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Topic: So who is the oldest person on this forum?
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STEVE SMITH
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posted 02-09-2004 10:11 PM
 
It seems like only a short time ago I was the youngest person in a meeting. Then boom, one day I was the oldest.I'd certainly like to think I'm not old, but the feeling is creeping up on me reading the "Who are you" that I'm in the upper percentile of this forum. One thing I enjoy about aging in the sense of history I've actually seen, and an appreciation for what has happened before me, and what my grandchildren will do in the future. Its been an especially interesting journey relative to my lifetime favorites of aviation and space exploration. I've mentioned some anecdotes before and probably will in the future but will not wear out this posting. I'll open up by admitting to 60 (not quite sure when or how that happened, as it was just yesterday I was 22 and getting married.) I do enjoy this forum because of the diversity of ages, professions and nationalities, and our keen interest in this topic. So the bidding is open, starting at 60. |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-09-2004 10:16 PM
 
36.[Doh! I just realized you weren't asking everyone's ages, only those older than you.] Don't let me get this off-track.... again, who out there is over 60? |
Richard Jackson
Member Posts: 132
From: Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-09-2004 11:11 PM
74Now visiting Florida looking for Senior Living. |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 455
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 02-09-2004 11:14 PM
24, still in college studying Aerospace Engineering...[Obviously not a contender to win in this catergory...] |
William
Member Posts: 46
From: Terre Haute IN
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 02-09-2004 11:22 PM
41. How about honorable mention?Bill
Terre Haute, IN |
Paul
Member Posts: 201
From: Duluth,Ga.
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 02-09-2004 11:51 PM
Hey Steve, I'm catching up with you! I turned 58 on January 28th!  Wonder if any of the "youngsters" on this site remember Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody, Pinky Lee, or Jet Jackson?!! Or watching Al Shepard's Mercury launch live on TV?! Paul |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-10-2004 12:30 AM
19, still in college studying Aerospace Engineering...(Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ in Daytona). :-D |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-10-2004 02:33 AM
I think I tend to lean toward the younger side of the group at 36. I was born 4 days before the first Saturn V flew.Tom
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Madon_space
Member Posts: 667
From: uk
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 02-10-2004 05:27 AM
34 and still counting LOL------------------
Best
ROB
http://hometown.aol.com/robc2412/madonspace.html |
Keith Barber
Member Posts: 326
From: Warwickshire
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-10-2004 08:32 AM
36 years old, 37 in September.
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ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-10-2004 09:02 AM
I see 74......Do I hear 75....? |
tncmaxq
Member Posts: 287
From: New Haven, CT USA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 02-10-2004 11:09 AM
I'm glad this topic came up. It reminded me I had to update my profile. ;-) I am now 44. I was still listed as being 42. I wish we could really freeze time that way, ha ha.In any case it looks like the age range here is pretty wide. My first memories of spaceflight are of Gemini, around 1965. The interest has stayed with me through my life, and I am glad to be a space enthusiast! |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 02-10-2004 11:37 AM
Well, it all depends on how you define "old".
Chronologically I'm 46, but my wife and daughter think that mentally I'm about 5. And after a minor but painful injury last week, I feel and walk like I'm about 90! Regards,
Mike |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 02-10-2004 12:20 PM
I'm in exactly the same boat as Mike!Dennis |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-10-2004 12:22 PM
Great description mikepf ...
I'm turning 38 in 6 months time and hope to see a manned Mars mission in my life time ! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-10-2004 03:09 PM
I do believe Matt T is the oldest member of the group. A reputed 110 years old, I know he would have us believe he is in his mid 20's. The truth is he keeps his boyish looks with a cocktail of viagra and spacesuit parts....Regards, A very youthful Rick. |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 02-10-2004 03:22 PM
I'm 41, 42 in Sept. I feel like 61 at the moment.All the best Ian |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 02-11-2004 01:40 AM
42.....the same age Elvis was when he died! I was 15 at the time and remember thinking, "Well, at least he lived a long life"! Ah, youth! I've since changed my views on what a long life is....
Wow, that was only eight years after Apollo 11 ! I remember watching Armstrong and Aldrin walk on the Moon, in fact, during the entire mission, I remember my Mom explaining what TV footage was real and what was NASA animation! We had a small B&W TV, around 15", I'd guess. |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-11-2004 04:27 AM
I might add that besides the spacesuit parts and viagra the other reason I look so good for a decagenerian is the Dorian Gray style pact I made with the devil. For each year that I remain young and fresh one of my fellow space collectors carries the burden of my aging. So now you all know why Rick is so hideously wrinkled and warty.  If only I could work a similar deal on my space-related spending... Cheers,
Matt
(33 years old on the outside) |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 02-11-2004 10:50 AM
45. 46 in two months.------------------
Jürgen P Esders
Berlin, Germany
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astroaddies |
TrueNorth
Member Posts: 161
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 02-11-2004 12:00 PM
46. 47 in two months.John |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-11-2004 12:19 PM
I won't reveal my age. But I am exactly 10 years younger than Paul (see his post above).So we share the same bittersweet time each year, celebrating our birthdays as we mourn the loss of space heroes. One of my earliest space memories is in kindergarten when John Glenn flew his Mercury flight. ------------------
John Fongheiser
President
Historic Space Systems
http://www.space1.com |
OPOS
Member Posts: 200
From: Inverness, FL
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 02-11-2004 03:16 PM
Seems like there are a lot of us mid-thirties types here......oops, I am 39, but keep thinking I am 35......Tom |
Helios
Member Posts: 49
From: Alexandria, VA. USA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 02-11-2004 10:54 PM
51 here....Hope the 2nd half is as good as the 1st has been. By the way, the Whirlybirds had nothing on Sky King!
