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Title: Age..How we count...
Post by: Jared on January 31, 2011, 07:43:13 PM

It's kind of funny how we think of our ages in years....

Say you were born February 1st 1971.... How old are you on February 1st 2011....?   39 or 40 years old?

You wouldn't be 1 year old until Feb 1st 1972...so on Feb 1st 2011 you would be 39 Years old right...?

Now you would have been born 40 years ago that day...but you'd be 39 years old...


Ok so I've been pretty bored today...

Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: madjak30 on January 31, 2011, 07:45:56 PM
I've been that bored...we count our completed years...otherwise you would say "I'm in my 40th year"...

Later.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: jserio on January 31, 2011, 07:47:58 PM
Or we could really screw things up and have the docs actually count back to date of actual conception. And then measure our age from there.  :icon_mrgreen:
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: XealotX on January 31, 2011, 08:02:51 PM
What if C A T actually spelled dog?
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: jserio on January 31, 2011, 08:04:06 PM
English is hard enough, let's not really confuse people by changing the entire alphabet shall we? I'm working hard with the kids on proper grammer. LOL
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: XealotX on January 31, 2011, 08:07:28 PM
If you could get the kids to learn the difference between quite and quiet...that would be a start.  
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: jserio on January 31, 2011, 08:09:53 PM
That would be quite a feat.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Toogoofy317 on January 31, 2011, 10:56:26 PM
Sure, I'll got back to 29 for a little while longer LOL

Mary
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: spc on January 31, 2011, 10:58:38 PM
When that horrid day comes, I intend to turn 40 at least a dozen times...
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: noworries on January 31, 2011, 11:15:21 PM
Korean students in my school calculate their age from 1, at the day of birth, and record it as such on forms and applications.  And how our school's student record computer loves that, as it tries to do  a check-sum calculation!!!
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: ragecage23 on February 01, 2011, 12:45:37 AM
I'm learning about this in statistics...age isn't "discrete" you're always 19.whatever years old if one were to be technical. Or rather "your age.whatever"
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Toogoofy317 on February 01, 2011, 01:06:01 AM
Okay, I'm in my second statistics class and I have no clue what you just said!

Mary
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Jared on February 01, 2011, 08:15:21 AM
Well all women stop at 29..... then you just say 29 + so many years experience....

So to my original question..... 39 right?
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: madjak30 on February 01, 2011, 08:19:29 AM
Nope, you'd be 40 today...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

2011-1971=40...you would be starting your 41st year.

Good luck with your math skills...keep tryin' skippy!!   :flipoff:  :cheers:

Later.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Toogoofy317 on February 01, 2011, 09:10:46 AM
Is it your B-day?

Mary
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Jared on February 01, 2011, 10:50:59 AM
Uhmmmm yeah it is my Birthday...


Can't blame me for trying...was trying some "new" math...and you started to agree with me in your first reply....it almost worked.... Heheheheh  Just wanted to put the big 4 0  off another year...


Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: madjak30 on February 01, 2011, 11:22:46 AM
Well then...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!   :cheers:  for real this time...young fella...party last weekend, or this weekend??

I played this game six months ago...it's my wifeys turn this year...

Apparently I don't think straight after dinner... :dunno_black:

Later.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: nikfleisch on February 01, 2011, 03:14:59 PM
The english language is so odd, like this rule, I before E except after C,,,,,,, and 3000 other exceptions lol
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: tt_four on February 01, 2011, 04:10:16 PM
Quote from: Jared on January 31, 2011, 07:43:13 PM

It's kind of funny how we think of our ages in years....

Say you were born February 1st 1971.... How old are you on February 1st 2011....?   39 or 40 years old?

You wouldn't be 1 year old until Feb 1st 1972...so on Feb 1st 2011 you would be 39 Years old right...?

Now you would have been born 40 years ago that day...but you'd be 39 years old...




so if you say at 72 you'd be 1, then...

72=1
73=2
74=3
75=4
76=5
77=6
78=7
79=8
80=9
81=10
82=11
83=12
84=13
85=14
86=15
87=16
88=17
89=18
90=19
91=20
92=21
93=22
94=23
95=24
96=25
97=26
98=27
99=28
00=29
01=30
02=31
03=32
04=33
05=34
06=35
07=36
08=37
09=38
10=39
11=40


Sounds like 40 lines up right to me?
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Jared on February 01, 2011, 06:52:14 PM
Quote from: tt_four on February 01, 2011, 04:10:16 PM
so if you say at 72 you'd be 1, then...

72=1
73=2
74=3
75=4
76=5
..........
09=38
10=39
11=40


Sounds like 40 lines up right to me?

heheh...I was trying to pull a fast one....I knew I was 40...

Madjak
Nahhh no  party yet.... Maybe a Steak Dinner and a trip to the Boobie Bar or something later this week... no solid plans.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: GI_JO_NATHAN on February 01, 2011, 07:17:06 PM
Happy B-Day!!
Yeah you almost had me going for a minute. I was like...huh...
Cause I was born in August 1980, and turned 10 August 1990, 20 August 2000, and 30 August 2010.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: madjak30 on February 01, 2011, 07:35:27 PM
Similar math for me...August 1970...yup...40 until August...

Wifey turns 40 in August...we're the same age for a day...corny, but fun...I like her birthday...hehehe

Later.
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Toogoofy317 on February 01, 2011, 08:18:46 PM
June 80 here!

Mary
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: mister on February 01, 2011, 10:37:38 PM
Age is just an arbitrary number.

I stopped counting or celebrating my birthday many Many MANY years ago. Don't even acknowledge it. It's just another day in a man-made calender.

My body man have been on this ball of mud for a certain number of revolutions around the sun, but that's not how old *I* am.

Counting age leads to age-ism.

Michael
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: Toogoofy317 on February 01, 2011, 11:49:44 PM
I am glad though we don't have to say our age is how old we feel. That would be bad right now!

Mary
Title: Re: Age..How we count...
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on February 02, 2011, 01:38:26 AM
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on February 01, 2011, 11:49:44 PM
I am glad though we don't have to say our age is how old we feel. That would be bad right now!

Mary
Aint that teh effin truth Eh?