Hmmm what ages

[Tonyz]

Id like to get an idea of the age groups [phyiscally- not mentally]
we have that look at these forums

[kenmil]

87 views and only 21 votes ?????? Either there are a lot of lurkers out there or a big group who don't know how old they are !

[Shane Watson]

Well I have viewed this thread at least 10 times so far...so this factor has to be taken into account. ;)

[Tonyz]

Shane I may be putting myself on the line here but is there something you dont understand
ie your age:p
where to put your vote [HONESTLY]
Tonto

[Shane Watson]

Haha...no mate, I knew where to put my vote no worries there! :D Made me feel young again too....(people who know me may question why I felt old to start with!! hahah..)

But honestly, being a moderator theres not many threads that I don't visit many times just to keep an eye on things. But this thread has me interested as I am sure theres otheres as well that will return to this one frequently which will bump up the 'view' rating compared to the 'vote' rating, cause ya can only vote once. Unless ya know what ya doing.

[Kev Y.]

I may be in the 41-50 age group, but just lately I have found the old adage "Your only as old as the woman you feel" to be soooo true it hurts..


;)

Kev

[RETIRED]

Same as Shane only probably more so.

[rodm]

I am surprised that we have not got any of the 71 - Prime of their Life votes. I prefer my version to the one used on the poll. Seems that we are missing out on the wisdom of a lot of specialist woodworkers. Unfortunately a number of their trades have been superceded by new materials and technologies but their skills and knowledge would be a great asset to this forum.
If you are out there come forth and be counted.

[Shane Watson]

Geez Rod ya don't have to be old to be good.. :D

[rodm]

I think a lot of teenagers would agree with you. FIGJAM mentality :rolleyes: :)

[silentC]

To be fair, this poll is not really "what are the age groups into which woodworkers fall" but something more like "what are the age groups into which woodworkers with access to the internet fall". With all due respect to anyone reading this who is 71+, you are probably a rarity.

Initially, I was surprised that there was such an even spread across the 30 to 60 band but then I realised that this is not really surprising given the demographics of internet users. Because internet users are more likely to be males in the 30 to 40 age group, you have an over-representative sample of woodworkers in the group. On the other hand, 50 to 60 is under-represented for the same reason. Teens are more likely to be in chat rooms or playing games.

I'll bet if you asked the same question in a woodworking mag, you'd get very different results.

To return to your original point though, it's great that there is such a wide range of ages represented here but a shame that some of the older ones aren't around. I certainly value the experience of the older guys that are here.

[Rocker]

Dammit, Darren, I am very much on the wrong side of the Bell curve, in fact pretty close to "over the hill and far away". I think you are wrong about us old farts. Quite a few of us do have access to the internet. In fact I was probably on the internet before you were. I met my wife on the Internet nearly ten years ago :)

Rocker

[Ben from Vic.]

Well I'm in the FIGJAM age group, so if you have any more questions about anything at all, send 'em my way. :D

Be quick though, you'll want to send me those questions while I still know everything. :D


I'm done now.

Ben


Well???? I'm waiting......haven't got all day you know.

Impatient to. ;)

[rodm]

Ah the enthuisiam of youth. Let me tell you about the tale of the old bull and the young bull :)
Going by your status bull is an appropriate analogy :D

[silentC]

Rocker, I said "a rarity", not an impossibility!

I think I can beat your ten years but not by much ;)

[Ben from Vic.]

BTW, I'm not really like that ;)

[rodm]

Ben,
I'm not sure if you are referring to the large member or FIGJAM:)
I didn't think you were part of the FIGJAM movement anyway and as for the large member it is better to keep it your secret.
;)

[sunshine]

Forget about ages...............

Maybe a poll of how many of each
sex (no jokes, please) read this BB....:p

Phyllis

[Neil]

You must remember that these are closed forums open only to registered members. We currently average around 15 non registered visits to every member visit.

This will give some idea of the traffic on these forums. (The figures are the average for 1 day this month and all are rounded down to the nearest hundred):

Genuine Hits: 83,700
Page views: 3,486,300
Members visits: 1,970
Non member visits: 59,500

If these forums were open to everyone the results of these polls could be vastly different. With this in mind I decided put on this forum specially for polls and open it to all visitors not just members.

We'll try it and see what happens.

Cheers - Neil :D

PS It is entirely possible that most visitors really don't care two hoots for all these polls and that most come looking for specific answers or information then leave never to return.

[gatiep]

Absolutely staggering figures!
Thanks a lot Neil
Cya
Joe

[RETIRED]

And you wonder why I am tired? :)