kwalsh554 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 These are pretty much the results you would expect. A hand held GPS is something not a lot of older teenagers and college aged people can just up and buy for a game, as $100 can be pretty steep for someone trying to make tuition payments in addition to other bills. I could barely afford food when I was in college, there's no way I was going to buy a GPS, even though I've known about it for a while and it always looked interesting. That's not to say they don't enjoy it. I got a GPS for Christmas and so I just started. I took my 19 year old brother out with me yesterday and we found our first one. He really loved it. Link to comment
Lickety-Split Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Tossed in my two cents. Link to comment
Geo_Bird Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Also, post something here saying you did it so this thread won't slide off the radar screen. Okay, I'm sliding off the high end of the curve, but I suspect in South Florida I'm in the middle of the pack! Jim Link to comment
+The Lazy Sunbathers Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I logged the ages of everyone in on The Lazy Sunbather team. 12-20=5 21-30=1 31-40=1 Link to comment
+waterwitch2 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I'm barely in the majority of 41-50. I'm 41. Link to comment
+Hrethgir Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just did my part. And since it's after midnight and officially December 30th, I'm now 35 years old, hooray me! Link to comment
TheDeadWalk Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Just did my part. And since it's after midnight and officially December 30th, I'm now 35 years old, hooray me! Happy birthday mate! Just voted! Interesting results. Link to comment
+lcandela123 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I am a mere 50 years old, but my adjusted age is 43. Frankly, I'm suspicious. Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 A year older than the last time I answered this question. Link to comment
+NatureGuy360 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Currently I am clocking in at twenty three years of age ...and counting! Link to comment
+Crow-T-Robot Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Ok, I signed up...what do I win? For the record, I had to help push up the 31-40 age bracket. We're almost there! Bruce Link to comment
7rxc Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Deed is done! Although I answered truthfully, the next grouping is only 5 months, 19 days away... the big 60... Although I feel like I got there decades ago... for the record I'm officially ... er ... um... 39... Doug Link to comment
7rxc Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) Dreaded fatal error Dupe... sorry Doug Edited January 1, 2009 by 7rxc Link to comment
+hndlbr Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 voted in the over 7o bracket. Link to comment
ve2jpt Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Done. I helped push the 41-50 category one step further. Link to comment
+brenda&&rew Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I did it! Interesting results... I fall in the most common age group category. Link to comment
+Bubbles&Bonkers Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Forty and Fabulous!!! Link to comment
+BBI Dragon Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 I logged my response to the poll. I had already noticed that this is a sport/game that attracts a more mature crowd. The results so far seem to point at the 31 to 50 year olds making up just over 50% of those polled. I think part of the reason is that this is the "have a family" age range, and that it costs a few hundred bucks to buy a GPSr in order to be involved. Few teenagers or early 20's have that sort of money to buy the equipment, or will prioritize their spending in order to buy a GPSr. I'm 50, going on 51, and most people that meet me don't believe I'm that old. Link to comment
+crockett3663 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I voted, and I'm proud to say that I'm normal...that is, I'm a member of the most poulated group on the board Link to comment
+BrrrMo Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 64, 45, & 10 "The Invincible Us" / AKA BrrrMo Link to comment
groundhog123 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 HA! Looks like I fall in the largest group! My daughter would say OLD. Link to comment
+trcsmith Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 With 12-20 being such a big area, as of now they are only making up 5.4%. I thought 18 and 19 somethings would be all over this. I guess video games won out. And 61-70 only being 3%. Of course they wouldn't be the highest, but with people retiring early in this bracket, I thought there would be more there too. I'm in! Link to comment
+Earl B. Fisk Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just turned 52. Will I be caching when I'm over 90 like the 15 who say they do? Who knows? Link to comment
+desertrver Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'M In! Not quite my group yet, but currently 53 in the over 70's. God Bless Ya!! Link to comment
+desertrver Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) Whoa! somehow sent two posts, don't know how to delete one. That's why I do more "listening" than "talking". That has served me well over the years as a rule. Edited February 5, 2009 by desertrver Link to comment
+Taoiseach Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'll publicly confess my being 19 Link to comment
+Cherokee Bill Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 At 62-yo, I did it Link to comment
+DustyWalker Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm in the majority! Link to comment
+RussellM Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Every time a age poll comes up the same (valid) issue is raised. We aren't polling the average of geocachers, we are polling the average age of geocachers who cruise the forums... Not everyone uses the forums, especially those people in my age bracket (20ish) Link to comment
+RussellM Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) I blame Mozilla for the dbl post Edited February 5, 2009 by RussellM Link to comment
rapriebe Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Put in my $.02 worth. I was #2970 overall and #204 in my age group. Maybe I was a bit hasty since I haven't even made my first find yet, but It will be happening in the next week, and I've already planned for my first hide this spring, as soon as I can get into the area where I want to leave it. Link to comment
+Cordillera Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Proud to be a part of that 12-20 group (14) I am probably a member of a small minority, as I am the one who drags my parents out to find caches instead of the other way around Just a few days ago I went and placed a cache during my lunch break at school, managed to drag some friends along too. So just remember- Next time that annoying group of all-giggles, teenage-girl muggles gets in your way of finding a cache- are they really all muggles? - ClanBlakley #3 Link to comment
+Mr. Wilson & a Mt. Goat Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I voted, why is this at the top, the last post showing for me is in 09. Link to comment
+memefactory Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 A surprise, those results - I'd've thought that this was more of a 20-something thing to do..... Link to comment
Keystone Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 This old thread was bumped by a spammer, whose post is now hidden. While I was doing that, a legitimate poster added a response, keeping the thread on top. I am going to close this topic. Link to comment
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