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There is an "Old Folks" club...

Is there anybody else here, besides me, that is over 60:rockout:
 
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My intellectual age is 532, my wisdom is infinite.

Besides that, 60 should be about the top of the old farts. I wanna be like that when I'm 60!
 

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Maybe you should start the Over 60s club.

Or OAP club :p

The name of this one is too similar
 

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Maybe you should start the Over 60s club.

Or OAP club :p

The name of this one is too similar

Yeah change the name of the title and people won't get confused.
 

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Ok i'm not old enough so I'm going to gtfo of here :D
 
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The "Elders":D

OVER 60 or Uglier than me :D

The Elders... that reminds me of that IT crowd episode with "The Elders of the Internet" :cool:
 

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I'm so old that I once overclocked a 1600 so hard that it ran 2.6 for three hours AFTER I unplugged it:laugh:
 

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Ok i'm not old enough so I'm going to gtfo of here :D

me 2, lol

 
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I wanna be an elder. Sound cools. Oh well another 39 years to go before i hit that age.
 

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Dude, Mike I didnt know you were 60, that is bad ass man that you are kicking ass in computers at 60. Im not quite near that year, in fact, Im just 30 years old now (turned 30 in Feb). Congrats man. I think maybe Tatty one is close to your age but thats it as far as I know.
 
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Dude, Mike I didnt know you were 60, that is bad ass man that you are kicking ass in computers at 60. Im not quite near that year, in fact, Im just 30 years old now (turned 30 in Feb). Congrats man. I think maybe Tatty one is close to your age but thats it as far as I know.

Whats with CyberDruid? Isn't he over 50?
 

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Tatty is late 40's last time I checked.

My Uncle (well technically Great Uncle) is heavily into computers he is over 60 :D
 
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lol great uncle yeah shows how old he is lol

i thought tatty was like 50 or something since hes semi retired, want he in the army?
 

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I may have to lower the standards:D

Apparently, no one else is over 60 and no one wants to admit being uglier:rockout:
 

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If you drop the age requirement to 50, I can join in a little under two months.
50 seems pretty "Elder" to me. :laugh:
 

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If you drop the age requirement to 50, I can join in a little under two months.
50 seems pretty "Elder" to me. :laugh:

Elders apprentice:rockout:
 

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Dang, it's lonely at the top:rockout:

There must be at least one more Elder:)
 
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