A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
A Brief Pause From The Ordinary..., Demographics time--please just humor me |
Apr 18 2005, 01:52 AM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 17-April 05 Member No.: 236 |
I just joined this community last night, and I'm just curious about some of the people here. I'm only 19 years old, but I'm more interested in all things space than anyone I've ever met. Just out of curiosity, what are people's ages in this forum?
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Jul 2 2005, 09:44 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 21-April 05 Member No.: 328 |
Brianc, thanks for the post on "Take a Moment" that prompted Doug to send you (and me) here.
As I was reading through the other bios, I began to think, "God, at 56, am I the oldest member?!?" Then I hit TTY's post. And while in the mode of referencing other posts in this section: Mr. Chemist, I laughed out loud about being a teenager for one billion years! And Red Sky, I too had a 6" Dynascope, which my Mom sold years later to another budding astronomer. The threads running through this thread are fascinating in and of themselves. I too am a former software engineer (author of BLAST [blocked asynchronous transmission], the first sliding window protocol in the asynchronous/mini/micro arena) now making $10/hr. as an engraver (with PC based equipment), but that's OK as my real focus is kinetic sculpture. I live now in New Orleans but grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. Our 5th grade class had a set of introductory guide books (papmphlets, really) to the various sciences, and I was thereby able to become aware that astronomy was my particular interest -- my first real interest, actually -- the type of budding fascination you can look back upon as defining who you are. So hence the Dynascope, and of course I followed avidly all the early space shots -- Sputnik, Vanguard (!), Explorer, Echo (THAT was a thing to see in the evening sky!), Mercury, and so on. The Apollo landings were something of a climax for anyone alive at that time, and my interest subsequently got turned down a notch or two, but without ever really disappearing. Then, of course, has come the huge recent explosion in space science, coinciding with 1) something of a lull in the biological sciences, what with Dolly and so on holding the headlines, and 2) the advent of the Internet (and this wonderful site) which, as many others have remarked, allow us to share the data, and our response to them, in near real time. There's LOTS more I could say, but will close with this: I am thankful to be part of this online community. |
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