough	Mar 2022	#13
This message was self-deleted by its author	jfz9580m	Mar 2022	#23
The really interesting thing about our age is that when (a lot) of us joined we were two categories	Eureka	Mar 2022	#14
It's hard to believe that I first joined DU 17 1/2 years ago.	StevieM	Mar 2022	#53
I don't think age matters. A person is an idiot, or they're not.	betsuni	Mar 2022	#16
+1	brer cat	Mar 2022	#24
Agreed. I've been an idiot for over half a century.	DFW	Mar 2022	#79
I rarely engage in discussion because of time zone difference.	Myrddin	Mar 2022	#17
Yes, not all of us are in the U.S.	betsuni	Mar 2022	#18
Boomers Baby!	denbot	Mar 2022	#20
I thought you needed less sleep as you got older?	Shermann	Mar 2022	#21
Will DU grow old and fade away?	Kaleva	Mar 2022	#22
It's the weekend	berniesandersmittens	Mar 2022	#25
Some of us older DUers occasionally find fun shit to do, too (state secret)	DFW	Mar 2022	#81
Have you considered the time zones we live in?	Hekate	Mar 2022	#31
Celerity is just a baby!	milestogo	Mar 2022	#32
Thankies!	Celerity	Mar 2022	#72
Old enough to know better, but young enough to not really care...	Wounded Bear	Mar 2022	#35
I jumped on DU when I was 50	PlanetBev	Mar 2022	#36
This message was self-deleted by its author	PlanetBev	Mar 2022	#37
DUers are mostly older.	MineralMan	Mar 2022	#39
It's because the younger ones are all busy	FakeNoose	Mar 2022	#40
yes, "message boards" have somewhat fallen 'out of favor'	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#70
Just turned. . .	ironflange	Mar 2022	#42
Somewhere between 40 and Death.	Golden Raisin	Mar 2022	#43
Yes, but how many states were there?	A HERETIC I AM	Mar 2022	#54
I was in my 30's when I joined!	smirkymonkey	Mar 2022	#45
I was, too!	AwakeAtLast	Mar 2022	#47
And I thought it was bad back then, which is what prompted me to join DU!	smirkymonkey	Mar 2022	#48
No kidding!	AwakeAtLast	Mar 2022	#50
This is by far the oldest forum that I'm on (and I'm on like 50)	Polybius	Mar 2022	#46
38!	Elessar Zappa	Mar 2022	#49
Well, the calendar says 60.	Iggo	Mar 2022	#51
At 34 I'm def on the younger end	JonAndKatePlusABird	Mar 2022	#52
wow there are more 80+ than 30-somethings.	WarGamer	Mar 2022	#56
well I a, 73 and I usually check in here before I go to bed...at 1:00 am nt	yellowdogintexas	Mar 2022	#57
Almost 35.	sakabatou	Mar 2022	#60
It appears that the vast majority of us either lived through the 1960's or were born during them,	artemisia1	Mar 2022	#61
It is what it is.	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#62
I was born in 1962, 2 months after the Cuban missile crisis...	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#63
Geez, we're like Congress	TexasBushwhacker	Mar 2022	#64
I tried hard for the first year or 2 after I joined in 2018 to get some of my friends/schoolmates/	Celerity	Mar 2022	#67
You are one of my favorites here,	DemocraticPatriot	Mar 2022	#73
Awww, thanks, I appreciate that and your posts as well.	Celerity	Mar 2022	#76
so disheartening that out of 324 replies, there are only 2 of us under 30, & only 11 total under 40	Celerity	Mar 2022	#65
Blame my parents	DFW	Mar 2022	#80
I don't like my Chinese Zodiac animal, lolol, 1996, year of the Rat, Fire Rat to be precise	Celerity	Mar 2022	#83
I should look that up	DFW	Mar 2022	#84
The numbers do explain a whole lot	Bettie	Mar 2022	#82
I was a young 56 when I joined DU in 2003. Now I'm 74.	Elwood P Dowd	Mar 2022	#66
Was it the Iraq War that brought you here?	Celerity	Mar 2022	#68

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Sat Mar 5, 2022, 03:55 AM

DemocraticPatriot (2,199 posts)

1. What I am hearing on the radio right now...

Love this station, 60s-70s and a little 80s

I was born in late 1962, was "in utero" during the Cuban Missile crisis....
I was raised on 'flower power music' coming from the AM radio in the car, many years before I knew what 'flower power' meant... but that music still touches my soul......

