How Old Are You?

[Acemaster]

I'm just curious as to how old most of the players are on this game... as for me, I'm 16 (just turned last Tuesday)!

[Arillius]

Interesting idea, however, I think you will find you need to up your age group. You need a 40+ selection or older warriors such as myself can't participate.

[Syrius]

23. Will be 24 next May, its all not very exciting after the 18 and 21 kinda time...

Although you do get even more delightfully evil as time goes on past then, wonder what I'll be like at 40+? :twisted:

[mures]

22 until April of next year...loving the twenties! 8)

[God Valxirion]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

[sativ]

18...

[mures]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

Hey...just who are you calling old?! Anyone playing this game is either young or at least young at heart. ;)

[God Valxirion]

thats true

[EdsWench]

You don't go up high enough for me, you may need to add a couple more groupings. I've been playing with computers since I had a TI994a, that was early 80s

nice to play just for fun, my daughter sent me the link

[YurianStonebow]

25 physically, feeling more like a stressed-out 40-ish.

[Arillius]

You don't go up high enough for me, you may need to add a couple more groupings. I've been playing with computers since I had a TI994a, that was early 80s

nice to play just for fun, my daughter sent me the link

I remember being awed by the Radio Shack TRS-80 dual floppy (8.5" Disks & no hard drive!!!!) my roommate brought home from college to learn programming on!
We've come a long way baby!!!

[Angul]

18...yep...18....well I'm pretty sure...18...hmm...

[BLOODDRAGON]

Last time i checked i think i was 16...

[Elessa]

You don't go up high enough for me, you may need to add a couple more groupings. I've been playing with computers since I had a TI994a, that was early 80s


hmmmm...i still had a TI994a, new in the box up until may 2004.

as for my age...well, cora keeps insisting i am 23, though the additional decades as indicated by my birth certificate will attest otherwise. i am ageless, as only a true fae can be.

so, aye, another couple of age groupings need to be added to this poll.

[Arillius]

Ok Elessa, I'll bite...what is Uuma ma' ten' rashwe, ta tuluva a' lle.

[Talisman]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

42 ain't old, dagnabbit!

:storms outta the forum :twisted:

[Mungo-licious]

I am 26, or as my wife likes to put it, "on the downhill slope to 30."

[Arillius]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

42 ain't old, dagnabbit!

:storms outta the forum :twisted:

With regard to age: "Age and wisdom will always win out over youth and inexperience." - A wise unknown author.

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[BLOODDRAGON]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

42 ain't old, dagnabbit!

:storms outta the forum :twisted:

With regard to age: "Age and wisdom will always win out over youth and inexperience." - A wise unknown author.

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Not to my knowledge, in my mind wisdom is the most powerful strength out there if used right,

think of it this way, your at gun point do you :
a) wrestle with the person and risk geting shot in the struggle
b) talk the person out of if lower the risk and geting them help

so in the right hands and quote from "School House Rock" = "Knowledge is Power!"

[Talisman]

I kinda prefer "Old age and treachery shall overcome youth and enthusiasm every time..."

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Acemaster]

Wow, I had no idea that this would create so much controversy...

[God Valxirion]

dagnabbit?

[Arillius]

Wow, I had no idea that this would create so much controversy...

Controversy? What controversy? I think its great that so many people across so many generations enjoy the interaction and game play! Sortof what the creators had in mind don't you think?

[EdsWench]

PS. I'm 51, character is maggot. Game is great simple fun, with some strange characters.

[Syrius]

Hrm. :?
Strange characters... is that the game characters or the players you're talking about there? :wink:

[Indigo]

Oy I think I still have a trash 80 packed up int the attic someplace ...

[Arillius]

Sounds like and ebay auction in waiting....

[Elessa]

Ok Elessa, I'll bite...what is Uuma ma' ten' rashwe, ta tuluva a' lle.

:laughs quietly as she nods to Arillius with a smile

the translation for ye is this:

"don't look for trouble, it will come to you"

[BLOODDRAGON]

Ok Elessa, I'll bite...what is Uuma ma' ten' rashwe, ta tuluva a' lle.

:laughs quietly as she nods to Arillius with a smile

the translation for ye is this:

"don't look for trouble, it will come to you"
Did someone say my name? :twisted:

[Arillius]

Ok Elessa, I'll bite...what is Uuma ma' ten' rashwe, ta tuluva a' lle.

:laughs quietly as she nods to Arillius with a smile

the translation for ye is this:

"don't look for trouble, it will come to you"

Thanks for that!

[God Valxirion]

Which language is that?

[Kasmira]

Eighteen in two weeks.

[antares]

Blessed youth... :roll: :D

[ShadowBane]

19 now but turning 20 in july! can't wait woohoo!!! :D

[God Valxirion]

haha, it looks like I'm the youngest here, 14, but my birthday is at 17 march :D

[Earmak]

Which language is that?

It's Grelvish, a language very loosely based on Tolkien's Quenya, which is a dialect of elven spoken by the elves of Valinor. Tolkien based Quenya on Finnish and Latin I believe.

<overkill>
Grelvish, (since you got me started :)) was created by the Grey Company (http://www.grey-company.org) for their role-playing enterprises. It is, as I said, loosely based on, and thus often confused with Quenya, but has caught the ire of Tolkien fans for having inferior grammar and such and is by some regarded as a "poor man's Elvish".

</overkill>

I guess that anwers your question :)

[ChattyTrog]

Back to the original topic....

30 days shy of 21. Oh, dear.

[lostsoul]

as of march 1st... i am 21...

[Eris]

35 on Pearl Harbor day. The same birthdate as Madame tousseaud (sp?)

