[78-L] Average age

[Thatcher Graham]

I'm 34, the youngest in most gatherings of collectors.

-- Thatcher Graham






On 11/11/2010 3:17 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I personally know three 78 collectors in the Seattle area who are under 40.
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> Taylor
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kristjan Saag"<saag at telia.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 12:14 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Average age (was: Jack Palmer)
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>> Steven C Barr wrote:
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>>> I have no idea what the average age of us 78 collectors (or 78-L in
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>> general) is...but I expect it is WELL into "senior- citizen-
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>>> hood"...?! Somewhere out there is some young (now) 78 fan who will
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>> be, in a few decades or so, the last 78 collector...and thus>  wind up
>> with all the 78's that don't get "land-filled" by unknowing descendants
>> who are charged with settling the estates of
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>>> collectors...?!
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>> Five years ago we made an enquiry on he list; I collected the answers
>> and found out that of more than 50 regular contributors, at the time,
>> the average age was 55.
>> It's probably somewhere between 55-60 now; I don't think there have been
>> a significant number of younger newcomers since then.
>> Jack Palmer was the second oldest at the last count...
>> Kristjan
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