How old are you?

[australianpackerbacker]

Hi guys. Ive been reading all you guys post for years now, lurking around every now and then, doing very little posting. I'm just really curious about how old some of you are, it would be nice to get an idea of the variety of packer fans(young and old) that we have here on this great board. Im 21 myself. Thanks guys!

[Tarlam!]

See you in the Romper Room real soon, Aussie!

BTW, I am 44 and also an Aussie...

[australianpackerbacker]

See you in the Romper Room real soon, Aussie!

BTW, I am 44 and also an Aussie...

Hey Tarlam nice to meet you. Thanks for the invite!

[Tarlam!]

See you in the Romper Room real soon, Aussie!

BTW, I am 44 and also an Aussie...

Hey Tarlam nice to meet you. Thanks for the invite!

Chuckle. Just a friendly warning, Mate. :D This room is football related. Threads like this one posted in here will be removed to the RR. It happens quite suddenly so if you lose it here, you'll find it in there. No worries.

How do you like my Ned Kelly Avatar?

[australianpackerbacker]

See you in the Romper Room real soon, Aussie!

BTW, I am 44 and also an Aussie...

Hey Tarlam nice to meet you. Thanks for the invite!

Chuckle. Just a friendly warning, Mate. :D This room is football related. Threads like this one posted in here will be removed to the RR. It happens quite suddenly so if you lose it here, you'll find it in there. No worries.

How do you like my Ned Kelly Avatar?

Oops sorry, didnt realize.

[Patler]

See you in the Romper Room real soon, Aussie!

BTW, I am 44 and also an Aussie...

Hey Tarlam nice to meet you. Thanks for the invite!

Chuckle. Just a friendly warning, Mate. :D This room is football related. Threads like this one posted in here will be removed to the RR. It happens quite suddenly so if you lose it here, you'll find it in there. No worries.

How do you like my Ned Kelly Avatar?

Oops sorry, didnt realize.

Darn kids!

How old am I? Have you met dirt? Ya, I'm older!

[oregonpackfan]

I'm too told to tell. :)

[Spaulding]

38 and thus unfortunately old enough to remember all too well the 70's and 80's but just miss the glory of the 60's.

[Tarlam!]

Oops sorry, didnt realize.

No biggy. Relax. They'll just shift it and I didn't want you to get surprised, is all.

Keep pullin' this stunt and you'll hear about it, though! :D

[HarveyWallbangers]

Soon to be 38.

[australianpackerbacker]

38 and thus unfortunately old enough to remember all too well the 70's and 80's but just miss the glory of the 60's.

Lol. You could say ive had it good my whole life as a packer fan!!

[SkinBasket]

31. In Ballhawk years, that's like 10 and 1/2 though.

[Tarlam!]

31. In Ballhawk years, that's like 10 and 1/2 though.

But you're creepy as an 850 year old vampire. Don't try and mislead the noob, Skin!

[motife]

I was born the same day Albert Einstein died, 04/18/1955.

I'm not sure though exactly how old I am. The last thing I remember is sitting on my bed reading about the 1967 Israeli war in Life Magazine. Everything else since then seems like a dream.

I'm benign as you can see below with my bird watching gear in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas this February :

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v254/11/1/605353733/n605353733_446901_1248.jpg

[dabootski]

25 and alive.

[packers11]

19 representing the smallest state in the country... 8-)

[Patler]

I was born the same day Albert Einstein died, 04/18/1955.


Are you suggesting reincarnation of some sort regarding the departure of Albert and the appearance of you on the same day. Have you checked times??? :lol:

[motife]

I was born the same day Albert Einstein died, 04/18/1955.


Are you suggesting reincarnation of some sort regarding the departure of Albert and the appearance of you on the same day. Have you checked times??? :lol:

I wish. Einstein's refusal to embrace uncertainty in physics soured me on him a little.

[Bossman641]

24

[taylor 31]

Nice to meet you young guns! 63,almost as old as Taylor(all time favorite player).

[Freak Out]

I was born the same day Albert Einstein died, 04/18/1955.


Are you suggesting reincarnation of some sort regarding the departure of Albert and the appearance of you on the same day. Have you checked times??? :lol:

I wish. Einstein's refusal to embrace uncertainty in physics soured me on him a little.