[Iddi]

I'm 16. 13th of March.

Yeah, I'm a kid :P

[YurianStonebow]

Welcome, Iddi!

[Perelda]

:D I'm 33 (smiles sweetly) :)

[DanaScully]

Well, I'm 48, and I may be one of the few who actually learned how to use a keypunch machine to enter code.....

But I'm surprised at the youth of the players. I would never have thought the player base was so young, largely because of the high level of intelligence, thoughtfulness and civility exhibited by most.

This is not meant as a dis, but a compliment!

[Furion]

42 ain't old, dagnabbit!

:storms outta the forum :twisted:

With regard to age: "Age and wisdom will always win out over youth and inexperience." - A wise unknown author.



Provided the youth ARE inexperienced... :twisted:

I'm 17, with a December birthday.

And I think it's awesome non-teenage people play and staff this game. It's a testament to its quality, and gives it an automatic edge over most gaming communities where people can't handle themselves.

[Elessa]

Well, I'm 48, and I may be one of the few who actually learned how to use a keypunch machine to enter code.....

But I'm surprised at the youth of the players. I would never have thought the player base was so young, largely because of the high level of intelligence, thoughtfulness and civility exhibited by most.

This is not meant as a dis, but a compliment!

:smiles with delight that someone older than her has finally stepped forward

aye, there are many players here who are quite a joy to know and their young age belies their " high level of intelligence, thoughtfulness and civility". once in awhile i notice one in need of a good shaking, but for the most part the player base here is wonderful.

[ChattyTrog]

Ahh, yes, well youth is wasted on the young.

[Acemaster]

You had it once, don't complain. Wait, you're only 20. You still have it!

[YurianStonebow]

25 physically, feeling more like a stressed-out 40-ish.

Update: I hit 26 last April. Still feeling the same, though...

A little happier, maybe, for one particular reason...

[ChattyTrog]

This is what I meant, Ace.

I look back over my youth (and since I'm now technically 21, I'm legally past it) and I realize that I wasted so much of my 'youth' doing stupid things. And now that I know what I know I wish I hadn't. I think most people would find this to be true. Now I've had some great years, but the greatest ones have been the most recent.

But, also. Looking back over the years, I really miss the times of no responsibility, when all I had to wonder about was what shape my macaroni and cheese should be. Back then, I didn't realize how nice it was. As I've grown older, I wish I could sometimes go back and relish those earlier years.

Edit: This post was editted to fit your TV.

[mongo]

I'm 37 3/4yrs. old, puting me in the second to highest group. By the way, the last group says, "40+", so anyone older fits the group, hence the "+".

[Tarquinn]

what is age to those who are light at heart? or not, as the case may be...

love, Q xxx

[Alexi]

wow, no kids under 13!!!! amazing!!! And so many people over 20 :) nice!

/me is 17...

[Vode Andreas]

No kids under 13 that have posted/voted here at least, though there are probably some playing the game.

[Furion]

Not that this would stop anyone, but the forum registration has a bit where you agree you are 13 years or older.

[Tarquinn]

*is officially aware of those being 13 and younger playing the game* teehee, I had a few guilty admissions when I accused someone of being childish in the gardens. *shrugs* I wasn't being serious... but oh well. :roll:

love,
Q xxx

[Nightwind]

there's a law against the colelton of certain infomationm from people under 13 in this nation.

because we require that information for the forum, we require that they be 13.

Nothing of the sort is actually required to PLAY the game, so there's a noticiable contingant of those who are too young to use the forum, in the game.

[Tarquinn]

*puts up hands* I didn't ask. I was merely told.

[Perelda]

I am 33 years old, will be 34 in December. I've grown older but not up! :D :lol: Just realised I've posted this twice...see what old age does to a person? :oops:

[Acemaster]

Personally, I'm glad there aren't 11 year olds on the forums... makes my job a heck of a lot easier. I'm sure some are reading this, though.


Hey, why are there all these midgets with pitchforks surrounding me? Hey, go away, you crazy... YAAAHHH!

[Sabu]

Just turned 26 in May.

[JackZackson]

I'm 25

Although sometimes it seems I'm 25 going on 80

Ok so I've got the age where is the experience?

[YurianStonebow]

I'm 25. Although sometimes it seems I'm 25 going on 80. Okay, so I've got the age, where is the experience?

Well put, good sir, and I wish I thought of it. :D

[JackZackson]

Thanks

I have occasional bursts of wit

And regular bursts of trivialities

[Snoopymcc]

I am 25 but have been known to feel like I am alot older!!!! :lol:

[Fionnabhair]

I'm 25 as well and it makes me feel sooo old. Tonight my husband (that makes me feel old, too!) and I went to the movies, and all the teenagers walking around made me feel old. OLD. Sorry to harp on the same point, but I evidently feel... OLD! Not that I think 25 is old... I just feel old. Obviously.

[JackZackson]

It seems there are a fair number of people on here that are in their mid twenties... good glad to see it

Now perhaps we need a new poll, at what age can someone be considered old

Think of the controversy

[Jelly]

Hey, I'm 25 too, but I feel young. I can't get a decent job, that makes me feel young. All the people I work with are in their 40s, so I feel young. And I still live with students, so that makes me feel young. Or perhaps not young but immature. This game sure ain't helping with that either. Hee hee.

[Sichae-Saracen]

I am 16!

And gosh darn proud of it! Bwahahahahahahahaha

/me heads off to the coding desk

[Sergei]

23.

Easily the most insiginificant age.

[sundance]

I'm 26. I felt young when I got my first "real" job after college because...well, I was the youngest one there. And in charge. It was weird.

