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Hey, I came across this interesting page: (URL) asks a series of odd questions and then guesses your age. For me, it guessed 35. Pretty close, as I am 37. Supposedly, the answers people give serve to furthur refine the accuracy of future guesses. -- (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) For me, it guessed 29. I'm 19. I always knew I was mature for my age. ;) Jeff (...) wish (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) wish (...) Hey, I got 27. I'll take that anyday!!!! (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's confused... I guessed 21, after I said I had watched the first moon landing (hey, we even came home from a camping trip to watch it - one of my top remembered TV watching situations - I was going to say the most remembered, but then I (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) which was not available, so I took 100, the largest number there. I'm 40. (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Seems like there are enough age-specific questions to provide some cutoffs, such as "what year was your most embarassing moment?" and "Did you watch as man first landed on the moon?". It guessed 32 for me. I'm 33.9808350444901. And what the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I think that 40 would have made more sense. Did we get different questions, or have you never climbed a tree? I noticed a profusion of trees in Michigan last time I was there. You ought to try it. (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm.... Kennedy's election Kennedy's assasination Sputnik John Glenn's orbit (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Fluevog is a spicy Indonesian delicacy made from mongoose flank meat, penguin spleens and fermented taro leaves. It has a flavor reminiscent of honey-marinated cashews and salted poi. It's served wrapped around a bamboo skewer, and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) If I ate that, I'd have my own sunset wind.. (|) * (...) And we all know what happened to him. (...) Just what we need: another Chinese import. (...) You really should give credit when quoting from "Snacking with Julia". Time for your (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Guess you're a little older :-) (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Oh, Tom, not another scatological thread...? :-P (...) Is that a challenge? :-, We need a lugnet.off-topic.bs newsgroup. The charter would include language like "Each message here is taken very, very seriously--NOT!" Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 11-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Poo poo the thought.. (...) For you, I doubt it. ;-) (...) .bs ?? bible study? beer sippage? bronchial secretions? brontosaurus saddles? (...) ..and works off-hours as a baggage handler for Delta. He's the union rep for his area. -Tom McD. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote (...) I got 21, I'm 30. I suspect it was the hopping and tree-climbing that did it. And the "duh" option when few of the things looked familiar so I chose the first I didn't recognise. Although I did score over 50 on a couple. (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nice emoticon placement. --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (insert Charlie Brown-like AAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!) Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ed forgot a couple... ...The earth cooling ... Rocks being created ha ha -- "Ceterum, censeo Cathaginem esse delendam." --- Cato the Elder --- www.tir.com/~mschie (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) ROFLMLO, even after snippage. I hope that was posted via web interface so it can't be cancelled easily :D Let this be a lesson to all who carelessly "emoticonicate". Mmm, mmm. Deelicious :d I suppose Sproat could have put a :-* under it. Or is (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Probably not--I put 0 and 1 for those questions. And it got with 1 year (or so) of my age. (...) What about the "what interests you most?" question? Where was the "none of these interests me in the least" answer? Steve (25 years ago, 14-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Steve Bliss wrote (...) I just picked the first in the list for those ones. Moz (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I'm 37 and it guessed 23. My wife always says i'm immature. -Bill (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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ANd I think their algorithm needs refinement. How could I be 23 if I watched the moon landing live? -Bill (25 years ago, 16-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Aw, come on Moz. Picking the first in the list isn't the way. Dig deep and search for the one the elicits at least a glimmer of interest. Or perhaps just choose based on the esthetic look of the words, but don't just pick the first one. Ya (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Terry K wrote (...) Nah, I figured I'd have more chance of breaking something by doing the first one each time. Seems I was right :) Actually I was reading Booch today, the bit where they were asking people to come up with classification systems for (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Interesting that over half the total is determined by question one. Obviously having your most embarassing moment at age 16 is _very_ common. Jasper (25 years ago, 18-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Terry K wrote in message <3760c32b.3786956@lu...et.com>... (...) I got 19, not bad for a twelve year old (...) wish (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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I got 26, and I am 24. The questions give the age, though. Very age pointed. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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