Einstein was reincarnated into one of my fathers Labs Jenny....the best bird dog Kodiak has ever seen. :)

[GoPackGo]

I'm benign as you can see below with my bird watching gear in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas this February :

http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v254/11/1/605353733/n605353733_446901_1248.jpg


Actually you look like a Serial killer, but if you think you look benign, ok :wink: :lol:

[twoseven]

36 here... 5 years older than Skinbasket..how the hell did that happen? Whenver he speaks I feel like one of my old cynical college professors is giving me shit.

[twoseven]

Actually you look like a Serial killer, but if you think you look benign, ok :wink: :lol:Good one.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen.

[twoseven]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen...I'm thinking the last half hour of Papillon plus 30 additional years of stress is closer to the truth.

[BallHawk]

I am the youngest on the forum at the tender age of 15. However, half the forum thinks I'm an old man :D

[SMACKTALKIE]

Closer to 35 than 34, Thay say that 35 is the new 25 so I feel like I'm 18.

[Brohm]

37 :shock:

Been holding back on any comments about the Favre situation. Just FUBAR and it changes almost daily.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen...I'm thinking the last half hour of Papillon plus 30 additional years of stress is closer to the truth.

you must have gone through the Hudson High yearbooks and dug out the truth.

[Charles Woodson]

2nd youngest on the forum, at 16.... Well technically i can be considered the youngest given the fact that ballhawks age is in question.

[Sparkey]

I don't remember, you'll have to ask my wife ...... or is it

I don't WANT to remember but am constantly reminded by my wife..... or maybe

Shit... What was the question again? :?

[twoseven]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen...I'm thinking the last half hour of Papillon plus 30 additional years of stress is closer to the truth.

you must have gone through the Hudson High yearbooks and dug out the truth.I'm not intrested in digging around in any old Hudson annals, I'll just take your word for it.

[Gunakor]

I will be turning 29 next week tuesday.

[mission]

27 and am built like the statue of david.

just with a bigger cock.

kind of.

[Partial]

37 :shock:

Been holding back on any comments about the Favre situation. Just FUBAR and it changes almost daily.


37!!!!!!!! You sucked 37 dicks

[Partial]

22

[woodbuck27]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen.

27 one of my favourite numbers but Harlan???

I'm at 60 plus one years and young (still full of piss and vinegar). :D

Post often young Aussi.

[Joemailman]

I am now a proud member of AARP.... Was 8 years old when the Packers won the first SuperBowl...Born during Eisenhower's second term.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Ty is 0x2a.

[DannoMac21]

18

[HowardRoark]

I am forty now; and, after all, forty is an entire lifetime; why it’s extreme old age. It’s rude to live past forty, it’s indecent, immoral! Who lives more than forty years? Answer sincerely, honestly. I’ll tell you who: only fools and rascals. I’ll tell that to those old men right to their faces, all those venerable old men, all those silver-haired and sweet smelling old men! I have a right to say it because I will live to sixty. I’ll make it to seventy! Even to eighty! Wait! Let me catch my breath…………..

I think my liver is diseased.

[HowardRoark]

I lied about my liver. I lie out of spite.

[Joemailman]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen.

Actually, Harlan is so old he thinks Hillary Clinton is hot.

[KYPack]

59.

I'm not the oldest, but I'm close.

In December, I went to Lambeau to see the Pack play the Lions in the last regular season game. It marked my 50th season attending a Packer game. Went to my first game in'57. I was 8. Thought it was cool Bulldog took his eight year old boy to the Championship. That's what my daddy did for me. Well, he took me to see the 49er game at County Stadium. We lost 24 - 14.

[Brando19]

I'm 24 years old born on March 19, 1984 in southern West Virginia (close to the VA border.) I'll have been married for a year on Aug. 4.

[MJZiggy]

I lied about my liver. I lie out of spite.

I'll remember that, Howard.

This November, I'll be celebrating the anniversary of my 29th year...again!