Now I'm in grad school and I feel old because I'm a teaching assistant and the dang kids these days complain about their grades and homework all the time. :)

[Sergei]

I'm 26. I felt young when I got my first "real" job after college because...well, I was the youngest one there. And in charge. It was weird.

Now I'm in grad school and I feel old because I'm a teaching assistant and the dang kids these days complain about their grades and homework all the time. :)

I'm going to be in the same boat as you. I'm going to grad school in the fall. I felt 'old' when I helped TA some sophmore level labs my senior year. It was very easy to feel sorry for them when they'd struggle on something simple because, of course, you struggled with the very same thing.

[Snoopymcc]

I have 3 kids and that definitly makes me feel old, sometimes it is surreal, like how could I already have 3 kids!!!

[sundance]

I'm going to be in the same boat as you. I'm going to grad school in the fall. I felt 'old' when I helped TA some sophmore level labs my senior year. It was very easy to feel sorry for them when they'd struggle on something simple because, of course, you struggled with the very same thing.

Sometimes I do. Depends on how many lines the student has tried to feed me about why they can't get their homework done. :D You'll be amazed at the stuff you're going to hear if my experience is at all typical.

You wouldn't happen to be headed to grad school for geology, would you?

(and sorry if this is heading OT here...)

[Sergei]

You wouldn't happen to be headed to grad school for geology, would you?


*blinks* Good guess! (especially if you'd read my profile). I'm going to be studying paleomagnetism, namely in the area of Western North America structure.

Vertebrate paleotology? I always liked that field. Took a geo-bio class from a paleo guy at the U of Washington.

[sundance]

You wouldn't happen to be headed to grad school for geology, would you?

*blinks* Good guess! (especially if you'd read my profile). I'm going to be studying paleomagnetism, namely in the area of Western North America structure.

Vertebrate paleotology? I always liked that field. Took a geo-bio class from a paleo guy at the U of Washington.

heh, yep, that was a result of scanning your profile. Hooray for geologists here! Grad school is a lot of work but a lot of fun. I need to try to get more paleomag on my site, actually (and I'm springing paleomag and tectonics on my class next week). Right now my thesis topic is the taphonomy (postmortem processes affecting fossil assemblages) and sedimentology of one of our Miocene sites here. No taxonomy for me!

(OT: I am still 26 and will be for almost another year.)

[jaydude]

13 going 14 in September... Don't tell me I'm the youngest...please.

[Hapa Angel]

21 here. My boyfriend just turned 25 Saturday and like a number of you, is complaining about being old. :roll: I keep telling him to hush until he has trouble picking me up, then he can complain about being old! :wink:

[Fionnabhair]

21 here. My boyfriend just turned 25 Saturday and like a number of you, is complaining about being old. :roll: I keep telling him to hush until he has trouble picking me up, then he can complain about being old! :wink:

Now, don't you go fooling with him and putting weights in your pockets! :wink:

[Lanya]

I'm 21 until tomorrow, then through a strange occurence I turn 22. I like that number :)

[Hapa Angel]

Now, don't you go fooling with him and putting weights in your pockets! :wink:
Hey, now there's an idea..... :wink:

[Fionnabhair]

Now, don't you go fooling with him and putting weights in your pockets! :wink:
Hey, now there's an idea..... :wink:

<Hapa Angel> /nick Whippersnapper

[Fritz]

At 38, I look at the kids I work with. It really makes me feel old when I ask one of them when they were born and they answer with a year after I graduated from High School.

Somebody get me my cane!!

[Valancy]

24 2/3.

[Fionnabhair]

I was on a business trip yesterday and today, and whenever I go to these meetings, I feel really self-conscious about being young (I know, I know, I said earlier I feel old, but it's all relative). Besides *being* young and inexperienced, I look really young. I'm 25, but look more like 16 or 17. The people I meet at these things talk about having graduated from medical school while I was still in high school, having worked somewhere for 20 years, etc. Only once has someone actually been rude enough to come out and say, "So how old *are* you, 16?" but I recognize the "look" they give you when that's what they want to say but don't think it's polite.

[Valancy]

Besides *being* young and inexperienced, I look really young. I'm 25, but look more like 16 or 17.

ooh, i KNOW how you FEEL. i tend to look younger when i've just rolled out of bed, too, or just toss on jeans and a tshirt.

[JackZackson]

I'm 25, but look more like 16 or 17.

I know how that feels (although not to the same degree) When I shave my beard off I drop five years from my appearance... also I get a very cold chin but that's not important right now

I don't shave off my beard any more (Except for costume parties)

[jrminga]

I'm 25, but look more like 16 or 17.

I know how that feels (although not to the same degree) When I shave my beard off I drop five years from my appearance... also I get a very cold chin but that's not important right now

I don't shave off my beard any more (Except for costume parties)

i don't think i look much younger without the beard.. however, my chin has seen the light of day maybe 5 times in the past 10 years. the men in my family don't look right without some sort of facial hair.

[Fionnabhair]

I'm 25, but look more like 16 or 17.

I know how that feels (although not to the same degree) When I shave my beard off I drop five years from my appearance... also I get a very cold chin but that's not important right now

I don't shave off my beard any more (Except for costume parties)

i don't think i look much younger without the beard.. however, my chin has seen the light of day maybe 5 times in the past 10 years. the men in my family don't look right without some sort of facial hair.

My husband grew a beard once, and he looked *exactly* like his father. Creeped me out beyond belief. I made him shave it off immediately.

[Loki]

Im 19 years old, though i feel older than that sometimes with all the crap that goes on in the world, some of you probably would agree to that heh.

