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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 11:19 AM UTC

Hi .
Fred ..Art........yipee ..I thought I was gonna be out on my own-------thanks guys----are we now "THE 3 MODEL(Y)EERS" :-) :-) :-)
aye
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 12:07 PM UTC
Its summer and i caught the flu, so i actually feel about 200 yrs old. I ache everywhere and parts of me have stopped working or fallen off, so do i win. :-)
animal
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 02:04 PM UTC

Quoted Text


Hi .
Fred ..Art........yipee ..I thought I was gonna be out on my own-------thanks guys----are we now "THE 3 MODEL(Y)EERS" :-) :-) :-)
aye
BRV
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I like it! It is nice to a youngster again. All you old guys give us something to aspire to.
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 02:45 PM UTC
At 35 it ain't me
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 03:02 PM UTC
Well guys, I win! As nobody said it had to be in physical years, I can honestly say I'm the oldest as I am on my 75th lifetime here. ( Originally born in Tara, Eire in 456BCE)
So, I'm about 2500 years old!

No, really!
Cuhail
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 08:05 PM UTC
That's cheating!
fanai
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Queensland, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:32 PM UTC
I am not in the same league -I am only young at 45 but my father who is 74 still to this day models- He scratch builds- Did a 1/48 scale coastal frieghter(ship) and last week completed a scatck build 5 tin railway crane
He is not as good as he was and sometimes the finish of his models are a bit rough _eyesight and old hands but it has taken me until recent 2 years to start to match him- so Jim my dad is right up there
Ian
Dad was a professional modeller for 11 years even having a display of his work in Queensland house in London
Major_Goose
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Kikladhes, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 06:28 PM UTC
Well still in my 37 ,i ride a 1000cc bike like 18 so i guess i am way back to be the oldest. Though i have more than 25 years of modelling on my back .
I wish i keep doing it good when i reach 60-70-80.....140 LOL
flitzer
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 06:26 PM UTC
Hi all you young oldies...


Quoted Text

I'm not as good as I once was,
but I'm as good once as I ever was....
Al Casey 1992


I'm a 56 year old ragged idiot and proud of it... :-)

Cheersa
Peter
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Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 12:45 AM UTC
And I always thought Flitzer was YOUNGER than me..... !!!!!!! Rolling on Floor....... :-) :-)
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Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 01:17 PM UTC
60 in September.

That puts me 4th or so ....

John
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Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:51 PM UTC
Glad to see that at 53 I'm still sort of in the mid-range age bracket of modelers here (wishful thinking?) Anyway, my wife says I never past 16 Yrs. mentally which as I get older, I think may be a compliment?
Oh, according to the eye doc my long range vision is 20/20 which means I have no problem seeing a model 30' away (close up vision provided by optivisor)
Cheers,
Charles
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