Average Age of Forum Members?

What Is Your Present Age

  • Under 20

    Votes: 2 0.4%
  • 20ish

    Votes: 10 2.2%
  • 30ish

    Votes: 47 10.4%
  • 40ish

    Votes: 68 15.0%
  • 50ish

    Votes: 92 20.3%
  • 60ish / still working

    Votes: 58 12.8%
  • 60ish / Retired

    Votes: 93 20.5%
  • 70ish

    Votes: 73 16.1%
  • 80ish plus

    Votes: 10 2.2%

  • Total voters
    453
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Got married and a homeowner before the age of 20? Damn straight you're an outcast. That's a rarity in 21st century America. Well done and a great start. :thumbup:

Don't quit learning, though. Even if that learning isn't related to school learning. The world will pass you by otherwise. :)

certainly sir. me dropping out was complicated, let me try to explain. I've always done fairly well in school so there was no issues there, infact i only had the final exam and I would've been done. i grew up in a abusive home, I was abused mentally and physically, parents split twice, they used my brother and I as their chess pieces in their game, both parents had major alcohol problems. i met my now wife when I was 17 and had an opportunity to run off with her and move pretty far away, after all that messed up BS your dam right i took that opportunity. sometimes i wish i wouldve just done the last test and got past it, but I can't blame myself for desperately needing to get out of that situation.
 
certainly sir. me dropping out was complicated, let me try to explain. I've always done fairly well in school so there was no issues there, infact i only had the final exam and I would've been done. i grew up in a abusive home, I was abused mentally and physically, parents split twice, they used my brother and I as their chess pieces in their game, both parents had major alcohol problems. i met my now wife when I was 17 and had an opportunity to run off with her and move pretty far away, after all that messed up BS your dam right i took that opportunity. sometimes i wish i wouldve just done the last test and got past it, but I can't blame myself for desperately needing to get out of that situation.
My son did the same thing, minus the girl, and the alcoholic abusive parents. Go get your GED if you haven't already. You should be proud of what you've accomplished already, but don't let the lack of crediting what you've already done education-wise hamstring your future.
 
My son did the same thing, minus the girl, and the alcoholic abusive parents. Go get your GED if you haven't already. You should be proud of what you've accomplished already, but don't let the lack of crediting what you've already done education-wise hamstring your future.
yes sir. I'm going through studying now. just refreshing before i take the exam.
 
It's not too late to graduate.
I went through 26 schools before I finally got away from my narcissistic parents, signed myself into night school, and graduated. My youngest sister, faced with a similar situation, wound up just getting a GED and going into junior college.
There's always a way to do what you want or need to do.
 
College degrees are highly over-rated nowadays unless you have a position waiting on the other end - or your family is independently wealthy - or you're a masochist.

Possibly some “masochist” tendencies here. But just to keep this gun related, in 2014, Idaho’s Governor signed into law legal concealed carry (with an Idaho “Enhanced” CCW License) on our college and university campuses – 10 years after I graduated.
Here’s the irony though: I didn’t go to college until after I retired. With a high school diploma and a couple of years of trade school, at 52 I was able to semi-retire from doing electrical/electronic maintenance work for almost 30 years. I’d always wanted a college degree though, so I went after one. It only took me 3 years, and I graduated with high honors.
However, after graduating I went back to work for an electrical power transformer company doing the same type of work I’d been doing before I got my degree. That didn’t last long. It only took me about 6 months to figure out we didn’t need the money, and as much as I loved the work, the over-educated jerks I was working for were the same ones I’d worked for before. The names and faces had changed, but that’s about all. So I retired again in 2005, at age 56.
BTW, when I began my freshman year at ISU, our youngest daughter was a graduating senior there. It was a hoot! We didn’t have any classes together, but she advised me on which teachers to avoid and helped me write a few of my first papers. I got a better grade (an A-) in Philosophy than she did 2 years earlier, and from the same teacher.:D
 
Well to me it's all about personal "fit". We have zero issues covering the university education costs for a niece who scored 1400 on her SAT, majoring in Industrial Engineering, for what her scholarships and other aid doesn't cover and her mother (my sister) absolutely has no way to cover. She qualified to take a number of dual credit classes in high school, and had around 40 college hours when she graduated high school.

It would likely be a different picture if she barely skated through her classes and wanted to pursue a degree in some field of study offered by academia purely to employ a fraction of a prior generation that pursued that course of study as professors now, making it an academic slot machine with nothing but a piece of paper and egregious personal debt at the end of the exercise for the vast majority who pursue it.
 
i think im the only person to vote for under 20. I'm currently 19 and have been extremely involved with firearms. i certainly do feel like an outcast compared to others my age for many reasons including my hobby and love of guns. i got married at 18, we are homeowners as well, all the jobs ive had and my current one is involved with agriculture/physical labor, and I am a high school dropout. i probably shouldnt have gone into detail about my personal life but whatever i dont care.
Get your GED or Diploma, other than the oil fields, mechanics or the military there's no future for someone without credentials. Trust me.
 
I’m personally going to collage, studying law enforcement and have plans to be an armored truck guard or something. Now I do think some people aren’t made for college. Not in your too dumb to go way; but more like a trade school is something you may enjoy more.

