How many of us are 80?

[Rick Potter]

Having reached the Octogenarian ranks a couple days ago, I am wondering how many of us there are here.

I can think of two...c'mon, I know we are not alone. I think I passed from senior citizen to elderly status.

[Doug Garson]

I think it is officially called "Old Fart", I'm not there yet but I can see it on the horizon. Hope I'm still active when I get there.

[Jerry Thompson]

Come March I'll be 80. I'm just happy that nothing falls off in she shower.

[Peter White]

8 months and I will be there as well.

[Howard Garner]

All you young whipper snappers will be welcome, but you have to get there first.
I passed that mark back in January of this year.
And I am sure that there are older ones just hanging out here at the Creek

Howard Garner
Pickens, SC

[Jim Allen]

I started my eighty-third year in July.

[Bruce Page]

I'll join the club in eight years and two weeks. (hopefully)

[Chuck Saunders]

Congratulations Rick and Happy Birthday. Everybody keep up the good work.
Chuck

[Thomas L Carpenter]

A little over two years and I'll join you.

[Andrew More]

Sorry only 47, but it's wonderful to know that there are a number of people still enjoying the craft as they have aged. It's one of my concerns as I age, and it sounds like the time and money I've invested in this hobby are less likely to be squander if I'm lucky enough to join such an august assembly.

[Alan Rutherford]

82.

Here's something to think about: If you turned 81 today, you have been alive for 1/3 of the time since October, 1776. If you are 81 and a few months or older, you've seen over 1/3 of the history of this country. Only one lifetime earlier takes you back to before the start of the Civil War. That's perspective.

"I don't know everything, but I know more than anybody younger than I am."

[Doug Garson]

82.

Here's something to think about: If you turned 81 today, you have been alive for 1/3 of the time since October, 1776. If you are 81 and a few months or older, you've seen over 1/3 of the history of this country. Only one lifetime earlier takes you back to before the start of the Civil War. That's perspective.

"I don't know everything, but I know more than anybody younger than I am."

Interesting perspective, I recall a few years back hearing the story of the then current director of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum, he was an eye witness to the second Wright Brothers flight and also witnessed the first man on the moon (on TV). From the second manned flight to the first man on another heavenly body is pretty impressive for one man's lifetime.

[Tom M King]

I'm only 90% of the way there, but my Mother is 106.

[Rick Potter]

Interesting perspective, Alan. I remember my wife's grand parents speaking of people they knew who fought in the Civil War. They were born in 1885 and 1891, and granny lived to be almost 101. They moved from Illinois to the Dakota's to work on Indian reservations as teacher. My mother in law lived on the reservation also.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Make all you young whipper snappers feel bad. Have a good friend who will be 105 in January. Her dad lived to be 108. Well into her nineties, she could pass for early seventies. Once her DIL, thought she and I were more than just friends. FYI, she is 30 years older than me. Tells you how she looked back then.