[CaliforniaCheez]

Hi guys. Ive been reading all you guys post for years now, lurking around every now and then, doing very little posting. I'm just really curious about how old some of you are, it would be nice to get an idea of the variety of packer fans(young and old) that we have here on this great board. Im 21 myself. Thanks guys!

I hope you are not from Perth or Fremantle!!

I was there in 1986 and I could be your father!!

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!

Is Toohey's sponsoring a team?

Do you like XXXX? I like their commercials.

Have you seen the Once in a Lifetime Fan Videos on YouTube??

[gbgary]

I'm 24 years old born on March 19, 1984 in southern West Virginia (close to the VA border.) I'll have been married for a year on Aug. 4.


54.........born on march 19, 1954........in pueblo, colorado.

[Bretsky]

soon to be 40

[HarveyWallbangers]

soon to be 40

Ouch!
:D

[retailguy]

soon to be 40


Soon to be 42... :cry:

[Brando19]

I'm 24 years old born on March 19, 1984 in southern West Virginia (close to the VA border.) I'll have been married for a year on Aug. 4.


54.........born on march 19, 1954........in pueblo, colorado.

Best day of the year!

[digitaldean]

[quote="motife"]I was born the same day Albert Einstein died, 04/18/1955.

I'm not sure though exactly how old I am. The last thing I remember is sitting on my bed reading about the 1967 Israeli war in Life Magazine. Everything else since then seems like a dream.

I'm benign as you can see below with my bird watching gear in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas this February :

___________
Motife....stupendous avatar BTW,

I was born an hour before JFK was assassinated in Dallas. November 22, 1963.

Aussie Packer Backer, glad to see you here! Hope to see more of your posts...
http://www.bestanimations.com/Flags/Australia/Australia-02-june.gif

[digitaldean]

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!

Is Toohey's sponsoring a team?


Crikee, a FOOTY fan, say it ain't so?

Wish I'd be able to see more AFL games. They used to have them on ESPN a LONG time ago late at night. Haven't been able to see one for quite awhile.

[motife]

I was born an hour before JFK was assassinated in Dallas. November 22, 1963.


Wow. People's attention was probably distracted for a couple days. I was in third grade at the time and I'm still numb from the events.

James Thurber used to say he was born on a night of "wild portent and high wind".

I believe he could have been told the second part, but I doubt anyone mentioned the first. He probably added that later.

[pbmax]

I am older than Harvey and Bretsky but at least I'm younger than RetailGuy. I really need to hang out with an older group. 41 used to seem a lot younger prior to this thread :lol:

[ND72]

I am the youngest on the forum at the tender age of 15. However, half the forum thinks I'm an old man :D

So I've been a fan of a 15 year old? :lol: Just tend to agree with what you say most of the time...wise beyond your years.


I'm 27 by the way.

[Fosco33]

Closer to 30 than 25 and a child of the 80s.

[Charles Woodson]

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!



!! I went over to Australlia this summer, and Footy is possibly the 2nd best sport imo. I love the mix i mean it brings soccer and football together, and its way more uptempo. Fascinating game

[BF4MVP]

21

[pbmax]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

[GBRulz]

21

It's about damn time ! :lol:

[Joemailman]

Did I miss it, or are the Lady Rats refusing to divulge their age?

[KYPack]

The PackerGurlz are exempt.

[MJZiggy]

I don't believe in chronology, but my sign is Sag...

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

[BF4MVP]

21

It's about damn time ! :lol:
Haha pretty much. April 18th was like a second Christmas for me :D

[Iron Mike]

I was born an hour before JFK was assassinated in Dallas. November 22, 1963.


I don't remember that......I was only two at the time. 8-)

[Partial]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

Not really. Hex is for dorks. I would have thought younger.

[GBRulz]

Did I miss it, or are the Lady Rats refusing to divulge their age?

You missed it. It must be your age. :lol:


Ok, I'll say that "All In the Family" was the top rated TV show during the year I was born.

[woodbuck27]

Did I miss it, or are the Lady Rats refusing to divulge their age?

You missed it. It must be your age. :lol:


Ok, I'll say that "All In the Family" was the top rated TV show during the year I was born.

So your at least three years short of the magic four O and as much as nine years short M.

All In The Family ranked #1 in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971 to 1976.