Phil
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Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-12-2004 03:48 PM
47 in 10 months.Regards, Rick (George Clooney look-a-like)!!!! |
STEVE SMITH
unregistered
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posted 02-12-2004 04:35 PM
Forgetting feeling older than we are, it looks like our esteemed colleague Richard Jackson at 74, is our respected Elder. I'm second at 60, and Paul (who is a great guy and lots of fun) is third at 58.Surely there are some other claimants. |
Paul
Member Posts: 201
From: Duluth,Ga.
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 02-13-2004 09:34 AM
Steve, Do we now have to call him Richard the Elder or Sir Richard or Mr. Jackson? I'll bet that Richard can remember hearing about Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier when he (Richard) was a young man! I'll also bet that even if he is 16 years older than me, Richard could beat me in a foot race!!
Enjoy your retirement in Florida, Richard! Maybe, if you're lucky, you can go fishing with Gen. Collins!  Paul Speaking of Chuck Yeager, I believe today is his birthday and I think he is 81! Happy Birthday Gen. Yeager! |
kosmonavtka
Member Posts: 170
From: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 02-15-2004 07:50 PM
33 last November.  AAARGH! I DREAD getting older - maybe it's worse for women - I've noticed wrinkles and stuff appearing the last couple of years. I still mentally feel around 18, though! |
Joe Frasketi
Member Posts: 191
From: Florida USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 02-25-2007 08:56 PM
A few days ago I made a new post on "What were you doing Feb. 20, 1962?" and the majority of replys received were of the much younger generation just starting school or just a gleam in their daddys eye. I was wondering how many older CS members were older like me and still active and so I did a search of the archives and found just what I was looking for, however the last entry to this post was Feb. 15, 2004, and I am now resurrecting it since many things could have happened since then. The oldest SC member then was Richard Jackson at age 74. I am 71 so lets see who is older out there..... (maybe someone will start a new post to see who is the youngest CS member, if one hasnt already been posted). |
Jay Gallentine
Member Posts: 287
From: Shorewood, MN, USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 02-25-2007 09:20 PM
Jay Gallentine
Shorewood, MN
Age 36 |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 02-25-2007 09:24 PM
I turn the big 6-0 next Friday. |
divemaster
Member Posts: 1376
From: ridgefield, ct
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-25-2007 09:39 PM
I have been 39 for years and intend to stay that way, so there's no way I can ever be the oldest.
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AstronautBrian
Member Posts: 287
From: Louisiana
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 02-25-2007 10:09 PM
I am only 27. But I've been told that I have an old soul. So I'm putting my claim in as 137 years old. :-)------------------
"I am sui generis; just leave it at that." - Huey P. Long |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 02-26-2007 05:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Joe Frasketi:
(maybe someone will start a new post to see who is the youngest CS member, if one hasnt already been posted).
My daughter Miranda is 13. She reads these forums so maybe she is in the running as the youngest.Mike Myer |
ABDUL
Member Posts: 139
From: KERALA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 02-26-2007 06:32 AM
Now I am 35 years old and 16 years of teaching experience.
Abdul |
Jim
Member Posts: 73
From: San Antonio TX
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 02-26-2007 09:37 AM
And I'm not 50--I'm 18 with 32 years' experience... Jim |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 267
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 02-26-2007 10:11 AM
I'm 66 (one of the "war -babes" generation). My first interest in spaceflight began with the "Eagle" comic and "Dan Dare" in the 1950s. Secondary school and jobs then intervened, and I didn't get interested again until Apollo 8. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-26-2007 11:21 AM
A better topic would be: Who has the most posts on collectSPACE? LOL |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 02-26-2007 11:47 AM
I won't win for the oldest person, but I think I'd maybe be in the top 10 of this contest!Tom
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-26-2007 12:02 PM
And the winners (as of today) are: - 2770: Philip
- 2701: Scott
- 2112: spaceuk
- 1504: Ben
- 1458: eurospace
- 1438: FFrench
- 1376: tegwilym
- 1344: albatron@aol.com
- 1264: Astro Bill
- 1264: nasamad
As to who are the oldest members of cS, if considered as a question of who has been a member longest, then the answer is: - Leon Ford
- Russ Still
- Cindy
- drmwm
- LCDR Scott Schneeweis
- Dan Mangieri
- Dan Lorraine
- SpaceCop
- Pad39A
- Yves Dejardin
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