April 5, 2011 at 9:22 am
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.
Late 30s/early 40s? Right? That makes you young in my book, since I'm in that same range and I still get accused of being a kid by lots of people.
You get accused of being a kid in your late 30s/early 40s? What are you doing, standing around on people's lawns?
Nah. I just know a lot of people who are really, really old. Like over 25, even!
Really though, I think it has to do with misestimation of age. I'm accustomed to people who are younger than me thinking that I'm younger than them. Then I'll drop some reference to the music I listened to in the 70s and leave them with a cognitive dissonance that has all kinds of entertainment value. So, when I work with people in their 40s and 50s, a lot of them will use phrases like, "kids like you", or "when you're a bit older", or "when I was your age". Some small amount of it is legit, but many of the people saying things like that are within a year or two of my own age.
I don't get carded for R-rated movies, but most people are 10-15 years off when they estimate my age. I grow a beard to add 5 years to my age, and then they're off by 5-10, but they still "misunderestimate" my age.
Just the other day, someone was telling me that, "If you'd lived through the Reagan years ...", without realizing I lived through "the Carter years" and have some slight memory of "the Nixon years" even.
Heh, I have pretty much the same problem. When asked to guess, most people guess 10-15 years younger than I am. My hair is starting to go gray though, so that might stop soon. I like that the older I get the more they underestimate by. 10 years ago they guessed 5-7 years younger than I was then.
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April 5, 2011 at 9:23 am
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Just the other day, someone was telling me that, "If you'd lived through the Reagan years ...", without realizing I lived through "the Carter years" and have some slight memory of "the Nixon years" even.That's me 🙁
Nixon who?
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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April 5, 2011 at 9:33 am
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Just the other day, someone was telling me that, "If you'd lived through the Reagan years ...", without realizing I lived through "the Carter years" and have some slight memory of "the Nixon years" even.That's me 🙁
Nixon who?
Vague reference in a Star Trek movie 😛
Far away is close at hand in the images of elsewhere.
Anon.
April 5, 2011 at 9:40 am
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2011)
Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Just the other day, someone was telling me that, "If you'd lived through the Reagan years ...", without realizing I lived through "the Carter years" and have some slight memory of "the Nixon years" even.That's me 🙁
Nixon who?
Mojo Nixon.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
April 5, 2011 at 9:42 am
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.
I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.
Well Grant, you can add another one to the older than you bucket. 🙂
April 5, 2011 at 9:48 am
David Burrows (4/5/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
...What are you doing, standing around on people's lawns?Nah, bet he plays Knock-down Ginger :w00t:
We called it "knock and run" when/where I was a growing up, and I haven't played that since I was about 10 years old. No officer, honest! Not in years! 🙂
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April 5, 2011 at 9:53 am
GSquared (4/5/2011)
David Burrows (4/5/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
...What are you doing, standing around on people's lawns?Nah, bet he plays Knock-down Ginger :w00t:
We called it "knock and run" when/where I was a growing up, and I haven't played that since I was about 10 years old. No officer, honest! Not in years! 🙂
Another term for it - Ghost Knocking.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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April 5, 2011 at 9:59 am
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.
Late 30s/early 40s? Right? That makes you young in my book, since I'm in that same range and I still get accused of being a kid by lots of people.
You get accused of being a kid in your late 30s/early 40s? What are you doing, standing around on people's lawns?
Nah. I just know a lot of people who are really, really old. Like over 25, even!
Really though, I think it has to do with misestimation of age. I'm accustomed to people who are younger than me thinking that I'm younger than them. Then I'll drop some reference to the music I listened to in the 70s and leave them with a cognitive dissonance that has all kinds of entertainment value. So, when I work with people in their 40s and 50s, a lot of them will use phrases like, "kids like you", or "when you're a bit older", or "when I was your age". Some small amount of it is legit, but many of the people saying things like that are within a year or two of my own age.
I don't get carded for R-rated movies, but most people are 10-15 years off when they estimate my age. I grow a beard to add 5 years to my age, and then they're off by 5-10, but they still "misunderestimate" my age.
Just the other day, someone was telling me that, "If you'd lived through the Reagan years ...", without realizing I lived through "the Carter years" and have some slight memory of "the Nixon years" even.
I have better memories of Nixon's second term than his first. Lyndon Johnson's, nope just not old enough and I really don't remember what I was doing when JFK was assassinated other than I was alive when it happened.
April 5, 2011 at 10:57 am
'scuse me while I clean up the dust around here...
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April 5, 2011 at 11:10 am
jcrawf02 (4/5/2011)
'scuse me while I clean up the dust around here...
Do your chores and we'll let you have icecream after supper and might even increase your allowance. 🙂
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April 5, 2011 at 11:19 am
GSquared (4/5/2011)
jcrawf02 (4/5/2011)
'scuse me while I clean up the dust around here...Do your chores and we'll let you have icecream after supper and might even increase your allowance. 🙂
Bah! When I was a kid I didn't get an allowance. I got paid a set amount for each chore I did beyond the initial free ones. And that was when I could talk my dad into "remembering" to pay me.
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
April 5, 2011 at 11:24 am
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
jcrawf02 (4/5/2011)
'scuse me while I clean up the dust around here...Do your chores and we'll let you have icecream after supper and might even increase your allowance. 🙂
Bah! When I was a kid I didn't get an allowance. I got paid a set amount for each chore I did beyond the initial free ones. And that was when I could talk my dad into "remembering" to pay me.
Ha - I got a great allowance - $0. Getting paid for chores - yeah right. You guys must have been spoiled 😉
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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April 5, 2011 at 11:27 am
CirquedeSQLeil (4/5/2011)
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
GSquared (4/5/2011)
jcrawf02 (4/5/2011)
'scuse me while I clean up the dust around here...Do your chores and we'll let you have icecream after supper and might even increase your allowance. 🙂
Bah! When I was a kid I didn't get an allowance. I got paid a set amount for each chore I did beyond the initial free ones. And that was when I could talk my dad into "remembering" to pay me.
Ha - I got a great allowance - $0. Getting paid for chores - yeah right. You guys must have been spoiled 😉
I think my parents thought it was better than having me beg for things. Since they paid me for chores if I wanted a toy or comic etc and they didn't feel like buying it for me they'd say "buy it yourself".
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When you encounter a problem, if the solution isn't readily evident go back to the start and check your assumptions.
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It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.
What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?
You ask a glass of water. -- Douglas Adams
April 5, 2011 at 11:28 am
Lynn Pettis (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.
I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.
Well Grant, you can add another one to the older than you bucket. 🙂
Excellent. You're invited to SQL Rally & the PASS Summit... And SQL In The City and the SQL Cruise and Connections... If I think of any more, I'll let you know.
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April 5, 2011 at 11:33 am
Stefan Krzywicki (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Brandie Tarvin (4/5/2011)
Grant Fritchey (4/5/2011)
Whoa! What? You're a youngster and you don't live in a cave, how is it that an old <insert inappropriate term here> like myself knows what rickrolling is?Somehow, Grant, I think I'm older than you are. @=) But thanks for the compliment.
I'd take that bet. I haven't broken 50 yet, which is why I love having Jeff & Allen White around, so someone is older than me, but I'm generally 10 years older than the oldest people I'm hanging around with at these events. Some of the punks like Johnathan Kehyias & Jess Borland can be down right frustrating they're so young.
Not that you were "hanging around" with me, but you're less than 10 years older than me. Though I do go by the Jack Benny method of age (I'm 39!) we're actually likely only 6 or so years apart.
Started hanging around last Saturday.
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