[hurleyfan]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

What is Hex :roll: :roll:

How many years :wink:

[australianpackerbacker]

Hi guys. Ive been reading all you guys post for years now, lurking around every now and then, doing very little posting. I'm just really curious about how old some of you are, it would be nice to get an idea of the variety of packer fans(young and old) that we have here on this great board. Im 21 myself. Thanks guys!

I hope you are not from Perth or Fremantle!!

I was there in 1986 and I could be your father!!

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!

Is Toohey's sponsoring a team?

Do you like XXXX? I like their commercials.

Have you seen the Once in a Lifetime Fan Videos on YouTube??

Lol im from sydney. Not a fan of AFL, more rugby league in NSW/QLD. I dont think tooheys is sponsoring anyone atm, hate XXXX never seen the videos ill check em out.

[Cleft Crusty]

Hi Folks, Cleft Crusty here. I had my summer check-up (I always do before I saddle up the wife on the Harley for a month of summer fun touring all the old or abandoned football stadiums in the Midwest). The Doc confirmed I am 68, my liver is 92, my heart is 105, my gall bladder 86, and my 'best friend' is deceased. But with the array of prescription medications I take, I feel like a 50 year old young buck - except when my ulcer or lumbago act up.

[KYPack]

Hi guys. Ive been reading all you guys post for years now, lurking around every now and then, doing very little posting. I'm just really curious about how old some of you are, it would be nice to get an idea of the variety of packer fans(young and old) that we have here on this great board. Im 21 myself. Thanks guys!

I hope you are not from Perth or Fremantle!!

I was there in 1986 and I could be your father!!

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!

Is Toohey's sponsoring a team?

Do you like XXXX? I like their commercials.

Have you seen the Once in a Lifetime Fan Videos on YouTube??

Lol im from sydney. Not a fan of AFL, more rugby league in NSW/QLD. I dont think tooheys is sponsoring anyone atm, hate XXXX never seen the videos ill check em out.

Rugby league?

It's Rugby Union or ARF all the way APB!

[Badgerinmaine]

38 and thus unfortunately old enough to remember all too well the 70's and 80's but just miss the glory of the 60's.
I'm in the same boat as I am 45. My Packer memories begin in 1968, the year AFTER Vince Lombardi stepped down as head coach. Bad, bad timing!

And welcome to the young Aussie, too.

[Badgerinmaine]

I am 27 years old, physically fit, financially secure, and my many friends often comment that I have the boyish good looks of a young Steve McQueen.

Harlan also likes quiet walks along the beach and sharing time with that special someone. :P :P

[TennesseePackerBacker]

23 and senial, or i might just be extremely baked.

[texaspackerbacker]

I was born the year of the Roswell Incident. Trust no one.

[Chubbyhubby]

I'm 38 years old same age as Favre!

[Fosco33]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

What is Hex :roll: :roll:

How many years :wink:

twice the legal drinking age

[Carolina_Packer]

42 and remember the bad old days of Packer football in the 70's

[mission]

I'm 38 years old same age as Favre!

have you filed for retirement with your company yet?


:lol:

[oregonpackfan]

All right, I will come clean and admit that I am 57, soon to be 58 in September.

One of the highlights of my life is that I am old enough to have watched the Packers during the glory Lombardi days of the 60's. I also had the privilege of attending several Packer-Viking games live at the old Met Stadium in Minneapolis. Those were special memories of me and my Dad.

BTW, the Packers won every one of those games I was there! :)

[GoPackGo]

This thread smells like old wrinkly balls

[hurleyfan]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

What is Hex :roll: :roll:

How many years :wink:

twice the legal drinking age

So I guess I'm 0x2a + 8 (what is that in "Hex"?)

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

Not really. Hex is for dorks. I would have thought younger.

You calling anybody a dork is irony at it's finest.

Hex may be for dorks..but, when you were still sucking your mom's teat some of us had to know it to create the web.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

What is Hex :roll: :roll:

How many years :wink:

twice the legal drinking age

So I guess I'm 0x2a + 8 (what is that in "Hex"?)

32...see, hex is great..you are back in your early 30s!

[Harlan Huckleby]

All right, I will come clean and admit that I am 57, soon to be 58 in September.

