Are you middle aged?

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:31 pm

This may make a few of you feel better... just go with it. I know i'll feel better in a few years about the "30" thing.

Just heard that a study was done at NYU and I think austria if I heard correctly, whatever...
but the new middle age for ppl is now considered 52. And the new "30" is actually 40 now. This was backed up by some very good reasons that I cant all remember, but I know one was that we are in better shape, we look better and we have a longer life expectancy.

So be careful who you call middle aged!

Clinton Portis · Post by **Clinton Portis** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:06 pm

Man I have a long way to go to being "middle aged".

hatsOFF2gibbs · Post by **hatsOFF2gibbs** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:12 pm

I hear ya CP....me too...

But I think I like it that way. :lol:

Punu · Post by **Punu** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:04 pm

Well I gots 3 years till im 30!

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:45 pm

Im still pissed off that Im 21, it came entirely too soon. I feel like Im on a slick slope with socks on.

Skinsfan55 · Post by **Skinsfan55** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:18 pm

Middle aged by definition should be like 35-40

I mean honest to God, how many people live to be 104? (52 x 2)

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:21 am

Chris Luva Luva wrote:Im still pissed off that Im 21, it came entirely too soon. I feel like Im on a slick slope with socks on.

That's life, man. It sneaks up on you when you're not looking. It's even worse when you are looking.

Justice Hog · Post by **Justice Hog** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 12:22 am

When I hit 20, I was still learning. When I hit 30, I was cool with that. When I hit 40, I started contemplating death more. Let me tell ya, that sucks. Must be why I bought the Harley...to tempt death a little more.

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:29 am

Here ya go...

LONDON (Reuters) - Is 40 really the new 30?

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Everyone is getting older but in many ways people today act younger than their parents did at the same age.

Scientists have defined a new age concept and believe it could explain why populations are aging, but at the same time seem to be getting younger.

Instead of measuring aging by how long people have lived so far, the scientists have factored in how many more years people can still look forward to.

"Using that measure, the average person can get younger in the sense that he or she can have even more years to live as time goes on," said Warren Sanderson, of the University of New York in Stony Brook.

He and Sergei Scherbov, of the Vienna Institute of Demography at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, have used their method to estimate how the proportion of elderly people in Germany, Japan and the United States will change in the future.

The average German was 39.9 years old in 2000 and could plan to live for another 39.2 years, according to research reported in the science journal Nature on Wednesday.

However, by 2050 the average German would be 51.9 years old and could expect another 37.1 years of life. So middle age in 2050 would come around 52 instead of 40 as in 2000.

"As people have more and more years to live they have to save more and plan more and they effectively are behaving as if they were younger," said Sanderson.

Five years ago, the average American was 35.3 years old and could plan for 43.5 more years of life. By 2050, the researchers estimate it would increase to 41.7 years and 45.8 future years.

"A lot of our skills, our education, our savings and the way we deal with our health care depend a great deal on how many years we have to live," said Sanderson.

"This dimension of how many years we have to live has been completely ignored in the discussion of aging so far."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050608/sc_nm/ageing_dc_1

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:08 pm

HA I aint even twenty yet

I rule :rock:

Sucks for all you old heads :-({|=

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:12 pm

Alcatraz wrote:HA I aint even twenty yet

No wonder you can't choose a team to root for!

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:17 pm

Gibb's Hog

How old did you think I was?

Gibbs' Hog · Post by **Gibbs' Hog** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:54 pm

whoa, your mob guy completely riddled me with bullets, and I'm still alive!!!

I don't know, I guess I thought you were mid-20's or something. Maybe it's that blue lettering that throws me off; I can never read it anyway :lol:

Edit: And it's not "Gibb's Hog," (I'm not actually his) it's Gibbs' Hog.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:45 pm

I dont even use blue that much...sometimes white text bores me

Gibb's Hog......Gibbs' Hog close enough

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:48 pm

Well, I like it when you use blue text. It makes that that much easier to ignore. I appreciate that.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:53 pm

When I want an Eagles fan opinion I will ask for one so go away

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 6:57 pm

That wasn't an opion, that was a fact. Duh. An opnion would be "I think it looks better when you use blue instead of white, and doesn't make you seem slow or anything."

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:01 pm

Like I said earlier white text bores me

I will use whatever color I wanna use. Did you not read the part about going away??

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:02 pm

Yessum, massa. I just don't give a fig.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:05 pm

Oh well anyways I grow bored of this

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:09 pm

Aww? I'm sowwy! *huggles*

Seriously though. If you've grown bored with this foolish game perhaps ye olde roleplay foummme is more to your highness' liking.

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:25 pm

Huh???

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:25 pm

*redoes the entire post in mime*

Alcatraz · Post by **Alcatraz** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:26 pm

LOL you guys are wierd

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:27 pm

*deep bow*