Have you looked into that "armored truck guard or something" very well.....see the long game in that profession?

I have worked at a cop shop for over 15 years now....got started late....but I really have second thoughts in talking to "kids" on law enforcement.......however there are a few things going for it.....retirement is one of them.....as I near that myself I see that as a real big bonus that not many places have anymore.
 
Have you looked into that "armored truck guard or something" very well.....see the long game in that profession?

I have worked at a cop shop for over 15 years now....got started late....but I really have second thoughts in talking to "kids" on law enforcement.......however there are a few things going for it.....retirement is one of them.....as I near that myself I see that as a real big bonus that not many places have anymore.
I've considered leaving my profession of 18 years to join law enforcement, not a good move? Working on cars is tough, mentally and physically . my brother in law is a cop and hates it, I guess the grass is always greener.
 
I've considered leaving my profession of 18 years to join law enforcement, not a good move? Working on cars is tough, mentally and physically . my brother in law is a cop and hates it, I guess the grass is always greener.

It is always greener, and the occupational place I'm at now (IT systems supervisor GS-12) sort of "fell in my lap" through a series of fortunate "right place at the right time" circumstances and I couldn't ask for a better job honestly. Right out of high school I wanted to get into LE but wanted to do so because I thought it was "cool", which is exactly the wrong reason.

Someone once said they would never choose the LE profession because they didn't want to wake up every day knowing they have to deal with the worst elements in society. Speaking only for myself I can kind of agree with that. But some people don't look at it that way and thrive on the interaction with the public, focusing on it as a way to help people. If you look at it that way and have the drive to accomplish the education and training (and a bit of luck finding a department that has an opening) it will probably be a rewarding career.
 
It is always greener, and the occupational place I'm at now (IT systems supervisor GS-12) sort of "fell in my lap" through a series of fortunate "right place at the right time" circumstances and I couldn't ask for a better job honestly. Right out of high school I wanted to get into LE but wanted to do so because I thought it was "cool", which is exactly the wrong reason.

Someone once said they would never choose the LE profession because they didn't want to wake up every day knowing they have to deal with the worst elements in society. Speaking only for myself I can kind of agree with that. But some people don't look at it that way and thrive on the interaction with the public, focusing on it as a way to help people. If you look at it that way and have the drive to accomplish the education and training (and a bit of luck finding a department that has an opening) it will probably be a rewarding career.
Thanks. I'm very well known and accomplished in my trade but it is a thankless job. While I do help people that need a little , I still take their money - for that my trade is seen as crooks regardless of actions. As I mentioned earlier, I'm 35 so I still have time but this life has been tough on my body and honestly made me a little mean. I would just like to give back and help without needing the people I help to pay me directly. Oh, and I like guns.
 
I’m personally going to collage
No, not another Art major!;)

My Dad kept trying to talk me out of becoming a cop, I didn't listen, but the State of Minnesota made the choice for me, due to my eyesight. Would have been nice to know before I took a year of LawE classes.

Someone once said they would never choose the LE profession because they didn't want to wake up every day knowing they have to deal with the worst elements in society. Speaking only for myself I can kind of agree with that. But some people don't look at it that way and thrive on the interaction with the public, focusing on it as a way to help people. If you look at it that way and have the drive to accomplish the education and training (and a bit of luck finding a department that has an opening) it will probably be a rewarding career.

There's a word for people like that: Social Workers with guns. You can still help the public in IT, and they won't be trying to kill you. (They might want to...) If you aren't willing to face the worst society has to offer and be willing to either help them or kill them as required in an instant's decision, don't become a cop. Also, for those who are considering becoming a cop, don't take out all those pent-up frustrations from dealing with scum all day on your family.
 
Have you looked into that "armored truck guard or something" very well.....see the long game in that profession?
Not really. But I do think LE or something of that nature would be an interesting job. Homeland Security is another I’m pondering in joining.

No, not another Art major!;)
Funny enough, I actually paint as a hobby. Have quite a few paintings done. But it’s an expensive hobby, good paints, brushes and a few canvas can easily cost as much as 300 rounds of X39.
 
Even the Plumbers union requires a HS diploma today but it's not a bad living.

We want you to know how many eighths there are in an inch and be able to spell Kat without being spotted the K and the T.

After that,
Crap goes down.
Stink goes up.
Cold on the right.
Hot on the left.
Payday is on Friday.
The boss is a prick.
Don't bite your fingernails.

Nortwoods. Get the GED as other posted.
 
Did Grave for a year, with shift supervisor for 6 months....I'm still recovering months later. I know some folks adapt to it, but I certainly didn't.

When it comes to "adapting" to shift times, I'm reminded of the schedule I had to follow while serving in the Air Force as an Air Policeman in the early sixties: three days from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (first shift); three days from 4:00 P.M. to midnight (second shift); three days from midnight to 8:00 A.M. (third shift) and three days off before resuming the same schedule for the entire four years constituting my period of enlistment. I actually grew to like the continual changes of shifts-made life kind of interesting, if not a little hectic-but I was pretty young back then and sleep came easily, no matter the hour or circumstance.
 
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