Thirty-seven

Mon 27 August 2007 7:43am by
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Today I turn 37. Which I figure means I’m leaving my mid-thirties.

I have to work today, and my footy tips are descending into farce, but on the bright side, the weather has turned good (25 degrees forecast today!), and it was nice to have a few people over yesterday to celebrate (even if it means excessive tidying/cleaning beforehand, and then a little more afterwards, for instance to make sure no young relatives have left cake smeared into the floor).

Hmm, I’m curious. How old are the people that read my blog? Leave your age with your comment. Go on, I dare you.

PS. Results here.

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91 comments on Thirty-seven

  1. Roger on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 7:51 am

    2. Daniel
    I like your comment: “I have to work today”
    Wot were you expecting, a national holiday to mark your birthday?
    On a more serious note, I’m 28 years old. OK, make that 38. All right, 48!
    Rog.

  2. Stuart on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:28 am

    3. I actually forgot my birthday this year, until someone at work reminded me. Then my mum took great pleasure in pointing out that at 37 I was now perilously close to ….. 40……. Thanks mum….

  3. Ads on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:45 am

    4. 23 (seriously)

  4. Michael on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:49 am

    5. 35. And the company I work for actually gives you an extra day of Annual Leave on your birthday. You don’t necessarily get to take it on your birthday, no rule against it but it takes a bit of organising.

  5. Toria on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:10 am

    6. Pity you have to work on your birthday! I always thought you should get to have the day off school/work as an extra “perk” LOL. I’m all of 46 this year. Not getting older but getting better, I like to say :)

  6. Jed on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:12 am

    7. I will be 40 in November but just recently someone guessed my age to be 28! Last night someone guessed 32. I have come to the conclusion that if you don’t feel any older than it dosen’t matter how old you are.

  7. Gav on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:39 am

    8. 38. I’ve gone past the age where I know it off by heart. Now I have to stop and remember the year I was born and then do some maths.

  8. Kate and Andrew on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:50 am

    9. Kate’s 34 and Andrew 32…. Happy birthday Daniel

  9. John on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:54 am

    10. Gav, at 44 I hit that age long ago!

    I’m now entering that dreaded phase where I reference things to major events (births, deaths, marriages, job changes, etc). You’ve probably heard you parents do it …

    “Mum, what year did Elvis die?”
    “Well son, that was after Aunty Ethel’s funeral and a few weeks before Kim and Brett’s wedding. Their Jason is in Year Seven now so that means Elvis died in 1977″

    I have to mentally slap myself every time I start saying things like, “That happened just after Audrey was born” or “We were married when that happened so it must have been in the last 12 years …”

  10. Brian on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 10:19 am

    11. Happy Birthday Daniel! I’m 31 and haven’t worked on my birthday yet. As I tell my boss; its annual leave or sick leave that choice is theirs, either way I won’t be in :)

  11. Stitch Sista on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 10:40 am

    12. 34…and not looking forward to the next birthday!

    Yes weatherwise you’ve certainly chosen the right day for it :).

  12. Raquel on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 10:52 am

    13. 34, but who’s counting? ;) Happy Birthday to you!

  13. Michael Green on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:09 am

    14. 43 – but my motto is “You’re never too old to be young!”

  14. Frank on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:53 am

    15. I win! 56.
    Happy birthday!

  15. Neil on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 12:01 pm

    16. 31 Happy Birthday.

  16. Jon on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 12:04 pm

    17. 32 this year.

    Happy Birthday.

    The older you get, the older old gets.

  17. charm on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 12:07 pm

    18. I turned 30 this year… and thats all i have to say about this matter.

  18. ace on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 12:16 pm

    19. 56, so tied. Birthdays are vastly over-rated. Is one expected to float through a normal day with a soft inner glow of accomplishment, or what?

  19. thomas paine on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 1:10 pm

    20. youre only as old as the woman you feel…

  20. Will on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 1:18 pm

    21. Happy Birthday.

    I’m 26, but keep thinking/saying 27 – even this time last year. (I don’t know why)

  21. Paul on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 1:21 pm

    22. Happy 37th birthday to you Daniel on the day of my 33rd birthday. Despite what Roger thinks, I reckon the 27th shouild be a national holiday, as it is Don Bradman’s birthday and he is as close to royalty we ever had.

  22. Suman on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 1:32 pm

    23. Sorry you had to work but I didn’t during my birthday this year. It was on a Sunday (Yesterday).

    I’m 34.

