Am i the youngest member on the board?

[Chris Travers]

I'm 15 and I've been playing mandolin for about 2 years. So ... Does that make me the youngest member on the message board?

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[Chris Biorkman]

Hmm. I'm twenty nine, but I act like a fourteen year old most of the time. Does that count?

[John Craton]

Last year I had a 10-year-old student that I turned on to the Café. Don't know if he ever became a "member" (quite sure he never posted anything), but he might count. I know some members have children as young as 8 who read postings on occasion. Whatever the age, we all appreciate fellow mandolinistas.

[MikeEdgerton]

So far you're the youngest person posting on this thread. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Mr. Loar]

I think I'm the geezer at 55.

[jim_n_virginia]

Hey my mandolin is older than you! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Keep picking and practicing because I can't tell you how many posts I have read on here (including me!) that said they played all during there youth then put music down for years and then came back to it 10, 15 even 20 years later.

All of us wonder how good we would have been if we had kept on picking! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[sgarrity]

Well I'm 29 going on 46. Where do I fit in? LOL

[MikeEdgerton]

I think I'm the geezer at 55.
You're a young whippersnapper. Many of us have to die for you to get that designation.

[fishdawg40]

That's right Jim. Play as much as you can while you're young. When you get older other "things" get in the way. And make sure the girlfriend knows what your priorities are...they can get in the way as well. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif

[mandopete]

"You're as young as you feel!"

- as seen on T.V.

[AlanN]

"You're only pretty as you feel"

[PaulD]

"You're only pretty as you feel"
I guess that verse dates you! http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[AlanN]

Takes one to know one http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Ted Eschliman]

Hate to burst everyone's bubble with this cautionery note, but younger members mentioning their age on the message board open up a some very dangerous potential in this sometimes harsh cyberspace frontier. There are a lot of predators out there; we trust those minors that publish there age do so with care (and hopefully parental supervision). We can't ask you not to discuss your age, but be prudent. It's not just you and some friendly, trustworthy mandolin buddies that visit the Cafe; it's literally open to the whole world to view.

[Jerry Byers]

Age is just a number on a driver's license.

[AlanN]

and on a bottle of wine...

and to make it more mando/bluegrass specific..."It Takes One To Know One And I Know You"

RIP, JM.

[kudzuklunker]

Hey Loar, you're just a young-un. I hope that I'm not as old as I feel.

[Keith Erickson]

Age is a 2 digit number but for some of us it's a 3 digit number.

Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I have just recently celebrated my 18th anniversary of my 21st birthday.

It's a wonderful feeling to finally be 21..... # ......again #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Jim MacDaniel]

My wife tells me that I sometimes act like our two-year old -- although I no longer wear diapers and can drink from a cup without soaking myself.

[lgc]

"Age is just a number on a driver's license."

It's actually not an age on a driver's license. At least not in this country. Maybe people can drive at 15 in CA. They have all sortsa crazy laws there.
=@

[allenhopkins]

I no longer wear diapers and can drink from a cup without soaking myself.
Just give yourself time -- you'll get back to there someday.

[gnelson651]

Hate to burst everyone's bubble with this cautionery note, but younger members mentioning their age on the message board open up a some very dangerous potential in this sometimes harsh cyberspace frontier. There are a lot of predators out there; we trust those minors that publish there age do so with care (and hopefully parental supervision). We can't ask you not to discuss your age, but be prudent. It's not just you and some friendly, trustworthy mandolin buddies that visit the Cafe; it's literally open to the whole world to view.
Sorry...I guess I can't tell you how old I am.

If I do I'll have to kill you later #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[JGWoods]

My mandolin is older than my mother.
Sweeter too...maybe
You who are 15 and 2 years into playing I say good for you- it's a wonderful lifelong pursuit and an early start means you get to enjoy it for a loooong time

[Snakebeard Jackson]

thirty
been pickin since 21
and wish I'd been picking since 13 that's for sure.

[Mando Andy G]

I just turned 15 a little over a month ago and have been playin mando for about 7 years now...so we're tied! ha ha

[Mike Bunting]

"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Zako]

Who's your teacher, Frodo?

[Rick Schmidlin]

Next, come on there gotta be younger players to break the tie.

[Jim Broyles]

CollingsPicker is younger.

[PaulD]

Takes one to know one http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
I admit it... I'm all too familiar with Jefferson Airplane. So yes, that pretty much dates me too (except I'll say I was a little young for their heyday).

pd

[blewgras]

I am 11 and have been playing and posting for 2 years.I think that should make me youngest.