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Message no. 1
From: Wordman <wordman@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Old Farts Club
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 00:49:30 -0400
Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU> wrote:
> On Shadowrun Discussion, Erik Jameson[SMTP:erikj@****.COM] wrote:
>> Hey, maybe we should start an old man's club on RN, gotta be at
>> least 25 or older. You could put "RN Geriatric Brigade" or something

I prefer the phrase "Elder Statesmen".

> Well, I'll be in that (although I can't qualify for the back in
> the early days of RN, because I only joined again a couple of months
> ago). I turn 28 on the 25th of this month and I'm a father to boot.

Damn! You're even older than me! (By a month or so, anyway).

Wordman
Message no. 2
From: Mike Loseke <mike@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Old Farts Club
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 09:01:19 -0600
Thus spake Wordman:
>
> Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU> wrote:
>
> > Well, I'll be in that (although I can't qualify for the back in
> > the early days of RN, because I only joined again a couple of months
> > ago). I turn 28 on the 25th of this month and I'm a father to boot.
>
> Damn! You're even older than me! (By a month or so, anyway).

Doh! I just turned 29 a couple months ago...

--
Mike Loseke | Unix: Best used by its freshness
mike@*******.com | date of January 19, 2038
Message no. 3
From: Hedley <hedley@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Old Farts Club
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 14:50:11 -0500
Hedley - Age: 34 years. Three daughters; ages 15, 14, and 14 months. No
wonder I have so little time for gaming anymore...
Message no. 4
From: Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Old Farts Club
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 05:12:35 +0100
In article <l03110703b176ec5e6b28@[100.100.100.10]>, Wordman
<wordman@*******.COM> waffled & burbled about Old Farts Club
>Geoff Skellams <geoff.skellams@*********.COM.AU> wrote:
>>> least 25 or older. You could put "RN Geriatric Brigade" or
something
>> the early days of RN, because I only joined again a couple of months
>> ago). I turn 28 on the 25th of this month and I'm a father to boot.
>
>Damn! You're even older than me! (By a month or so, anyway).
>
>Wordman


Mere babes the lot of you. <sigh>

--
Avenger
Message no. 5
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Old Farts Club
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 09:33:30 -0400
Once upon a time, Avenger wrote;

>Mere babes the lot of you. <sigh>

Thank you.

Now how did these age threads even get started and why did it have to be
around my Birthday?
B>[#

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drop dead. People are scum.
.....
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