  23. tonyinjapan on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 2:22 pm

    24. 46. Enjoy the nice Melbourne weather.

  24. Bjorn on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 2:31 pm

    25. Happy Birthday Daniel!

    29… nearly 30!!

  25. Lyn on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 2:35 pm

    26. 54. Happy birthday Daniel.

  26. Anon on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 3:35 pm

    27. Happy Birthday, Daniel. 18 BTW. Seriously.

  27. Nick on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 3:49 pm

    28. Happy Birthday Daniel!

    I’m 22.

    As for the weather, it’s rapidly approaching uncomfortably warm for me. I’m more of a winter person.

  28. Jen on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 4:45 pm

    29. Happy Birthday! I’m sorry, you’re footy tips are a farce? I’m just happy I’ve remembered to do all mine this yr!

    And I’m 23 btw.

  29. Josh on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 4:45 pm

    30. 37

  30. Kathy on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 4:51 pm

    31. Happy 37th, Daniel. I am 34.

  31. kalesco on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 4:59 pm

    32. Happy Birthday Daniel!
    I’m 25.

  32. Konrad Talmont on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 5:42 pm

    33. As you well know, Daniel, I am going to turn 37 in a few months, myself. The fact that we were in school together kind of gives that one away. The good thing about my birthday is that I have never had to work on my birthday, nor has the rest of the world (I, in my normal modest way, figure they just want to celebrate it with me). The bad thing, everybody has a hangover and spends most of the day asleep or moping about the house with a sore head. Yes, I was born on the first of January.

  33. Addster on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 6:14 pm

    34. 35

    To paraphrase the Trashcan Sinatras…

    “Know what it’s like to sigh at the sight of the first *half* of life?”

    :-)

  34. Ben on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 6:58 pm

    35. You’re how old? You sure don’t look it. Happy birthday Daniel!

    I’m 26 by the way.

  35. vaughan on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 7:27 pm

    36. 27. Happy birthday – I thought it was yesterday :)

  36. darren on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 7:59 pm

    37. 31 and 150 months. Do the maths. This makes me sound younger though.

  37. Pete on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:01 pm

    38. Happy Birthday Daniel, yah old bugger

    I’m a little in front of you though. I hit the meaning of life in a month!

    Only I feel much younger though, I keep getting reality shocks when I realise just how much of an old bugger I am.

  38. Denni on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:08 pm

    39. Happy birthday Daniel, from sunny Broome where we had a cool maximum of 28*C :)

    I’m 24, by the way…

  39. Andrew on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:09 pm

    40. Hmm, seems like I’m the 37th comment :)

    Brisbane, male 35, median Australian.

  40. Jennifer on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 8:26 pm

    41. Hi Daniel… HB! I’m 41, and my boyfriend Andrew is 43. I often get him to read your page, ‘cos you two are similar in some things. Had to laugh at your recent to-do list, I’m sure Andrew’s had a to-do list since he was about 10. Worst thing is, there are still things on it that he wants to accomplish “some day”. Get cracking, I say!

    p.s. I never work on my birthday if I can help it.
    p.p.s. I agree with John’s comments (scary!).

  41. Kasey on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:18 pm

    42. That’d be 23 here! and my boyfriend (who also reads) is 30 :)

  42. Kasey on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:18 pm

    43. PS: Happy, happy birthday!

  43. Tony on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 9:19 pm

    44. Made it in to the 37 clubs a couple of months ahead of you. Happy birthday mate.

  44. b2 on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:07 pm

    45. Happy Birthday, seems I’m the youngest reader who has been brave enough to put up my age (19)

  45. bram on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:20 pm

    46. 27 – happy birthday

  46. Mary-Ellen on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:33 pm

    47. 33 – Happy Birthday Daniel!

    Today, the weather is supposed to be 25 too but I’m in Toronto, Canada. How does that work?

  47. Bret on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:52 pm

    48. 31 – and I’ve been subscribed to TCWF since my university days, so I was about 18 or 19 at the time.

  48. Graeme on Mon, 27th Aug 2007 11:55 pm

    49. Happy birthday!

    I’m 39… *wince*

    Cheers, from South Africa.

  49. nancy on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 12:06 am

    50. 56 (and feeling it)

    now it’s a 3 way tie!

  50. Noel Goddard on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 12:23 am

    51. Happy Birthday Daniel!

    Any advance on 60? (and nearly 7 months)

  51. Shaun Nelson on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 12:24 am

    52. 32, my birthday is today, and I too am at work.

  52. Siegfried Bojarra on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 12:49 am

    53. 55 – and still going strong. Happy Birthday Daniel.