One of the highlights of my life is that I am old enough to have watched the Packers during the glory Lombardi days of the 60's. I also had the privilege of attending several Packer-Viking games live at the old Met Stadium in Minneapolis. Those were special memories of me and my Dad.

BTW, the Packers won every one of those games I was there! :)

this is kind of personal question, but are your nuts starting to sag down really low?

[Dabaddestbear]

34....hmmm, I guess I am in the year of Payton

[CaliforniaCheez]

Hi guys. Ive been reading all you guys post for years now, lurking around every now and then, doing very little posting. I'm just really curious about how old some of you are, it would be nice to get an idea of the variety of packer fans(young and old) that we have here on this great board. Im 21 myself. Thanks guys!

I hope you are not from Perth or Fremantle!!

I was there in 1986 and I could be your father!!

Do you like ARF?

Are you a Brisbane Lions(Bears) fan? Geelong Cats?? I hope you don't like Collingwood or Carlton!

Is Toohey's sponsoring a team?

Do you like XXXX? I like their commercials.

Have you seen the Once in a Lifetime Fan Videos on YouTube??

Lol im from sydney. Not a fan of AFL, more rugby league in NSW/QLD. I dont think tooheys is sponsoring anyone atm, hate XXXX never seen the videos ill check em out.

Good thing you are from the opposite coast. Women like foreigners for some reason.

I hear you about XXXX. I liked an old XXXX comercial, "I feel a four X coming on."

I have a great time with Aussies and enjoyed every time I've been there. Glad to see you on the board.

I got a quarter century on you in age but who really keeps track.

There is always room for another Packer fan.

[hurleyfan]

I cannot believe the time I just spent trying to remember what that bit of code meant. Thanks for the distraction Ty.


Ty is 0x2a.

Welcome.

Hex rules!!!!!

What is Hex :roll: :roll:

How many years :wink:

twice the legal drinking age

So I guess I'm 0x2a + 8 (what is that in "Hex"?)

32...see, hex is great..you are back in your early 30s!

Ty, I surely don't know or understand Hex, but Fosco said 0x2a was twice the legal drinking age (which I figured would be 42)... Then add 8 years to that makes me 50 and a card carrying AARP guy!

I kinda' wish I was back in my early 30's though!!

[Guiness]

So I guess I'm 0x2a + 8 (what is that in "Hex"?)

32...see, hex is great..you are back in your early 30s!

Ty, I surely don't know or understand Hex, but Fosco said 0x2a was twice the legal drinking age (which I figured would be 42)... Then add 8 years to that makes me 50 and a card carrying AARP guy!

I kinda' wish I was back in my early 30's though!!
32 in hex (should've been written 0x32) is indeed 50 HF!

[mraynrand]

Hex may be for dorks..but, when you were still sucking your mom's teat some of us had to know it to create the web.

Wow. Ty created the web. Probably working directly with Al Gore. Tell us Ty, are ya in on the ground floor of The Grid, too?

[arcilite]

Im 22 and the most attractive person on this board.

[SkinBasket]

Im 22 and the most attractive person on this board.

I agree.

[MadScientist]

39, but 0x27 sounds a lot better.

They should make knowing hex a requirement for getting on the internet, just like Morris Code is (or was) for getting a ham radio license.

[Zool]

Morse Code?

[GoPackGo]

http://www.packerrats.com/ratchat/images/avatars/639095661487c1c98d3581.jpg

Im 22 and the most attractive person on this board.


http://www.southernledger.com/images_ap/df3069e5-54e9-45dd-9932-dda2bd261850-df3069e5-54e9-45dd-9932-dda2bd261850.jpg

you don't look so good in this pic

[MadScientist]

Morse Code?
Yes, must have been thinking about old cat food commercials.

[DannoMac21]

23 and senial, or i might just be extremely baked.

lmao.

That's the mindset I like to hear.

[mission]

23 and senial, or i might just be extremely baked.

lmao.

That's the mindset I like to hear.

*cough cough*

what?

:smk:

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Hex may be for dorks..but, when you were still sucking your mom's teat some of us had to know it to create the web.

