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Who is the oldest forum member?
September 21, 2021, 03:32 PM
6gunsWho is the oldest forum member?
Pipe Smoker's Birthday made me wonder, who IS the oldest member on the forum. This may have been talked about before, but can we find out?
I'm "down there" at 62....63 next month. Where are you in the scheme of things?
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September 21, 2021, 03:34 PM
armoredAs best as I can recollect, I think I just turned 70.
September 21, 2021, 03:37 PM
recoatlift74 in January. I’m not far behind Pipe Smoker, Happy Birthday again pops! Many more!
September 21, 2021, 03:38 PM
6gunsHappy belated Birthday, Lon!
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September 21, 2021, 03:44 PM
kkinaquote:
Originally posted by 6guns:
Pipe Smoker's Birthday made me wonder, who IS the oldest member on the forum. This may have been talked about before, but can we find out?
I'm "down there" at 62....63 next month. Where are you in the scheme of things?
Same here. Don't we have the same b-day- Oct 6?
September 21, 2021, 03:49 PM
stickman428I’m not even 40 yet but I cherish the wisdom of our forum members who have lived longer than myself and whose life lessons are invaluable. The “ok boomer” mentality that prevailed on (anti)social media before I pulled the plug on that mess disgusted me to no end.
The forum that Parabellum has painstakingly created has had a tremendous positive impact on my life in such a way it is almost impossible to articulate.
Thank you Para for the greatness that is this fine forum.
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September 21, 2021, 03:58 PM
sig229-SAS79 in a few weeks
September 21, 2021, 03:59 PM
wreckdiverCertainly not me, I'm 64 and can't imagine 80! Too many years in the plumbing business have destroyed my body, I hurt every damn day.
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September 21, 2021, 04:46 PM
OKCGeneThere is a man who was in WW2 and as a young man he marched with Civil War Veterans. I can't recall his name but his CUT is, I think, Old Utah Ski Bum. He is somewhere in his 90's, I believe.
EDIT: Found him, his screen name is HJrocket. He posted on January 13 2021 that he just got his shot at the age of 94. He posted most recently about 3 weeks ago, so YEA for him!
He's a WW2 Veteran. Is he the only one here, or do we have any other WW2 Veterans?
Thank you for your service, Sir.
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September 21, 2021, 04:52 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by OKCGene:
There is a man who was in WW2 and as a young man he marched with Civil War Veterans. I can't recall his name but his CUT is, I think, Old Utah Ski Bum. He is somewhere in his 90's, I believe.
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Yeah, no doubt this gentleman is the oldest on here. He last posted a year or two ago, IIRC.
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September 21, 2021, 05:06 PM
Modern Day SavageSeveral years ago I sold a gun to a forum member who is a WW II veteran. I didn't ask his age, but we can all do the math. This was a different member than the one who marched with Civil War veterans.
Haven't seen him post in several years now and haven't heard from him, so I'm concerned we may have lost him.
On a slight thread drift, he is
not a forum member, but one of my first flight instructors, and a man who greatly guided and influenced me when I was a young man, is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, and he turned 96 yesterday...and still lives with his 97 year old girlfriend.
Happy Birthday Charlie!
September 21, 2021, 05:12 PM
sjtillThe gentleman in question is HJrocket.
Here's a post from him about the Civil War vets:
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September 21, 2021, 05:14 PM
flashguyquote:
Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:
Several years ago I sold a gun to a forum member who is a WW II veteran. I didn't ask his age,
but we can all do the math. This was a different member than the one who marched with Civil War veterans.
Haven't seen him post in several years now and haven't heard from him, so I'm concerned we may have lost him.
On a slight thread drift, he is
not a forum member, but one of my first flight instructors, and a man who greatly guided and influenced me when I was a young man, is a WW II veteran who served in the U.S. Navy, and he turned 96 yesterday...and still lives with his 97 year old girlfriend.
Happy Birthday Charlie!
The youngest a WWII vet can be would be 93.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth September 21, 2021, 05:40 PM
GT-40DOCquote:
Originally posted by wreckdiver:
I hurt every damn day.
I believe that there are many of us on this forum that can make the same statement!!
September 21, 2021, 05:43 PM
V-Tail84 here. Not the oldest, but probably in the top 32%.
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jhe888Well, all this talk of geezers is making me feel young at 59.
Cheers, gents!
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P250UA535 here, probably on the skinny end of the age bell curve.
The Enemy's gate is down. September 21, 2021, 06:18 PM
mcgivernNot the oldest, but I guess I'll be near the top. I turned 86 in June and am still very active. Had surgery last year and it was the first time I had been in the hospital since 1938 when I was 3 years old and had my tonsils removed. I thank the good Lord and my mom for her genes, she lived to almost 96.
September 21, 2021, 06:22 PM
Shaqlquote:
Originally posted by kkina:
Same here. Don't we have the same b-day- Oct 6?
Well, that makes 3 of us!
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September 21, 2021, 06:26 PM
vthokyquote:
Originally posted by armored:
As best as I can recollect, I think I just turned 70.
Our test engineer (and a man I respect greatly) told us a couple of weeks ago about a doc visit he had recently. In the course of the discussion, doc said something to the effect of, "well, since you're 74 now..."
TK said, "No, I'm only 73."
Doc scoured the record a bit and pointed to a date. "Going by this, you're 74."
TK, laughingly: "Crap! What happened?! I want that year back!"
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