How old are you, DUers? (poll) Please vote! lol

1. What I am hearing on the radio right now...

34. Always loved that song

2. I think you forgot something DemocraticPatriot

5. Now i have. 59

8. Thank you!

3. Ask me two weeks from today

4. Are you finally turning 40?!?

26. Well.................don't tell anyone this, OK?

6. but we ask tonight, not 2 weeks later

27. I use my DU right to refuse to answer

33. I turn 60 myself in about three weeks.

41. Been there, done that:

7. 'Early returns' suggest that we are mostly older than shit

10. Periodically

28. I'm not the same age I was when I joined

29. Thank you for that reference! Many of us here will get it

30. As the saying goes......

38. And what a great age!

77. It's from a Bob Dylan song

55. Love 'The Byrds' too... nt

75. Musically, their version was by far the best

69. yes, the site started about 20 years ago, yes?

74. Tom Petty was indeed a loss! Btw, it was the Byrds who did the cover

9. bedtime is 3am

12. You're a true night owl

15. Same here, I'm a night owl plus I have terminal insomnia. I've always been up when everyone

19. I'm definitely a night owl, and I wish I could get to sleep by 3

44. Same here, but I'm more like 3-4am to 10-11am.

71. I have found the supplement "melatonin" to be helpful for sleep..

78. Way back when, I was presented with option of a desk job with regular hours. I was 23. I passed.

59. i'd be up later too if i had more options

58. same here I was always a night owl.

13. I'm about to exit the category you just entered

14. The really interesting thing about our age is that when (a lot) of us joined we were two categories

53. It's hard to believe that I first joined DU 17 1/2 years ago.

16. I don't think age matters. A person is an idiot, or they're not.

24. +1

79. Agreed. I've been an idiot for over half a century.

17. I rarely engage in discussion because of time zone difference.

18. Yes, not all of us are in the U.S.

20. Boomers Baby!

21. I thought you needed less sleep as you got older?

22. Will DU grow old and fade away?

25. It's the weekend

81. Some of us older DUers occasionally find fun shit to do, too (state secret)

31. Have you considered the time zones we live in?

32. Celerity is just a baby!

72. Thankies!

35. Old enough to know better, but young enough to not really care...

36. I jumped on DU when I was 50

39. DUers are mostly older.

40. It's because the younger ones are all busy

70. yes, "message boards" have somewhat fallen 'out of favor'

42. Just turned. . .

43. Somewhere between 40 and Death.

54. Yes, but how many states were there?

45. I was in my 30's when I joined!

47. I was, too!

48. And I thought it was bad back then, which is what prompted me to join DU!

50. No kidding!

46. This is by far the oldest forum that I'm on (and I'm on like 50)

49. 38!

51. Well, the calendar says 60.

52. At 34 I'm def on the younger end

56. wow there are more 80+ than 30-somethings.

57. well I a, 73 and I usually check in here before I go to bed...at 1:00 am nt

60. Almost 35.

61. It appears that the vast majority of us either lived through the 1960's or were born during them,

62. It is what it is.

63. I was born in 1962, 2 months after the Cuban missile crisis...

64. Geez, we're like Congress

67. I tried hard for the first year or 2 after I joined in 2018 to get some of my friends/schoolmates/

73. You are one of my favorites here,

76. Awww, thanks, I appreciate that and your posts as well.

65. so disheartening that out of 324 replies, there are only 2 of us under 30, & only 11 total under 40

80. Blame my parents

83. I don't like my Chinese Zodiac animal, lolol, 1996, year of the Rat, Fire Rat to be precise

84. I should look that up

82. The numbers do explain a whole lot