[Tarquinn]

*Smacks forehead* I forgot to put my age, didn't I?

Oh well: 15, approaching 16 <--- please, please, please! Because I got shoved up a year in pre-school or whatever all my friends are older and consequently learning to drive and getting their piloting licences... and I'm, well, not. Oh well.

Funny Fact: I share a Birthday with our favourite Tacomod JRM, which makes us connected in some deep spiritual way. Oddly enough that's also my dad's birthday. Maybe exactly 9 months earlier it's some sort of especially romantic occasion? Nah. Bad thought.

love Q. xxx

[Hypatia]

I just turned 20.
Depending on how I dress I can either look 5 years younger or 10 years older.
My professor in my Spanish class asked me how old I was and I said 19. I had to stop and realize I'd just had my birthday. I felt old then. I can't believe I'm really 20. I never thought I'd actually this age. You know how when you're younger, the people older than you are so cool? I never thought I'd actually get to that age where they were so cool. And now I don't feel nearly as cool as I thought they were.

[Fiona]

I'm 21, but I feel as if I could easily be 40. Odly enough that's how old my mom is. Though I don't always feel 40, somedays I feel just like a kid. Perhaps in many ways I still am. Most of my friends are in their 30's and 40's, only one is anywhere near my age, and she's 19. I've had several people tell me I look older than I am, and then others tell me I look younger, so I don't know what to belive.

[JackZackson]

*Smacks forehead* I forgot to put my age, didn't I?

Oh well: 15, approaching 16 <--- please, please, please! Because I got shoved up a year in pre-school or whatever all my friends are older and consequently learning to drive and getting their piloting licences... and I'm, well, not. Oh well.

Funny Fact: I share a Birthday with our favourite Tacomod JRM, which makes us connected in some deep spiritual way. Oddly enough that's also my dad's birthday. Maybe exactly 9 months earlier it's some sort of especially romantic occasion? Nah. Bad thought.

love Q. xxx


All of us with this a birthday on that month must deal with the fact we're about nine months out from new years

[jrminga]

*Smacks forehead* I forgot to put my age, didn't I?

Oh well: 15, approaching 16 <--- please, please, please! Because I got shoved up a year in pre-school or whatever all my friends are older and consequently learning to drive and getting their piloting licences... and I'm, well, not. Oh well.

Funny Fact: I share a Birthday with our favourite Tacomod JRM, which makes us connected in some deep spiritual way. Oddly enough that's also my dad's birthday. Maybe exactly 9 months earlier it's some sort of especially romantic occasion? Nah. Bad thought.

love Q. xxx


All of us with this a birthday on that month must deal with the fact we're about nine months out from new years

in my case, it was the superbowl, but your mileage may vary.

[Jelly]

I know I am 9 months after my parent's wedding anniversary. Awww, how sweet.

[Fritz]

Some of us were "accidents." When I was born, my big sister had her choice between me and an organ (she plays the piano). To this day, over 38 years later, she still wants an organ. (At 51, I think she's a little old to start playing the organ.)

[Headless]

::Does the math for Fritz::

Lesse... 51 minus 38...

Wait a minute, that can't be right, can it?

[Tarquinn]

All of us with this a birthday on that month must deal with the fact we're about nine months out from new years

He has a point, oh yes he does. -.- And a point that doesn't beg to hold much scrutiny.

[SaucyWench]

Which language is that?

It's Grelvish, a language very loosely based on Tolkien's Quenya, which is a dialect of elven spoken by the elves of Valinor. Tolkien based Quenya on Finnish and Latin I believe.

*blinks* Finnish?

Ok, I guess... if I look hard... maybe if I saw more of it I'd agree. Minä olen oikein laiskalla tuulella ;)

[Fiona]

I'm only seven months after my parents wedding date... I don't think they ever figured on me doing the math. >.<

[Fritz]

::Does the math for Fritz::

Lesse... 51 minus 38...

Wait a minute, that can't be right, can it?

Let me see if I can straighten it out for you. I'm 38, my sister is 51. That makes her 13 years older than me. She graduated from High School, the next year I started Kindergarden.

As a side note, my sister is about 3 months younger than our youngest uncle. And she graduated a year before him.

[Headless]

Oop. I don't see how I could have read that so wrong. I was thinking of a different relation to you.

[bratt]

You all make me feel ancient at 49! Fortunately, I - like Fionnabhair- dont look my age.
However, I am looking forward to being able to qualify for senior's discounts in the future and being asked for ID to back it up :twisted:
That, and full retirement to play LotGD whenever I want!

[Jules]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

Hey...just who are you calling old?! Anyone playing this game is either young or at least young at heart. ;)

I know people my mother's age (~50) who act like 20-year-olds!! I love the internet ^_^ (it can also be a bad thing, but I'll ignore that)

I'm 17, 18 at the end of August.

[Dhampir]

I'm 18...turn so last March.. Just to continue on the topic. :D

[Fionnabhair]

You all make me feel ancient at 49! Fortunately, I - like Fionnabhair- dont look my age.
However, I am looking forward to being able to qualify for senior's discounts in the future and being asked for ID to back it up :twisted:
That, and full retirement to play LotGD whenever I want!

When I worked as a cashier, I *never* would have had the gall to ask someone who was asking for a senior citizen discount for ID. I guess it differs based on how steep the discount is!

[Fritz]

You all make me feel ancient at 49! Fortunately, I - like Fionnabhair- dont look my age.
However, I am looking forward to being able to qualify for senior's discounts in the future and being asked for ID to back it up :twisted:
That, and full retirement to play LotGD whenever I want!

When I worked as a cashier, I *never* would have had the gall to ask someone who was asking for a senior citizen discount for ID. I guess it differs based on how steep the discount is!

