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18. I will always be young because old age is always 15 years older than me!

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 06:46 PM

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how often do you find yourself wanting to ask a poster [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 OP

sometimes. and it matters. it would help conversation in many ways, seabeyond Jan 2012 #1

yeah, but the time it takes to bring them up to speed in the thread and boom Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #19

oh, all the time! ret5hd Jan 2012 #2

ha ha. me,too. that. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #3

I will always be young because old age is always 15 years older than me! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #18

that is what i hear, and reality seems to be baring that out. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #33

Usually, it's a reflex response to some totally naive (OR immature) post. MiddleFingerMom Jan 2012 #4

yes and Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #12

I find I am more interested in where they live.......... Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #5

That's the one that always gets me too. surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #6

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #11

So, what are you wearing? Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #7

flannels Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #10

Hahaha! Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #13

Rarely bigwillq Jan 2012 #8

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #9

often JitterbugPerfume Jan 2012 #14

I just wish they would get a clue Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #17

So how old are you?? madinmaryland Jan 2012 #15

well, it is like this Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #16

my grandmother used to say that... MrsBrady Jan 2012 #47

no,but My Grandmother used to say, too Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #48

You can ask me anytime: I just had my 57th b'day. pink-o Jan 2012 #20

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #21

Aww, thanx, TA! pink-o Jan 2012 #27

Screw that!!!! Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #22

Naw, me neither! pink-o Jan 2012 #25

ok.. I will give 120 -- if the quality of life is there Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #31

LOL, I get your point. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #40

I hear ya !! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #35

You and I are the same age, Kiddo. nolabear Jan 2012 #37

I just wonder what gender they are at times. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2012 #23

really, meh that doesn't bother me. usually they give that info away Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #34

For years I've been Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #24

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #32

I'll bet Doc Holliday Jan 2012 #42

well, it was either that or Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #43

That is one of my most hated questions on the internet. Quartermass Jan 2012 #26

really? I hardly ever see it. I think it but, I never ask it. Do you see it here at DU? Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #29

not as often as I find myself wanting to ask Kali Jan 2012 #28

lol Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #30

I remember a poll someone posted asking this quite a while ago IcyPeas Jan 2012 #36

All the time. rrneck Jan 2012 #38

Old enough to know better, and young enough to do it again. bluedigger Jan 2012 #39

I'm OLD & therefore hate/dislike anybody younger UTUSN Jan 2012 #41

time to change the channel, that is why Piers is on -- to remind you that it is time to Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #44

When I was MrsGrumpy people used to think I was 70-something. ScreamingMeemie Jan 2012 #45

heh -- Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #46

I suck at username choosery, I guess... ScreamingMeemie Jan 2012 #49

nawh Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #50

I often want to ask where they're from, don't care so much about how old they are. raccoon Jan 2012 #51