How old are you?

rotard wrote: I'm 30 and still look very young. Heck, I don't even need to shave every day. I think the no kids thing has kept me feeling young.

I have to agree. I'm 35, as I mentioned earlier, and whenever I see someone that I went to high school with that has kids, they pretty much always look 10 years older than me, the few without don't. I can honestly think of only two exceptions to the rule.

44 and enjoying every minute of it. Thinking next year is the year I get RS3's so I don't have to switch tires at the track. Getting too old for that sh_t.

40

I have no idea. I was born in december of 1975. So however old that makes me. I usually whip out the calculator.

In reply to Bobzilla:

That doesn't make you old. It makes you young.

ransom wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote: WTF is 40 supposed to act like?

Working on it. Already a year overdue, but based on how quickly I'm figuring stuff out, I hope to have an answer for you by the time I'm 73 or so... I feel like I've almost got some guidelines for 17 sorted out.

I'm still working on guidelines for my 20's. Like John Lennon said, 'Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans'.

Bobzilla wrote: I have no idea. I was born in december of 1975. So however old that makes me. I usually whip out the calculator.

Punk kid. I graduated from high school in 1976 and I have underwear older than you.

45 going on 23.

rotard wrote: I'm 30 and still look very young. Heck, I don't even need to shave every day. I think the no kids thing has kept me feeling young.

I still get asked if I'm 19. I attribute my youthful feeling to working a job that keeps me on my feet; about 4 years ago, I a cube job for the summer, and I felt like I aged 3 years.

Curmudgeon wrote:

Bobzilla wrote: I have no idea. I was born in december of 1975. So however old that makes me. I usually whip out the calculator.

Punk kid. I graduated from high school in 1976 and I have underwear older than you.

Well, in my family I hit middle age at 28, so there's that.

paranoid_android74 wrote:

mazdeuce wrote: 37, though I don't really deal in years any more, I deal in life stages. I'm old enough that my kids are all out of diapers. Next fall I will be old enough that all of my kids will have started school. The next age will be kids in college, etc. I find I have more in common with people that are at my stage in life regardless of age. I think that's one of the reasons I get along so well around here, I'm at an age where mucking about with cars is something I can do without ruining my life, which seems to be where most of you are as well.

Very interesting- we are both in the same stage. My youngest boy starts pre-kindergarten in the fall. And I just started setting up my first, well, kind of sports car two years ago with the goal of solo racing it. On a single income it's taking a while!

I hung up my helmet for a few years when I had a bunch of kids in diapers. There wasn't enough time or money or mental energy in the house for me to take whole days to go play with cars. It's kind of odd to be a mid/late 30's guy autocrossing. Most of the people are either in their 20's and don't have kids yet or in their 50's or older and their kids are grown.

In reply to mazdeuce:

I more or less did the same until my daughter started school. I was the stay at home dad as my wife had/has the real job. I decided to go back to school last year and now I'm an educational assistant and since our daughter will be at school full time next year I will be working full time myself next year (Hopefully). I'm just starting to get back in regional autoslaloms as I only did our club events for the last 5 years. My wife and daughter have been very supportive of my addiction, this makes it so much easier when your gone for the day on a Sunday.

Curmudgeon wrote: I have underwear older than you.

Way to much information

You know you are old when people start talking about the good old days of racing and you realize that you were a participant in said "good old days"

In reply to rustysteel:

I'm a stay at home dad too, small world. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do next year when everyone is in school. My wife would rather I didn't work and just continued in the support role. If I can handle it, that's the plan. Spousal support for automotive idiocy is necessary no matter who is working though.

Klayfish wrote: Old enough that when the Dukes of Hazzard first came out (the original TV series that is...), I wanted a General Lee toy for my b-day. 41

The general lee was cool but Daisy Duke was the reason we all watched. LOL

(yes I am older than you)

20 years old.

So why do you need to know? Gathering information on us, huh, huh? I never thought that GRM would join the illuminati!

50 and been an adult for far too long.

In reply to mazdeuce:

Wow, I envy you guys for being stay at home dads- that is what I wanted to do. But when it came down to it I made more money so wifey stayed home.

I've been putting of my racing dream for a looooong time, but I will make it happen!

dean1484 wrote:

Klayfish wrote: Old enough that when the Dukes of Hazzard first came out (the original TV series that is...), I wanted a General Lee toy for my b-day. 41

The general lee was cool but Daisy Duke was the reason we all watched. LOL (yes I am older than you)

Mmmm- Daisy Duke....

kreb wrote: So why do you need to know? Gathering information on us, huh, huh? I never thought that GRM would join the illuminati! 50 and been an adult for far too long.

My secret plot- using the camera on your device as a mind control ray!!! (Insert planktons diabolical laugh here)!

same age I've been for awhile. Old enough to know better, still to young to care.

Curmudgeon wrote: I'll be 55 in 12 days. I have a 16 year old daughter, I refuse to 'act my age', I throw those goddamn AARP brochures in the trash immediately and will NOT do the 'senior citizen specials' Denny's and similar places offer for those 55 and older. That E36 M3 is for OLD people. Several years back I was trailriding with a much younger guy, we hadn't known each other very long. I got out front of him in a woods section, turned up the wick and left him way behind. At the next road crossing I slide to a stop, he slides up next to me and hollers 'How old are you?' and I holler back 'Almost 40'. He hollers back 'Damn you don't act like you're 40!' WTF is 40 supposed to act like?

I think as long as you stay active and keep doing the things you love, age is just a number. Up until last year I was doing boot camp and hard-core fitness classes with 20-somethings and kicked butt. A few (even the instructor) guessed I was about "late-30s".

Fast-forward a year and a half of slacking off, stress, long hours at the computer... and I'm creaky, cranky, wrinkled and feeling old!

In reply to Lesley:

Who said something roughly like "We don't stop playing because we get old. We get old because we stop playing"?

A quick Google suggests George Bernard Shaw, but I'm always dubious of Internet attributions...

My wife's aunt's car was purchased new 2 years after I graduated from high school.

If I wanted a car older than me I would have to buy this one from my BIL. Then I would be 3 years younger than my car.