That's funny. When I worked as a cashier in a grocery store during my very early twenties, I always asked to older ladies for ID whenever they had beer in their cart. Wanted to make sure they were old enough. :D They never complained. Even got asked out a couple of times. :shock:

[Buttercup]

I'm a proud 25. I was a little naughty in my cashier days too. I asked everybody for ID when they bought cigarettes, which annoyed the college students from down the street. Consider it my own personal stand against big tobacco. Later, at a small pop and pop store where I worked, it would really get my fur up when a senior citizen would ask for the discount after I rang them up. On our no frills registers it meant I had to re-ring their order. In spite of that, what surprises me most is when cashiers ask customers if they want the senior discount. On another note, I don't understand women who get offended by being called ma'am. I think it's polite. It becomes downright charming when a child calls me that.

[Acemaster]

Since when do women get offended at being called "ma'am"? Maybe if it was said sarcastically, but I have never had that happen before...

[Syrius]

I used to work at a bank, and on calling people ma'am, was more often told off for it than thanked. A lot of women think it sounds old, and prefer you to ask their name. Strange but true.

A lot of people also prefer first name use, rather than Miss Brown, Mr Frank, etc. Which was painful as the policy at the bank I worked at was to use proper terms, such as the Mrs Bob, or whatever.

Either way, I don't see why people get upset over it, when a simple correction will suffice!

[Fionnabhair]

I don't enjoy being called "ma'am" because I think I'm much too young (25 for anyone who doesn't want to backscroll). In fact, I look so young that when someone working in an establishment whose policy it is to use proper titles addresses me, they say "Miss," not "Mrs" or "Dr," which are correct for me. Oddly, it bothers me to be called "ma'am," but it would not bother me at all to be called "Mrs" or "Dr," probably because those are both titles I have earned. "Ma'am" to me just says "old."

Why do you think banks and department stores, etc have those policies? Unless you personally know your customer, it's impossible to know which title is correct...

[Buttercup]

I think stores have those policies because it's more professional to talk to someone in a formal way.

While Miss is traditionally what you call an unmarried woman, I think some people feel strange addressing a grown woman in the same way one would address a child.

Perhaps part of what is troubling about these labels is that they are inheritantly sexist. Men in most countries I know of are called by the same title regardless of age or marital status.

However, I think that if one has a strong preference to be addressed in a certain way, then it's one's responsibility to make that clear early in an encounter with a new person. It's unfair to make a salesperson more inferior to a customer by making them feel guilty for an unintentional faux-pas.

[Syrius]

Why do you think banks and department stores, etc have those policies? Unless you personally know your customer, it's impossible to know which title is correct...

I asked the same question, it's all about competition. If you can go that little bit farther or do that little bit more, the customer will probably stay with you, simply for the service.

Also, at the bank where I worked, I usually received deposit/withdrawl slips, identification, etc, which shows you what to call them. Otherwise, you ask them.

[Fionnabhair]

It makes sense to me that you would want to address your customer by name, but honestly, (and this may just be me) I feel the salesperson at Filene's who calls me by name after seeing my credit card is being a bit fake. And as for correcting someone who uses the wrong title for me, I'd really feel uppity if I did that - I don't mean to say it's important to me that someone addresses me correctly, just that it feels fake when they try to guess at my name. Maybe it's different in a bank, when you do have more information about someone's title, than in a department store, where you don't know someone's name until the point of sale, and even then only if the customer pays by credit card.

[Buttercup]

And as for correcting someone who uses the wrong title for me, I'd really feel uppity if I did that - I don't mean to say it's important to me that someone addresses me correctly, just that it feels fake when they try to guess at my name.

I was unclear. I was referring to when a situation like this:

Salesperson: Good afternoon Ma'am, may I help you?
Ms. Mary Jones: Yes, I need help picking out some sheets. Please, call
me Mary. What are the popular linen brands being sold
right now?

Not this:

Greeter at big box store: Good morning ma'am!
Ms. Mary Jones: Please don't call me ma'am, I prefer Mary.
Greeter (thinking to herself): Jeesh, who cares? It's not like I'm ever
going to talk to her again.

I wasn't so much suggesting correcting someone, as letting them know what they should call you. If a salesperson is going to be assisting you, and it's going to bother you being called ma'am for the entire conversation, then you should just say what you want to be called.

[DanaScully]

Well, I'm one of the older people on the board, and I was raised "southern". I use Ma'am and Sir a lot, and I expect it (ma'am) to be used to me in the appropriate situations. I don't allow children to call me by my first name, or strangers :) (Ya'll aren't strangers!)

I worked customer service for many years in the moving industry, and every customer was accorded the courtesy (in our part of the world), of being called ma'am or sir, unless they preferred something different. Once a customer says "Call me Mary", then courtesy demands that their wishes be respected. In short, customers, people obviously older than me (getting fewer every year), people in my work chain of command and obvious objects of respect (my mother and mother-in-law for example), get an automatic yes or no ma'am when I'm speaking to them. It doesn't cost me anything and saves me from that creepy feeling that my Dad is going to backhand me from the grave for not having any "raising" :)

It's all in how you were canalized when you were growing up!

:lol:

[Fionnabhair]

I wasn't so much suggesting correcting someone, as letting them know what they should call you. If a salesperson is going to be assisting you, and it's going to bother you being called ma'am for the entire conversation, then you should just say what you want to be called.

