An age thing?

An age thing?

Didn't find your answer?

Just wonder, having noted the various greying avatars/pics of old celebs and pseudonyms if everyone here is of a certain (old-ish) age, or not?

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By GarethHughesFCCA
26th May 2010 21:16

Well
Not me - I'm 30 & have been on here for about 5 years.

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By SteveOH
26th May 2010 21:30

Go on then - I'm game

Turned 57 last January.

Maybe that's why I'm so grumpy sometimes.

And probably why I'm so hot on my punctation and grammar in my posts. Different schooling you see. Unlike "carnmores" who posts on here as if he's texting. No capital letters, very few full stops and hardly any punctuation marks of any kind. Sheesh - what is the world coming to:)

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By David Winch
26th May 2010 21:40

As it happens . . .

I am 30 and have been for about 25 years . . .

David

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By cathygrimmer
26th May 2010 21:42

Never ask a woman her age!

Just to prove that not all women are sensitive about their age, I'm 47 next Thursday (so quite young really!) and have been working in tax for 30 years. And the amazing thing is (or maybe it's just a sad thing), I still find it interesting, hence I contribute here even though I'm not being paid for my advice!

Cathy

 

[email protected]

Raven Taxation

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By GarethHughesFCCA
26th May 2010 21:59

Same here Cathy
It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.... Tax is sexy!

After qualifying, I did a 5 year stint working for the past president of the ACCA, then moved into corporate insolvency for a few years, then opened an accountancy practice with a large proportion of phoenix company clients.

I've always kept an eye out at ACCA do's for names of people I recognise from here....but alas, have not seen any yet.

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By MarionMorrison
26th May 2010 22:28

The OP can do the stats

I'm only working in tax as a temporary job while I wait to resit my 1st year exams at Uni.  Pity I'm 52, but one day I'll get back to it.

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By cymraeg_draig
26th May 2010 23:08

Don't cheek your elders........................

All of which, so far, makes me the senior as I qualified for my 'bus pass last year - not that it's much use to me as the last time I caught a 'bus I paid 1s11d return for a 20 mile trip and the stairs were at the back of the bus in the open. 

Been practicing for about 35 years (you'd think I'd have the hang of it by now :) ...... I know, but the old jokes are still the best). 

 

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By SteveOH
26th May 2010 23:17

Well, apart from Gareth..........

..........we remaining respondents are all of a certain age. Mind you, the youngsters are probably getting their beauty sleep. Bless. No doubt we'll be hearing from them tomorrow.

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By User deleted
27th May 2010 07:03

I'm

74 and still find this site interesting.I was taught ethics by the old school.I've been usiong computers for oveer 30 years.

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By petersaxton
27th May 2010 08:42

58

I'm 58 but I still like to act like a naughty schoolboy.

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By spidersong
27th May 2010 09:10

What level of accuracy are we going for here?

I'm 37.9917, but since I generally only think of my age when people ask how old I am I generally consider my age to be 'old enough to drink alcohol legally, too young for retirement' and that normally does me.

In two years I'll have been dealing with VAT for half my life.

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By clegganator
27th May 2010 09:18

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I'm fairly new and have only been on here 6 months, maybe a year. I'm 21 in a few weeks and my AAT teacher pointed out that I have 40 years at least of double entry ahead of me. Sobering thought...

I subscribe to the any answers by RSS and read through the answered questions to try and get my head around things, oh and answer the easy questions.

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By GaryMc
27th May 2010 09:20

Been here for donkeys

I'm 30 and first found this place while at Uni in 1999.

Has changed a fair bit in that time.  Amazingly, I am heading towards 9 years of tax experience!

Have asked very few questions but answer now and then if it is an area that I am interested in.

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By thomas34
27th May 2010 10:01

Don't like to say

Except that next month I'll think of the Beatles song released in 1966.

 

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By Luke
27th May 2010 10:26

37

I'm 37.3562, almost as old as spidersong but not quite.  Like spidersong though, old enough to drink, too young for saga...

Have been looking and posting on here for about 4-5 years but this name only came about after the whole site change malarky.  I think I answer more than I ask, but I look almost every day at the site and browse interesting questions.

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By Democratus
27th May 2010 10:40

Ok

I'm 47, or circa 2,470 years old depending on which date of birth i use. There CD you must feel somewhat younger!

Been using AWeb for over 6 years. How i wish i had the internet back in old Thrace, though perhaps times were simpler then.

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By User deleted
27th May 2010 11:15

#petersaxton

I'm not sure that your private life activities are completely relevant, but I think I know what you mean.

At 54 I still feel like an 18 year old. But let's face it I'm not likely to get one.

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By cymraeg_draig
27th May 2010 11:31

.

 

 

The problem is can you still remember what to do with one? 

 

 

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By User deleted
27th May 2010 11:53

Yes I can remember what to do with one...

