Average age of user

[HFJ]

"I sat behind God in third grade."

i can't decide which is worse - the betrayal of the body with age or the betrayal of the mind. i truly wish i could remember who it was, very early in my internet career, that said those words, but whoever you were/are, a tip of the hat to you. iirc, it was in reply to an a/s/l?

i am only 68. please don't ask how God and i ended up in the same grade.

 

[46m]

79

 

[Mike Groom]

75+

 

[jCarroll]

86

 

[Nebraska Kirk]

I am 42 now, but I joined this site almost 20 years ago!

 

[Blackhole49]

I dont remember who posted a few days ago but some one made a comment on the age of the user of this forum. I am guessing the average age is fairly people who grew up using these tractors. But i though it was a good excuses to figure out the poll feature. Poll closes in a week.
Nate

Like seeing the actual age (mine 70). I just hope they took the time to vote also.

 

[Brown David]

Like seeing the actual age (mine 70). I just hope they took the time to vote also.

Can't vote, there is no option for over 60.

 

[psimmer]

67

 

[larry Mi]

75

 

[Pete in MD]

840

84

 

[M-MAN]

7 decades.

 

[flying belgian]

I dont remember who posted a few days ago but some one made a comment on the age of the user of this forum. I am guessing the average age is fairly people who grew up using these tractors. But i though it was a good excuses to figure out the poll feature. Poll closes in a week.
Nate

70

 

[jwal10]

68, 10 days after your poll closes....James

 

[jaoneill]

76

 

[Vito]

60.

Vito

 

[Barry Simon]

60.

Vito

67

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

OLD!

See?....

Mike

 

[Keith True]

67

 

[NoDakInMN]

62. Joined the site 14 years ago but never really visited this particular forum until the recent format change and went to the John Deere forum almost daily. However, I'm going to speak a little bit of honesty. Even though I'm on the upwind side of 60, when I first began visiting here it definitely had an old man flavor to it. There were multiple posts complaining about the change in format, with a lot of them wanting things to change back to the way they were. With an artificial knee and a pacemaker, I'm definitely not one of those who swallow the "60 is the new 40" garbage, but even I found that to be off putting, especially the "change it back or I'm leaving" comments, so I can only imagine how that came across to the guys (or gals) in their 20's, 30's or 40's. This was something I never once got in all the years of viewing the JD forum, in fact, unless someone alluded to their age, you never really knew how old they were.

I bring this up because it has been suggested that the reason for the older age of the forum members is that there is a lack of interest by young people in the vintage of equipment that we are interested in. I simply do not see that across the hobby, quite the opposite in fact. In the world of JD collecting, the older tractors are great for starting collectors because they are relatively cheap and simple to work on and parts are readily available. You can get a running B for $1200 or less, while a 3010, 4010, 3020 or a 4020 may cost you 10 times that much. My experience has shown a good mix across the ages where the love of the equipment erases difference of age. In fact, there seems a sense of urgency on behalf of the younger collectors to extract as much knowledge as they can from those who worked with these tractors before the march of time catches up with them.

A forum is what the members make it. If it is a group of old duffers posting about their interests and concerns, then that is fine, but realize those interests and concerns may not be the same as those of younger people.

 

[Tom Railsback]

76