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kclo4
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What’s the average age?
I thought it might be relatively interesting to find the average age.
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cyclonite4
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16. Started when I was 15. I'm sure you will be finding alot of <9 year olds around here 
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BromicAcid
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A poll like this was already done in Whimsy and actually got quite a few responses, however maybe it should be moved out of whimsy because some people don't view that section and
it might get more responses that way.
What are you asking exactly, for us to guess what the average age of a poster or just a member is?
[Edited on 12/26/2004 by BromicAcid]
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16 and 6 months
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kclo4
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Because I am 13 and was thinking that the average age was probably some ware around the ages 16-18 because they would most likely just be learning
about chemistry in school so I was just seeing if my speculation was correct 
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tom haggen
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looks like my age group is winning
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Theres a tie between 10-19 and 20-29 So which one are you?
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cyclonite4
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I just broke the tie... i forgot to vote before when i posted
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Mental age, or real age? 
All that glitters isn't gold.
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cyclonite4
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In your case, how can any of us be sure
Just kidding.
I wonder whos in the 50-59 group?
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tom haggen
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mental age lower end of 10-19, real age lower end of 20-29. , I'm sure some
of the admins at this site have to be getting up there
[Edited on 27-12-2004 by tom haggen]
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kclo4
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who is 9 and lower
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MadHatter
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Getting there !
Age 46 - will be 47 shortly. I guess I'm a senior citizen around here !
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Saerynide
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I wonder if someone clicked 9 and under for fun
Who ever it is, reveal yourself!
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cyclonite4
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Well, if it is by mental age....
Could have been anyone here
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17, but I don't post much, because I haven't done any experimenting lately.
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Another "Senior" here. Over 50. But chemistry was my hobby when I was 15 AND at a time when a fella could go and buy reagents with no
questions. Ah, it was NO PROBLEM buying things like Sulfuric Acid, Chloroform, Sodium, Nitric Acid, pretty much anything for awhile there.
Then the books came out on how to make things like LSD and DMT in your kitchen. Well, that stopped a good thing fast. Yep, no more thionyl chloride,
diethyl amine. Still, "unwatched" chemicals were still easy to buy like potassium dichromate, iodine, high volume hydrogen peroxide and so
on.
I read this board and remember how easy it was to get things that people here are struggling to manufacture. I had a LOT of fun those days, it's
amazing I survived it.
Commendations go out to those of you practicing this hobby in these days of "terrorism." Sheesh, all I wanted to do was make neat stuff...
so do you. (Well, some of you like the stuff that goes boom, but that's whole 'nother thing.)
Cheers
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mick
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age group
I put myself in the 50+ group since I have less than a month to go. If I get my act together and keep of the beer, I could submit my part-time PhD
very soon, second attempt, the first was messed up by divorce and stuff. Graduate at 50, I fancy that.
Same has already been mentioned, things used to be a lot easier. When 13/14 I got to know the local independant chemists. I started of by asking them
for empty containers for my hobby, ended up giving them a wish list of chemicals and if they could I got them. Parents thought it was great that I had
an "interest" and did not bother about what I did down the garden shed. In the kids section of the local library you could get old books on
how to make fireworks at home and they told you where to get the chemicals and cost.
Sorry about some of the posts, but it easy to forget the relative age and experience (and write a load of crap), especially after a few beers.
mick
Friends father was a metallurgist and he would bring the chemicals from work.
mick
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kclo4
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I wonder what age group the 9year old really is
My guess it that has around 10-16 simply I couldn’t image any one that would think it was funny saying there 9
Unless they like turcher people from knowing a nano-bite of info witch for some reason bugs the hell out of me
Revel your self
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Ref: Age is irrelevant when you are learning.....
My interest in chemistry for fun didn't come to me until I was 40 ......now at 59 I'm still learning and the interest has only grown,
.....this has become my fountain of youth......solo
It's better to die on your feet, than live on your knees....Emiliano Zapata.
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I'm also in my 50s, a chemical engineer among other things. When I was in my mid-teens, I could easily get a lot of chemical stuff OTC from the
local pharmacy, or in some cases groceries, hardware stores, and farm and garden supply shops, e.g. hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid,
potassium bromide and iodide, chloride of lime, sulfur, potassium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, sodium carbonate, copper sulfate, potassium permanganate,
zinc carbonate. Some are now more difficult to get. Glassware was also relatively a lot cheaper.
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mick
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My son is 23 now and he has other thing to do.
When he was very young, 4-9, he used to help me fix the car. Pass the spanners and stuff, but he also liked to jump on the bonnet and roof. Luckily
the car was strong enough.
No problem
mick
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I am likely the resident geezer here at 62. I liked chemistry from an early age. One of the few Christmas gifts I ever asked for was a Gilbert
chemistry set. I didn't take this hobby up again until I retired 2 years ago from a career in chemical engineering.
Getting supplies is more difficult now - requires more creativity and effort. But if you make some of your own you are bound to have more fun and
learn more chemistry.
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Easy access
I too remember the gold old days when getting chemicals was easy. Try finding
red P in the U.S. nowadays. No thanks to the meth-making bastards who have fucked
it up for the rest of us !
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Wow, the folks who voted are younger than I thought. I'll be 25 in august.
Youn'z guys are making me feel old!
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