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Old 11-16-2010, 04:55 PM   #41
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Fun quiz! It came back with 1953, actual is 1954, I'd call that dead on...
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Old 11-16-2010, 05:40 PM   #42
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I struggled through the quiz since I wasn't born or raised here, but I think I guessed correctly! It missed my age by just one year!
Hmm... Lots of immigrants here!

I am one, in case anyone misses my earlier posts.

Took the test anyway. It said 1950, which was 6 years before my time. Dang! No wonder I have always felt older than my age.

I think SS should be paid according to how old people feel. Upbeat people like some on this forum should be given SS later because the optimists live longer. It's only fair.
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Old 11-16-2010, 05:46 PM   #43
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Made me 9 years older than I am.
Not even close.
Maybe because I had an older brother & lots of cousins (male/female) that kept me in tune with what was happening before my (teenage) time. Had to learn fast or get left behind.
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Old 11-16-2010, 06:32 PM   #44
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I took the quiz twice. First time had me at 1948. 2nd time 1957. I was born in 1955.

DW result was 1964 and she was born in 1958.
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Old 11-16-2010, 06:43 PM   #45
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Pretty close. Quiz said 1956. Actual year is 1954.
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We need to watch our pocketbooks even more diligently -- the "Marketers" have discovered us.
Big-spending Boomers bend rules of marketing
Getting away from the quiz for a post or two, what big-spending Boomers are we talking about? Are these the Boomers who've said they'll work until they die because they love their jobs, or are these the Boomers who've said they'll work until they die because they haven't saved anything for retirement?

Or are these the Boomers who have been laid off and haven't saved anything for retirement?

It seems that one group has no time to enjoy their toys and the others have no money to enjoy their toys...
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Old 11-18-2010, 12:58 PM   #47
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It nailed my birth year to within 3 months of my actual birth date.
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Old 11-18-2010, 09:43 PM   #48
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Interesting said 1948. I was born 1952. So close enough.
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