Yes, that makes more sense. However, you're assuming that these salespeople have the social skills necessary to make such a distinction. Most that I've encountered don't. Maybe I should shop at nicer stores. :)

Well, I'm one of the older people on the board, and I was raised "southern". I use Ma'am and Sir a lot, and I expect it (ma'am) to be used to me in the appropriate situations. I don't allow children to call me by my first name, or strangers Smile (Ya'll aren't strangers!)

That's an interesting point - that where you grew up determines what you're comfortable being called. And obviously your age factors into that, too - maybe in 10-15 years, I won't mind being called ma'am. I don't feel like anyone's "elder," so I guess I don't expect anyone to call me ma'am because they're "showing respect for your elders." Not that I think that means much anyway... just because someone's older, you have to be nicer to them than to anyone else? I think you should be nice to everyone! I'm all for giving up a seat for someone, but I won't do it just because they're older - if they're handicapped, or are carrying a heavy load, or would otherwise benefit from sitting down more than me, I'll gladly volunteer my seat. But I don't really see the logic in giving up a seat to someone simply because they're older than me.

[DanaScully]

That's an interesting point - that where you grew up determines what you're comfortable being called. And obviously your age factors into that, too - maybe in 10-15 years, I won't mind being called ma'am. I don't feel like anyone's "elder," so I guess I don't expect anyone to call me ma'am because they're "showing respect for your elders." Not that I think that means much anyway... just because someone's older, you have to be nicer to them than to anyone else? I think you should be nice to everyone! I'm all for giving up a seat for someone, but I won't do it just because they're older - if they're handicapped, or are carrying a heavy load, or would otherwise benefit from sitting down more than me, I'll gladly volunteer my seat. But I don't really see the logic in giving up a seat to someone simply because they're older than me.

A good point. I wouldn't expect you to give up a seat to me, as I'm quite healthy and perfectly able to stand. What makes my hackles rise is perfectly healthy teenagers sprawled in a seat, when quite elderly people are standing. And I agree, be nice to everyone, good karma always helps. In general courtesy is just human decency. I'll go out of my way to open doors for anyone who is heavily laden, male or female.

[PiRa]

That's an interesting point - that where you grew up determines what you're comfortable being called. And obviously your age factors into that, too - maybe in 10-15 years, I won't mind being called ma'am. I don't feel like anyone's "elder," so I guess I don't expect anyone to call me ma'am because they're "showing respect for your elders." Not that I think that means much anyway... just because someone's older, you have to be nicer to them than to anyone else? I think you should be nice to everyone! I'm all for giving up a seat for someone, but I won't do it just because they're older - if they're handicapped, or are carrying a heavy load, or would otherwise benefit from sitting down more than me, I'll gladly volunteer my seat. But I don't really see the logic in giving up a seat to someone simply because they're older than me.

A good point. I wouldn't expect you to give up a seat to me, as I'm quite healthy and perfectly able to stand. What makes my hackles rise is perfectly healthy teenagers sprawled in a seat, when quite elderly people are standing. And I agree, be nice to everyone, good karma always helps. In general courtesy is just human decency. I'll go out of my way to open doors for anyone who is heavily laden, male or female.

Funny, when I was back in Thailand I'd give up my seat to kids, women, senior citizens and anyone who is handicapped or had just bought a heavy load of say, groceries. Basically I stood most of the way (which is very tiresome on Bangkok buses) but that's what was expected from me and I didn't really mind. However, I haven't had a chance to do so when I came to Australia since the buses are never full and my main transportation is my bike. So I wouldn't know how someone here would react if I did get up for them. I just hope people don't give me a weird look or anything. :(

[Ithilden]

Ithy here, I'm 19 now and I dont believe that your old until you start acting like it. I have plenty of what most call "old" friends and I am with a 26 year old. I say roll your eyes at those who call you old- Dance in the rain to the music in your soul that only you can hear, sing off key till your lungs fall out, laugh at all the idiots of the world, shoot random people with a water guns while driving in your car (giving people ideas now) and never grow up all the way in your heart, and I will always think of you as young!

Alas the moon is older then us all and she still in her wisdom smiles and shines for us.

[Darcia]

Michael Jordan's jersey number.

[Furion]

Tee hee. :D

Would that be the 45 one or the 23?

[Darcia]

A baseball joke. :lol:

[Moocha]

didnt knew that this game was played by so many old people

sorry :|

May be old to you but young to me...

[JackZackson]

I don't understand women who get offended by being called ma'am. I think it's polite. It becomes downright charming when a child calls me that.

Well for those of you who don't know I'm a Kiwi and in the city I'm from Ma'am and Sir is quite rare

I don't enjoy being called "ma'am" because I think I'm much too young (25 for anyone who doesn't want to backscroll). In fact, I look so young that when someone working in an establishment whose policy it is to use proper titles addresses me, they say "Miss," not "Mrs" or "Dr," which are correct for me. Oddly, it bothers me to be called "ma'am," but it would not bother me at all to be called "Mrs" or "Dr," probably because those are both titles I have earned. "Ma'am" to me just says "old."

I actually find it weird to be called Mr Surname... I suppose it comes from having no clearly delimited point in my life where suddenly I'm and adult and as such people start using my surname rather than my first name.

[Furion]

I really agree with that point. I am not really old enough to be called Mr. (Last Name), so I always tell people to call me (First Name). But it is useful sometimes when some separation is needed to maintain authority.

That's why I want you all to call me Mr. Furion from now on. :D

:runs like he has never run before.

(By the way, if any of you ever start calling me Mr. Furion or referring to my @ too much, I will promptly have some friends visit you in the fields. :D )

[JackZackson]

:salutes: Of course Mr Furion

[Furion]

Bah!

