Remember this
OLD AGE AND TREACHERY WILL OVERCOME
YOUTH AND SKILL.
We were on the other side once.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
To: "Jon E. Wennerberg" <jon@infodestruction.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: Non-LSR How old we are
> Jon,
>
> Thanks for an interesting evaluation of the respondents.
>
> Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/CC
>
> Jon E. Wennerberg wrote:
>> 42 Responses, in all of which I used age now, not on next birthday
>> (although it's worth noting that many respondents reported their age on
>> that next anniversary. I thought "I'm x, going on x+1" was for little
>> kids trying to be older than their age. . .) Seven respondents, as far
>> as I could tell or remember, were bike racers.
>>
>> For all racers combined:
>> Median age (half older than, half younger than): 55 1/2 years
>>
>> Average age: 54 7/8 years
>>
>> Average age, not counting Tim Bryant's 21: 56 3/4 years (next
>> youngest after Tim is 32)
>>
>> Most common age (four of youse guys) 60
>>
>> One third of you are older than 60, 2/3 younger than 60
>>
>> With 60 as the most common age, there are 14 older -- and going fourteen
>> racers down from 60 you arrive at 47 years old.
>>
>> 14 of you are in your 60s, by far the most common age decade of this
>> group.
>>
>> For bike folk only: Median was 48, average 49.71. Extremes were 39 &
>> 60.
>>
>> Finally, there were a number of responders that addressed other
>> respondents - without reporting their own age. Hmmm. And there were 41
>> resonses from males, one from a female. You can do your own math on that
>> one. The results of this survey will be available until I throw them
>> out. Anyway, that's enough of this number massaging for now. I got a
>> haircut today -- gotta go home and shower and stop this damn itching
>> under my collar...
>>
>> Jon Wennerberg
>> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
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