[78-L] Average age

[David Lennick]

Let us know when you're 78.26.

dl

On 11/11/2010 3:35 PM, Don Chichester wrote:
>
> I'm 77.
>
> Don
>
>> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:14:26 +0100
>> From: saag at telia.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: [78-L] Average age (was: Jack Palmer)
>>
>> Steven C Barr wrote:
>>
>>> I have no idea what the average age of us 78 collectors (or 78-L in
>> general) is...but I expect it is WELL into "senior- citizen-
>>> hood"...?! Somewhere out there is some young (now) 78 fan who will
>> 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
>>> collectors...?!
>>
>> ----
>>
>> 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
>>