:smites JZ goodnaturedly, if that is possible. :twisted:

I might be able to beat you in the fields. I got my eye on you. :D

[Waugh]

26

[Milkboy31]

Good to see I'm not the old guy here! 23. Married... no kids yet.... not for a couple years hopefully... ;-)

[PiRa]

I just realised I didn't put my age down on my last post.

This time last year I was 19 and in a few months I'll be 21.

Oh, and Furion. On some formal occasions I've had people call me Mr. since when I was way younger, something I didn't really like.

[Talisman]

(By the way, if any of you ever start calling me Mr. Furion or referring to my @ too much, I will promptly have some friends visit you in the fields. :D )

You have friends, Mr Furion? :twisted:

:rins and hydes

:wink:

[Buttercup]

(By the way, if any of you ever start calling me Mr. Furion or referring to my @ too much, I will promptly have some friends visit you in the fields. :D )

Yes, sir Mr. @Furion!

[Furion]

:hates you all :D

:was planning on calling in JRMinga to PVP people, if he was willing, but that won't be an option with Buttercup, now will it?

I'd do it myself, but that would be signing up for a life of eternal taco-style torture. :D Guess I'll have to ask Mungo.

:runs!

[Milkboy31]

My friend's dad always says, "Don't call me Mr. (insertnamehere).... that's my dad's name!"

heh


and after reading Furion's text under his avatar... I'm concerned that the cows have their own country and I have not been informed of this....

[JackZackson]

(By the way, if any of you ever start calling me Mr. Furion or referring to my @ too much, I will promptly have some friends visit you in the fields. :D )

Yes, sir Mr. @Furion!

:lol:

Hey look Mr @Furion, you've started a trend

[JackZackson]

I'm 25

Although sometimes it seems I'm 25 going on 80

Ok so I've got the age where is the experience?

Update: I've hit 26... It feels just like 25 except now I can say I'm twice as old as some teenagers

[Milkboy31]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :lol:

[Furion]

and after reading Furion's text under his avatar... I'm concerned that the cows have their own country and I have not been informed of this....

They do! Fortunately, they are too busy infighting to bother with us.

(Seriously, have you ever been around a real cow? So strong, yet so stupid.)

[JackZackson]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! :lol:

:D Thanks

[Furion]

Happy Birthday, JZ! You are the best!

[Darcia]

I'm 25

Although sometimes it seems I'm 25 going on 80

Ok so I've got the age where is the experience?

Update: I've hit 26... It feels just like 25 except now I can say I'm twice as old as some teenagersYeah, I know. I'll be 24 in a couple weeks.. but I look like I'm 19.

[Fritz]

*looks at the posts and thinks, "Kids!"

Just wait until you are approaching 40.

[Perrin]

:Yawns as he walks in with his cloak over his head:

Well I'm 16 and did the poll hope your happy :) Oh well i'm off then <SNIP> thankyou and goodbye till next time.

edit: not quite the place to advertise, thanks. Syrius

[Iscariot]

Yey! Yesterday I was described as young and promissing by the chairman of the local student municipality... not bad when your're 28. ;)

[Perrin]

That would be great if I passed as 21 again...the first time I think the guy was <something deletable> don't know but I got the beer...stupid step mom took it away though :cry:

Perrin, please!! This is getting silly. -Syrius

[Diorama]

I are teh 21 LAWL!

[ZMoney]

Update: I've hit 26... It feels just like 25 except now I can say I'm twice as old as some teenagers

Well, I missed that one. I guess you weren't kidding when you talked about inanimate signs.

Happy Birthday!

[Perrin]

Oh I'm silly now? :twisted: .:starts jumping up and down like a loon knocking books everywhere:. There now you can say I said something silly, before I was just expressing some of my personal exp.

[Furion]

Perrin, you said something inappropriate for family friendly forums again! That is what Syrius meant. She was being reeeally nice about it. Now, I am probably about the most easy going person there is, but even I think you're getting kind of annoying. Clean up your act. This means no more:

A. Cursing or explicit or inappropriate references.
B. Roleplayed violence. Even minor stuff.

We work very hard to maintain a positive atmosphere here, and people get annoyed when it is disrupted. Trust me, many of the other staff will get rid of you a lot quicker than I will. Your learning period is up. You know the rules. Don't dance on the line, you might fall, ok? I don't want to see that happen. Just be overwhelmingly positive when you post, and you'll be fine.

Side note: Please, no bandwagon posts. This is enough to convey the message without any other supporting comments. Thank you. Furion :)

[Perrin]

Hahah yah I know what you mean...just saying that some guy was handing me a beer when I was only 15 and he was probly...oh wait now I remember what I said sorry about that one.

[FreyjaSez]

I just happen to be the grand old age of 26 and new to this game and loving it!

[kickme]

14, and have all ready have two servers and have made some of my own mods

[Pixie]

Ee-ee!

[Buttercup]

Update: I've hit 26... It feels just like 25 except now I can say I'm twice as old as some teenagers

Ugh...
I've also turned 26 recently and felt good about it until I read that.
Ugh...
I'm fabulous though!
But ugh...

:squirts water at Jack affectionately.

[JackZackson]

Update: I've hit 26... It feels just like 25 except now I can say I'm twice as old as some teenagers

Ugh...
I've also turned 26 recently and felt good about it until I read that.
Ugh...
I'm fabulous though!
But ugh...

:squirts water at Jack affectionately.

It's not so bad... at least not until you say those three dreaded words

"In my day..."

:gets squirted uhhh affectionately:

[Buttercup]

:facepalms!

Darn it! I've so said that!

[jrminga]

(chases you all off of his lawn)

[FreyjaSez]

Stop making me feel old people!!!!!