  53. Kathy on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 1:23 am

    54. Happy Birthday! Trust me the years fly…I’m 50.

  54. Amy on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 1:38 am

    55. I’m 37, too. Just the other day, as I climbed through a wood fence to get into a barn, Farmer Dave said, “You’re still pretty agile, Amy.” Still? I don’t think I look that old! You certainly don’t. Happy birthday!

  55. Sparky on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 2:07 am

    56. “Old woman!”
    “MAN!”
    “Old man, sorry. Whose castle is this?”
    “I’m THIRTY-SEVEN!”
    “What?”
    “I said I’m thirty-seven, I’m not OLD!”
    “Well, I can’t just call you ‘man’.”
    “You could just say ‘Daniel’.”

    Happy Birthday Daniel!

  56. Greg Bulmash on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 2:07 am

    57. “Dog years” are apparently determined by the following formula: if you took an average human lifespan and divided by an average canine lifespan, you’d get a number somewhere ’round 7.

    I’ve worked out a similar formula for computers putting the number somewhere ’round 23.

    In “dog years” you’re 259. In “PC years” you’re 851. And in 2 months time, in human years, I’ll be 39.

    - Greg

  57. Iris, Israel on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 3:29 am

    58. I’m turning 34 in two months, and am still trying to figure out how the world works. It’s all very surprising, still.
    happy birthday, Daniel:)

  58. Don Johnson on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 5:40 am

    59. Happy Birthday, Daniel, all the way from Austin, Texas. I am 51 years old, and enjoy reading about the “average Australian” and his daily life.

  59. Shaun Nelson on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 6:42 am

    60. Slight correction, I meant the 27th is my birthday, since it’s stil the 27th where I am. This timezone stuff can be tricky.

  60. Judie Ashford on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 6:44 am

    61. Happy birthday! ;->

    from a 64-year old American lady who lives in Arizona, and has been reading your blog since before it was an official blog. It formerly appeared in my INBox.

    Three cheers for your stand on transportation!

    Judie

  61. Lana on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 7:12 am

    62. Happy Birthday Daniel!

    30 for me

  62. Frannybee on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 8:06 am

    63. I’m 30 and worked on my birthday too. My lovely colleagues supplied mudcake, so it wasn’t all bad. Hope your party went as you hoped it would. Happy birthday, Daniel.

  63. Denise on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 8:15 am

    64. Happy Belated Birthday Greetings!!!
    41
    They say its great to turn 40 these days but you can shove that thought where it dont shine. I lost my husband, father and a very dear friend the year I turned 40 – couldnt wait for the year to end!! 37 was certainly the better year!

  64. Matt on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 8:47 am

    65. Happy Birthday Daniel :-) My goodness .. I wonder how many of your birthdays I have read about over the years?

    As for me – I’m 30. I often take the day off for everyone else’s sake, but to be honest – I’d rather just be here at work. Being Christmas Eve, it’s usually quiet here anyway so I can just chill out and tell anyone that rings they should wish me a Happy Birthday.

  65. Chuck on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 9:30 am

    66. 46 – Happy Birthday Daniel.
    Rule #1 – Never work on your Birthday.
    Rule #2 – Refer to Rule #1 for instruction.

  66. Griff on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 9:56 am

    67. 39 – 40 by the end of the year.

  67. Keith on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 10:00 am

    68. 63 (Someone out aged me already) and you, sir, are only a young whippersnapper but I love reading your email here in Indianapolis, IN, USA, the “crossroads of America.”

  68. Peter on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 10:06 am

    69. Nearly 42 here

    Have been enjoying your stuff since the TCWF appeared on newsgroups

    And with MY footy tips I’m having a stunning season…
    Filled in all my tips for the season before the first game. Am easily last in our little family comp. Managed to score ZERO this week :)

  69. Beverley on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 10:29 am

    70. Happy Birthday Daniel.
    I’m 58 and so far the oldest Aussie female.

  70. Craig on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 10:46 am

    71. Only a couple of months younger than you, Daniel – I’m looking at my 37th in mid October.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

  71. Lachlan Wetherall on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 10:55 am

    72. The median prime between 40 and 50.

  72. Joan on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 11:24 am

    73. It’s still the 27th here in the United States so Happy birthday! from a 65-year old woman in Michigan who has also been reading your blog since before it was an official blog.

    Also, three cheers for your stand on a lot of things and thanks for your help on a telephone problem I had sometime back.

