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    Quote Originally Posted by Howey View Post
    Even with all that gray hair, I'd guess 38 or so...
    I started going gray at 17.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grind View Post
    i always thought damo was mid 50s. i never saw a picture i just assumed.
    LOL. Nope.
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    how old.


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    ok just admin paneled you.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Mott the Hoople View Post
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    LOL. I just Admin Paneled you first...
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
    - -- Aristotle

    Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
    - -- The Buddha

    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    It's the beard Damo. Makes you look older. Hell everyone thinks I'm in my mid 30s for some reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    How old do you think I am?
    You'd only have to be a decade older than me to be statistically dead at that time. I do realize that "X will be dead as fuck" is sort of a rude thing to say, and I app o ol o guys.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cave Johnson View Post
    It's the beard Damo. Makes you look older. Hell everyone thinks I'm in my mid 30s for some reason.

    There's got to be color in that beard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grind View Post
    i always thought damo was mid 50s. i never saw a picture i just assumed.
    You've never seen a picture, I'm amazed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aoxomoxoa View Post
    You've never seen a picture, I'm amazed.
    He's not allowed in that section.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prince of Destruction View Post
    You'd only have to be a decade older than me to be statistically dead at that time. I do realize that "X will be dead as fuck" is sort of a rude thing to say, and I app o ol o guys.
    Which would ignore extended lifespans over time. Predictions based on today's statistics will be as inaccurate then as predicting a lifespan in the 1950s for somebody in 2000 based on their statistical lifespans in 1950...
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Howey View Post
    He's not allowed in that section.
    I have seen a picture of Damo a while back.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    I started going gray at 17.
    Me too. My barber was delighted to point that out to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by leaningright View Post
    Me too. My barber was delighted to point that out to me.
    For me it was my sister who gleefully reported on the advancement of gray in my hair...
    Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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    It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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    [QUOTE=Damocles;1384753]Which would ignore extended lifespans over time. Predictions based on today's statistics will be as inaccurate then as predicting a lifespan in the 1950s for somebody in 2000 based on their statistical lifespans in 1950...[/]



    I thought life expectancy had plateaued, but it actually hasn't plateaued as much as I though. Gains from 1970 to 2010 were still about half those of 1880 to 1920, though. And, as I am a pessimist, I would expect the rate of change to continue to decline.
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