How old are members on our board?

[Leon]

With the recent, very good, thread on where the hobby is headed, I figure another "how old are you" poll is due. Our membership enrollment is down to around 80 per month right now. At first it was 50-60 (4 yrs ago), then it went up to 100 or more for a few years, but the last few months it's been around 80+. That is new registrants being manually approved by me. At any rate, I believe several years ago the average age on the board was around 45, but the last one the age went down to around 42-43. We shall see....FYI, I just turned 52......

[jerseygary]

I'm 43. A young 43 says my wife...

[ullmandds]

im 44 5/12...and am unmarried pseudo social hermit...perhaps this explains something...although my cat has expressed an interest in my cards...but I don't think he could afford to buy any.

[vintagetoppsguy]

42

[Howe’s Hunter]

just turned 51. As long as I keep having birthdays, I don't care about the number. It's when I miss one ....

[Stonepony]

51

[lgbbcards]

34 and very active in the hobby!

[Jacklitsch]

70.5

[wonkaticket]

38

[rhettyeakley]

36

[Samsdaddy]

46

[bigfanNY]

52, First pack of baseball cards I remember cracking open 1968

Jonathan

[Twunk]

63 next week

[ZachS]

33 I think. I'll have to ask my wife.

[Cardboard Junkie]

62

[ethicsprof]

62

all the best,
barry

[4815162342]

32

[Jason]

I'm 34 with a daughter who is 16,and a son who is 13.

[g_vezina_c55]

just reach 32 years old last week.... my birthday date is october 31

[midwaylandscaping]

43

[gnaz01]

50 1/2

[ScottFandango]

I am more interested in how many children we all have...

interesting to see if many collectors here are unmarried hermits or actually family men....that may help determine the health of the hobby....when you have nobody to share/give your collection to, I think it will harm the hobby long term....

I have 3 young children...

[barrysloate]

61...but I checked off I was 39.

[Runscott]

Scott, my children have been hearing 'baseball' from every male in the family (and some females), since they were born. I have a picture of their first Christmas with my Dad trying to get my son interested in a baseball.

Nada. They do enjoy going to games with me, but that's the extent of their interest.

[Bestdj777]

29 and an unmarried hermit (until October).

[DeanH3]

44

[Sean]

57
And I'm an unmarried hermit. I got one of my nieces interested in baseball, but she will never be a collector.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Scott, my children have been hearing 'baseball' from every male in the family (and some females), since they were born. I have a picture of their first Christmas with my Dad trying to get my son interested in a baseball.

Nada. They do enjoy going to games with me, but that's the extent of their interest.

Hey Scott, you neglected to give us your age.

[OldBatBoy]

36 years old with two boys (almost 4 and 1 and a half). My almost 4 year old knows that he has to be "gentle" with Dad's cards. Unfortunately, we cannot teach him to be gentle with his brother.

[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

I am more interested in how many children we all have...

interesting to see if many collectors here are unmarried hermits or actually family men....that may help determine the health of the hobby....when you have nobody to share/give your collection to, I think it will harm the hobby long term....

I have 3 young children...

One daughter who has NO interest in vintage football and baseball cards.

[joeadcock]

49...........married.............................s everal daughters(not a one gives a lick about this collecting stuff)

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by ScottFandango

I am more interested in how many children we all have...

interesting to see if many collectors here are unmarried hermits or actually family men....that may help determine the health of the hobby....when you have nobody to share/give your collection to, I think it will harm the hobby long term....

I have 3 young children...

Familly men !
A beautifull wife and a 2 years old son and he already love baseball cards..

[wolf441]

43 with 2 boys (21 and 17) and a girl (10). My daughter is the only other person in the house that has any interest in baseball cards!

Damn, just moved into a new age bracket today. Cheers!

I have an ex-wife and a nine year old daughter who enjoys sports. I am an active hermit (if that's possible)... I just like being outdoors (usually in solitude), and living in the central Washington allows me the opportunity to go snow skiing at Snoqualmie, fishing the Columbia River, and hunting the shrub steppe in the Cascades backcountry all within a thirty minute drive.

[obcbobd]

51 Married, three children (11, 23, 25), none interested in BB Cards.

Opened my first pack when I was 5, 67 Red Sox Test Stickers!

[bunst]

51

[t206trader]

26 myself! Unmarried hermit thus far.

[PM770]

43....married with 2 boys (9 & 7). The 7-year old likes opening cards with daddy.

[drmondobueno]

61, married with 3 kids. Twin boys turn 40 next year. Both play fairly serious brands if ball in wood bat leagues here in CA. Had the opprtunity to play in a father-son tournament last year, my first stint on a field in 43 years. Knees told me to forget it. They love playing baseball, a priority in their lives.

Both are in that stage where other things are pre-empting collecting, but they both have remnants of their collections from the eighties and salivate when they see the monster in the bookcase and closet!!

But my grandson is the complete opposite, not into sports at all. Go figure.

[JoeyF1981]

32

[brewcrewfan77]

36 and married with no children, but a nephew that I'm grooming to be just as baseball insane as me.

[campyfan39]

40 with three boys (13 10 6)
Only the youngest shows any interest in baseball or cards

[brian1961]

I am 59 years old.

My chosen moniker for Net 54 is "brian1961", based upon the spring of 1961 when I began collecting baseball cards with Post Cereal and first series Topps baseball. I was only 6 years old.

Wilber Post : "It's been a long time since I was a boy."

Mr. Ed : "It's been a long time since I was a pony."

Salute. --Brian Powell

[Rocky]

56....

[kmac32]

53

[jhs5120]

23, happily married with 3 little ones

jk, I'm a hermit

[bgar3]

64

[scoobysnacksforyou]

45 with a soon to be 5 year old who I hope loves cards as much as he loves playing ball.

[Ease]

33, wife & 3yo daughter.

[zachtruitt]

Just turned 31 and no kids to spend money on!