  73. Toni Condon on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 12:52 pm

    74. Happy Birthday Daniel,

    I am tettering on the edge at 35 and my husband fell off he’s 39 1/2 – he likes his half!

    We have been reading your blogs since before the word blog was around and love them.

    Have fun and hang on with your finger tips!

  74. Miss Trish on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 1:16 pm

    75. Good way to get *loads* of comments!
    Happy birthday, sorry I missed the gathering (you know where I was… and if that had not occured, I would have been at Open Day). 29, but I date a 37 year old! Something else that Miss Marita and I have in common… for the next month at least (he turns 38 on the 27th Sept)! :D

  75. Miss Trish on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 1:19 pm

    76. Oh, and on the footy tipping… “Nya, nya!” (I’ve just got to hold for another week…)

  76. Miss Eagle on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 3:55 pm

    77. Hi Daniel, nice to know I’m not the only superannuated citizen. At 63 it looks like I might be the oldest Australian? Oldest Melburnian? Oldest Melburnian woman? Oldest reader from Upper Gully? Anyways, I am glad you enjoyed your birthday – may you have many more.

    Blessings and bliss

  77. TonyS on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 4:39 pm

    78. I’m 49, but was about 37 when I started reading… ok, I’m a slow reader :o)

  78. Shell on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 6:25 pm

    79. Wow – this brought everybody out of the woodwork! Happy Birthday!

    Each year when i read on the blog what you got for your birthday, its always a reminder that my birthday is coming up soon. I’ll be 37 two weeks after you.

    cheers

    Shell

  79. Trixie on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 7:28 pm

    80. 39 almost at the “elite” age of 40 in a couple of weeks.

    happy birthday.

  80. Trish on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 7:49 pm

    81. 53 this year Daniel. Hope you had a great birthday! To those who feel too old/young, you might like to try Your Age in Other Worlds http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/age/index.html

  81. Trish on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 7:51 pm

    82. PS Mars is pretty good!

  82. Graeme Porter on Tue, 28th Aug 2007 9:15 pm

    83. I’m 27 Daniel – we share a birthday – hope you enjoyed yours. Don’t worry about the 37 bit. It’s not so bad!

    Mine was pretty good – dinner at Jimmy Chung’s with the Wifely Person and step-son, and Mum and Dad got me seasons 1 and 2 of “House, MD” (which is superb, if you’ve not seen it – Hugh Laurie is fantastic).

  83. Niki on Wed, 29th Aug 2007 12:44 am

    84. I was feeling old at 30, but now I dunno…. :-)

  84. Niki on Wed, 29th Aug 2007 12:46 am

    85. NB – But I’ve been reading since I was 25
    NNBB – Am really not enjoying this newly warm weather. Bring back winter, I say!!!

  85. Archi on Wed, 29th Aug 2007 12:48 pm

    86. I’m trying to remember if I ever went to that milk bar…was it towards the train line?
    Only every visited CIT for the all-night terminal rooms anyway….
    Cant remember when I started getting TCWF either

    must be old at 38 :-)

  86. Tony Coulton on Thu, 30th Aug 2007 12:04 am

    87. I’m 56 yrs young, and have been going toxic for about 10 yrs, as best as I can remember anyhow. How times have changed! How technology has changed! How you have changed! Me? Naaaah!

  87. Savannah on Tue, 4th Sep 2007 7:45 pm

    88. 40. I love watching the BBC’s Grumpy Old Women/Men series – once upon a time I would have throught they were a bunch of whinging old fogeys. Now I sit there and agree with nearly all of them = except Janet Street-Porter she IS evil cow.

  88. Savannah on Tue, 4th Sep 2007 7:51 pm

    89. Oh! Sorry! Happy Belated Birthday Daniel :)

  89. Stephen in Arizona on Tue, 11th Sep 2007 12:21 am

    90. Happy birthday Daniel. I’m 50 and the days are whizzing by so fast I can hardly count them.

  90. linda on Tue, 11th Sep 2007 10:33 pm

    91. hey there

    i’m a new reader. i am going to add you to the list of blogs i read. found you by searching for “someone stole my bike” cos my husband’s just got stolen.

    anyway, i’m 38

  91. David Gubbins on Tue, 6th Nov 2007 7:26 am

    92. Hi Tony Coulton

    Technology has changed, love to hear from you. I still have my old talk21.com address. Please drop me a line.
    Happy birthday to all the aussies with birthdays today! Well I have to keep the theme going somehow!

    David Gubbins
    All the way from my new life in sunny central Switzerland