Wow. Ty created the web. Probably working directly with Al Gore. Tell us Ty, are ya in on the ground floor of The Grid, too?

I would try to explain the difference between the web and the internet, but i don't think you are capable.

P.S. No matter how many times the right repeats the canard, that isn't what gore said. Nor did he say anything that could be construed as that.

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."

The terms "create" and "invent" have have distinctly different meanings - the former is used in the sense of "to bring about" or "to bring into existence" while the latter is generally used to signify the first instance of someone's thinking up or implementing an idea.

Or should we just lampoon our current president when he "creates" new jobs. Surely he must mean he "invented" those jobs.

But, i'm sure this is more "nuance." :oops:

[HarveyWallbangers]

I took the initiative in creating the internet

Read that again. Your own quote.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I took the initiative in creating the internet

Read that again. Your own quote.

What am i suppose to be getting...sub in "took the initiative in bringing into existence" the internet.

Simple enough for you.

If President Eisenhower had said in the mid-1960s that he, while president, "created" the Interstate Highway System, we would not have seen dozens and dozens editorials lampooning him for claiming he "invented" the concept of highways or implying that he personally went out and dug ditches across the country to help build the roadway. Everyone would have understood that Ike meant he was a driving force behind the legislation that created the highway system, and this was the very same concept Al Gore was expressing about himself with his Internet statement.


P.S. You might not know the difference, but i guarantee gore was aware of the difference tween the internet and arpanet.

P.P.S. don't let your opinion of me blind you...you are only going to look more stupid.

[Jimx29]

110001

[pbmax]

At the risk of getting this thread moved, the quote used to lampoon Gore is "invent". As in "When Al Gore invented the internet...."

What he said was actually quite different in meaning. The Senate and House had to act to allow sale and access of this network for private use. They created a network that had not existed before. Even Gingrich acknowledged this at the time, and gave credit to Gore.

Gore's inability to find a way to communicate this quite remarkable achievement with clarity explains much of his failure as a candidate for President.

None of this will ever change the legend, just like other quotes mis-attributed to people simply refuse to disappear. But it doesn't make it a fact.



I took the initiative in creating the internet

Read that again. Your own quote.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

At the risk of getting this thread moved, the quote used to lampoon Gore is "invent". As in "When Al Gore invented the internet...."

What he said was actually quite different in meaning. The Senate and House had to act to allow sale and access of this network for private use. They created a network that had not existed before. Even Gingrich acknowledged this at the time, and gave credit to Gore.

Gore's inability to find a way to communicate this quite remarkable achievement with clarity explains much of his failure as a candidate for President.

None of this will ever change the legend, just like other quotes mis-attributed to people simply refuse to disappear. But it doesn't make it a fact.



I took the initiative in creating the internet

Read that again. Your own quote.

Pretty much what i said...minus the gore and clarity part..which, i think is/was pretty well established.

Create and invent are two distinct words. Only an idiot or a smart political operative would confuse the two.

[mraynrand]

Hex may be for dorks..but, when you were still sucking your mom's teat some of us had to know it to create the web.

Wow. Ty created the web. Probably working directly with Al Gore. Tell us Ty, are ya in on the ground floor of The Grid, too?

I would try to explain the difference between the web and the internet, but i don't think you are capable.

P.S. No matter how many times the right repeats the canard, that isn't what gore said. Nor did he say anything that could be construed as that.

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system."

The terms "create" and "invent" have have distinctly different meanings - the former is used in the sense of "to bring about" or "to bring into existence" while the latter is generally used to signify the first instance of someone's thinking up or implementing an idea.

Or should we just lampoon our current president when he "creates" new jobs. Surely he must mean he "invented" those jobs.

But, i'm sure this is more "nuance." :oops:

A little sensitive, much? Toss a cheap shot and get a novel. So when are you going to create the Grid, Ty?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

Again, if you understood the difference tween the web and the internet..you wouldn't make a stupid joke about the grid.

[Zool]

Or he likes poking the angry bear to see if it will chase its own tail.

[MJZiggy]

*sigh* It was just a cute, simple little thread about everyone's age...

[pbmax]

You can delete my diversion, it really belongs somewhere else. Just couldn't resist.