:shock:

[JackZackson]

:facepalms!

Darn it! I've so said that!

Aha it's a slippery slope from here on in

:starts complaining about the loud music:

[Uzxhra]

Will be 26 in pretty much 24hrs exact. =)

[Escaflowne]

Happy birthday Uzzy! :P

[Valiant]

I am 14. I guess I started playing when I was 11 on a different server.

[Seanbaby]

17.9

[JackZackson]

Will be 26 in pretty much 24hrs exact. =)

:counts down inaccurately:

Happy Birthday Uz!

[Furion]

Uzi man, ya know we love ya :D

Happy happy birthday!

[Buttercup]

Happy Birthday Uzxhra! Welcome to 26! Next year we have to go out like rock stars.

[Uzxhra]

Uzxhra bows to Escaflowne, JackZackson, Furion, Buttercup and anyone who might still congratulate him, "Thankye kindly!"

[Seanbaby]

No one is under 13? I was hoping to adopt a son :(

[Yuna]

Heheh. I'm at the great age of 18.

8)

[DruneSilentarrow]

Same here, and I'm as hungry as ever.

[Marcus]

Yeah, I was hoping that a cessation of the ravenous teenage appetite would be one of the perks of legal adulthood. But no dice. :(

[Kylana]

I am 23 and will be turning 24 in June. My exact birthday is June 25th.

[YurianStonebow]

You don't look a day past the sweet bloom of youth, my heart. *hugs Kylana tight and kisses her cheek before getting sucked back into the vacuum of real life called work.*

[tinuviel]

Approximately 14 2/3 years old at time of posting. :roll:

[Mess]

I've been around for 25 years and 7 months now.

[Mess]

I am 23 and will be turning 24 in June. My exact birthday is June 25th.

Hehe! Thats the birthdate of my big bossy sister too. :P

[Leah]

Just turned 15 on the 2nd. =)

[JackZackson]

Just turned 15 on the 2nd. =)

Happy belated birthday 8)

[Nomad]

Turned 19 in December. I feel so young here, but at the same time I feel really old remembering playing LORD on my dad's BBS ages ago. ;P

[Leah]

Just turned 15 on the 2nd. =)

Happy belated birthday 8)

And here's a belated thank-you, lol! :D

(Wow, the double quote thing looks cool.)

[jrminga]

Just turned 15 on the 2nd. =)

Happy belated birthday 8)

And here's a belated thank-you, lol! :D

(Wow, the double quote thing looks cool.)
You ain't seen nothin'; i can't remember the thread, but it went a bit nuts with the quoting...

[Furion]

Hobbies thread, village square. :D

Of course, I had nothing to do with that. Nope, I stayed faaaar away from that misbehavior....

[WanderingInsanity]

16 now.... *grins*

[Fritz]

Just turned 15 on the 2nd. =)

Happy belated birthday 8)

And here's a belated thank-you, lol! :D

(Wow, the double quote thing looks cool.)
You ain't seen nothin'; i can't remember the thread, but it went a bit nuts with the quoting...

and there's nothing wrong with extending the quotes. especially if it's another quote in honor of your clan. or somthing like that.

[PiRa]

I think I've finally reached the point where it's not such a big deal to be a year older, I just turned 21 a couple weeks ago... maybe I'll start celebrating every 5 years from now on :D

[Furion]

:xheers for PiRa's and anyone else's birthday.

I like birthdays! Who needs an excuse to celebrate?

[Diorama]

I think I've finally reached the point where it's not such a big deal to be a year older, I just turned 21 a couple weeks ago... maybe I'll start celebrating every 5 years from now on :D

*laughs* You're younger than me? No way!

[RichPlaystation]

19, I am 20 in August this year :)

[PiRa]

I think I've finally reached the point where it's not such a big deal to be a year older, I just turned 21 a couple weeks ago... maybe I'll start celebrating every 5 years from now on :D

*laughs* You're younger than me? No way!Ha! Life is full of suprises isn't it?

[Gonzaga]

I'm 15, turning 16 this August.

[kickme]

/me feels so young now, being only 14.

[Diorama]

I think I've finally reached the point where it's not such a big deal to be a year older, I just turned 21 a couple weeks ago... maybe I'll start celebrating every 5 years from now on :D

*laughs* You're younger than me? No way!Ha! Life is full of suprises isn't it?

Certainly is... I feel like an old folk now. Suppose that's why I hang around Q so much ;-)

[DanaScully]

I think I've finally reached the point where it's not such a big deal to be a year older, I just turned 21 a couple weeks ago... maybe I'll start celebrating every 5 years from now on :D

*laughs* You're younger than me? No way!Ha! Life is full of suprises isn't it?

Certainly is... I feel like an old folk now. Suppose that's why I hang around Q so much ;-)

No, you just prefer the company of your mature elders :)

[Khaine]

27 and still in the Military after 5 years. I should really consider getting a better job before I get myself killed...

[Valancy]

hey, when i got off the plane this afternoon in lubbock, texas, where i had to fly in for work in beautiful sunny dry windy new mexico this week, the flight attendant grinned brightly at me and exclaimed, "back to school!" i grumbled for the rest of the afternoon. sure, i should be happy she thinks i'm young, and i admit, at least she was just thinking i was one of the college students from texas tech rather than a high schooler, but still...

sometimes i just want to jump up and down and shout, "I'M TWENTY-FIVE!" which action would totally defeat any attempt at adulthood i might try to make.

[RichPlaystation]

11 people over 40 eh? I wonder how far over, I hope I am still a LOGD player then :D

[Nomad]

Well, most of them probably played LORD fifteen to twenty years ago, so it's entirely possible.