who is the oldest apolytoner? - Page 3

Joseph · January 23, 2003, 21:35

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Originally posted by Locutus

Hehe, can't say that's a bad idea. If I wasn't such a lazy bastard I would done so myself

Dr Strangelove,
Nah, I think joseph1944 is the oldest, but probably most people don't know him very well...

That is because I don't beat the threads that much. Here I'm a month away from three years on this site and still only have 729 posts. And yes I stay away from some of the threads. I read them only and then say to myself Oh Well. Should have joined when I first became aware of Apolyton. That was back late 98 or early 99.

Locutus: If all goes well, my wife and myself will be in London late July or early Aug. May go to Paris also.

Lord Merciless · January 23, 2003, 21:47

1944, that was a long time ago.

cavebear · January 23, 2003, 22:39

I'm 52. Where does that put me on the list?

Dis · January 23, 2003, 22:57

who is the youngest apolytoner? or do I need to make a seperate thread on that.

cavebear · January 23, 2003, 23:05

Separate thread...

Joseph · January 24, 2003, 23:04

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Originally posted by Lord Merciless
1944, that was a long time ago.

Not if you were me.

Dr Strangelove · January 25, 2003, 01:02

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Originally posted by Joseph
Not if you were me.

So were you born in 1944, or was there some other signifigance to that date?

orange · January 25, 2003, 01:07

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Originally posted by Ming
We were all MP friends with him. He died of cancer. He played with us many nights when he suffered... we were a good distraction.

Wow, that's a shame

At least he was able to get his mind partially off of the disease in his final years...

Dis · January 25, 2003, 04:25

I couldn't make a seperate thread for that, I was at my limit.

Ming · January 25, 2003, 04:36

Don't bother

Yes, we did our part, and it was sad time when he died.
We helped as much as we could by not treating him like a death case. A great guy... sigh...

Panag · January 25, 2003, 13:33

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Originally posted by orange

Wow, that's a shame

At least he was able to get his mind partially off of the disease in his final years...

hi ,

if one would only know how many that play civ II and civ III are in such a situation , ......

there really is something positive about civ , afterall ( for those who always say there is nothing good about it

)

so who is the oldest , .....

there was a guy ones on civfanatics who claimed 72 , .....

have a nice day

cavebear · January 25, 2003, 15:50

I'm always interested to find computer-literate users older than myself. There aren't all that many of them, especially on complex game sites.

I was writing Fortran programs and entering them in mainframe computers via keypunch cards back in 1969 (you can't imagine how difficult it was to get a computer to play 2 legal turns back then

). Two chess turns took an entire shoebox full of cards (one per line of program). But I enjoyed the programming and debugging.

So I've always maintained a computer interest. I'm convinced that when you stop solving mental problems, your brain dies. In my office career, I've always been the one most adaptive to using computers to solve ever more complex information-management problems. When we have meetings of the office people who use computers the most, I'm almost always the oldest person there by a decade.

LOL! I probably seem like a fossil to most of them. That's OK, though. When we get into ways to use the applications, all that counts is what you know, and I'm fair enough at that. All I can say is that when my younger co-workers have questions about Access or Excel, I'm the one they come to.

I'm the one in the office who just naturally customizes the toolbars, screen colors, file views, creates detailed subject folders, etc.

What I can never figure out, though: what's so hard about it?

Provost Harrison · January 25, 2003, 17:48

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Originally posted by cavebear
I'm 52. Where does that put me on the list?

Quite high up I imagine. By Salford standards, old enough to be my grandfather

Joseph · January 26, 2003, 18:07

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove

So were you born in 1944, or was there some other signifigance to that date?

Well, when younger people try to tell us how wrong things were done in the fifty and sixty, my answer is, you where not there so how can you tell us what we should have done.
Just reading my lines again.

Joseph · January 28, 2003, 01:44

One more time at the top.

Jon Miller · January 28, 2003, 03:47

yes

goodf idea

Jon Miller

Tiamat · January 28, 2003, 07:46

Actually, my dad registered here and posted when I first got him his computer so he's a member and he just turned 80 last week

cavebear · January 28, 2003, 08:53

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Originally posted by Docfeelgood
What sucs is finding out that you have been arguing with a 15 year old kid

And losing?

boann · January 28, 2003, 09:43

hi cavebear, nice to see you posting in the OT again

SlowwHand · January 28, 2003, 09:47

Yeah, you old codger.

Wilderess · January 28, 2003, 10:43

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Originally posted by aaglo
I'm 30. I think that's pretty much right in the middle.

AFAIK, I'm the oldest Finnish apolytoner

No you're not.

Alex · February 3, 2003, 14:04

I'm the oldest Brazilian, and I feel younger than most people here.

Panag · February 4, 2003, 07:32

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Originally posted by Alexnm
I'm the oldest Brazilian, and I feel younger than most people here.

hi ,

, so how young is Aro then , .....

have a nice day

Alex · February 4, 2003, 07:56

jeez, you're right. I never bothered to look up his profile. Now I know that he's Aroeira, a well-known cartoonist here in Brazil. I never thought that he could be a civ gamer. Cool.

Panag · February 4, 2003, 08:09

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Originally posted by Alexnm
jeez, you're right. I never bothered to look up his profile. Now I know that he's Aroeira, a well-known cartoonist here in Brazil. I never thought that he could be a civ gamer. Cool.

hi ,

the guy even has made arociv.com , ......
and next poly HOF he should get a spot (!)

if that is not evidence for a dedicated player and poster , .....

huh , and why do people keep talking about how "old" one is , ..... the sheer sound of that , brrrrr , it makes one "old" even before he or she has names the age , .....

ask how young are you , that sounds far more positive

have a nice young day

aaglo · February 4, 2003, 08:15

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Originally posted by Wilderess
No you're not.

...

hence the AFAIK...

Alex · February 4, 2003, 09:59

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Originally posted by panag

the guy even has made arociv.com , ......
and next poly HOF he should get a spot (!)

if that is not evidence for a dedicated player and poster , .....

I would post one of his political cartoons here, but given that he never did it himself, I don't want to do it without his authorization.

Chris 62 · February 4, 2003, 14:19

Well, I'm the oldest Greek poster.

My Greek compatriots are the most...controversial of poly's posters.

SlowwHand · February 4, 2003, 14:31

You know how Greeks are.

Chris 62 · February 4, 2003, 14:34

Worse then Texans, with one quoteable exception...