...but I certainly can't catch them

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By Nichola Ross Martin
27th May 2010 12:45

Using computers for 25 years

Two years ago I started a policy of losing 10 years for every new birthday. I am now 27, so I may stick there for a year of two.

 

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By 3569787
03rd May 2016 19:00

Less than 3

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By Paul Scholes
27th May 2010 14:07

Bit of a puzzle

Have been waiting for someone to go all scientific and say that on average, based on cell renewal, our bodies are  less than 10 years old, but I don't believe it because I can still sing the words to most of the tracks on Sgt. Pepper's?

Given that I've lived in the shadow of the young upstart from Manchester for about 15 years now I'll answer it like this.  Despite being half my age he beat me to our name at Companies House and, to add insult to injury, formed it on my birthday.

A big kiss to anyone (and I mean anyone) who is first to work it out.

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By User deleted
27th May 2010 14:28

I guess...

 ...that you’re referring to the fact (readily provided by Companies House) that the company Paul Scholes Ltd was incorporated on 24/04/1996, meaning that you can’t use the name. 

 I reckon furthermore that Paul Scholes Ltd is a vehicle for the famous pig’s bladder worrier, because Wes Brown Ltd, Philip Neville Ltd and Nicky [***] Ltd are registered at the same address. However, if you actually resemble the other Paul Scholes I might 'take a raincheck' on the kiss. 

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By petersaxton
27th May 2010 14:59

Why so slow?

1996? mine is 1991

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By petersaxton
27th May 2010 15:10

Try it

"At 54 I still feel like an 18 year old. But let's face it I'm not likely to get one."

Don't be so negative. If you get out there instead of stuck in an office 24/7 all sorts of things can happen.

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By aiwalters
27th May 2010 16:26

I'm 27

so that makes me one of the youngest

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By cymraeg_draig
27th May 2010 18:19

You dont know what you missed .....

A note for the younger generation - you don't know what you missed.

I recall the day I left school my father telling me that when I was on £20 a week I was "made". For what seemed like ages beer at the local was two shillings (10p) a pint. By the time I could go in legally it had gone up, but no one worried about legal ages in those days, not in small villages. 

I also remember hand written ledgers and laboriously adding them up in my head because there were no adding machines.  Then along came those wondrous monsters with a "till roll" and a handle you pulled after each number.  By the time you had added up a set of books your right arm was twice as large as the left.

My first "home computer" was an Amstrad PCW - I had the "posh" version with TWO floppy drives :).  I really miss those old printers with special computer paper - ripping those dam perforations off after you had printed something out.

Getting old has many disadvantages, but there are some advantages too - not least the improvements in technology.

And for the "politically correct" amongst us, yes, I can remember the days when adverts said "Receptionist required - must be attractive", and when the first questions you asked a prospective secretary were "Can you type, do you do shorthand, and can you make tea". In those days good legs and a low cut dress were definite assets to any woman seeking employment.

 

 

  

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By Paul Scholes
27th May 2010 18:27

And these days?

I wouldn't turn away anyone with good legs and a low cut dress, even the other Paul Scholes (Lucky you're anonymous, anonymous)

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By User deleted
28th May 2010 09:07

#petersaxton

Thanks for the encouragement, but if the wife found out I'd be spending even more time at the office - i.e. sleeping there.

The other thing that's a bit off-putting? Well if this thread proves anything it's that age is a flexible measure. Hooking up with an 18 year old who turns out to be somewhat younger would certainly get me out of the office - and into one of Her Majesty's guesthouses.

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By cymraeg_draig
28th May 2010 14:14

Youth is wasted on the young

Thanks for the encouragement, but if the wife found out I'd be spending even more time at the office - i.e. sleeping there.

Posted by Anonymous on Fri, 28/05/2010 - 09:07

 

And that's a bad thing ?

 

 

 

The other thing that's a bit off-putting? Well if this thread proves anything it's that age is a flexible measure. Hooking up with an 18 year old who turns out to be somewhat younger would certainly get me out of the office - and into one of Her Majesty's guesthouses.

 

Posted by Anonymous on Fri, 28/05/2010 - 09:07

 

There are a lot of 14-15 year olds out there who can and do pass for 18+.  You would be amazed how often such cases come before the courts and how often men are acquitted after proving that underage girls deliberately lied about their age.

 

There is something very unfair about the fact that the body ages but the mind doesnt. As the saying goes - youth is wasted on the young.  And the really sad thing is that every generation ignores the generation before and fails to learn from their experience and makes the same mistakes.  One hopes that on a forum like this that the younger generation do in fact learn from the older generation, and, hopefully, realise that we are not all semi-senile fuddy duddies.

 

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By petersaxton
28th May 2010 14:27

What?

"realise that we are not all semi-senile fuddy duddies."

Speak for yourself!

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By Monsoon
28th May 2010 14:44

Another youngster then?

I'm 30 and have been on AWeb for about 6 years.

 

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