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View Poll Results: What is your age?
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Under 20
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1.90% |
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20-29
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6.64% |
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30-39
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41 |
19.43% |
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40-49
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59 |
27.96% |
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50-59
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28.44% |
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60-69
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14.22% |
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70-79
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0.95% |
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80-89
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0% |
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90+
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0.47% |
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05-02-2008, 11:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC, USA, Earth
Posts: 578
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I'm 40....but I don't look a day older than 100.
David
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05-02-2008, 12:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Palm Desert, CA
Posts: 824
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51
51 on the outside. Soft and creamy 16 year old filling on the inside. 
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1981 Spider 2000 USA - It's SpiderWebb cuz' Webb's my last name.
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05-02-2008, 12:45 PM
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Gennie Cream Ale please
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Franklin & #414
Posts: 5,415
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Old enough to know better yet I still bought another Alfa after selling my first 35 yrs ago.
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05-02-2008, 06:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 331
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"Old enough to know better yet I still bought another Alfa after selling my first 35 yrs ago"
I'm with you brother. Crashed my first Alfa 41 years ago and bought another this year. Crashed a 1300 Giulietta Spider after pulling an all nighter courting my first wife. This just before leaving for boot camp in 1967. Uncle was calling up troops for his Vietnam adventure.
Robert
Last edited by vf31rhill; 05-02-2008 at 06:58 PM.
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05-02-2008, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: San Carlos, California
Posts: 972
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Ho-ly (expletive)!
Who here is older than 90?
Or is this some bad joke and I just fell for it?
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Chris Madden
1974 GTV (Carbureted  )
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05-02-2008, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Orange, Ca.
Posts: 1,502
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" THUNK "
(the sound of you falling for it ;^) )
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'65 Guilia Spider
'67 GTV
'67 Duetto-in progress
'68 Giulia Super
'70 Giulia 1600 'S'
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05-02-2008, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Orange, Ca.
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Pictures....we need pictures !
Not my first alfa, but we drove it on our honeymoon 31 years ago !
Bought my first Alfa ( a '58 Sprint Veloce for $210, a driver ) when I was 18, so no midlife crisis for me.
Maybe this is a lifelong crisis ;^)
Randy
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'65 Guilia Spider
'67 GTV
'67 Duetto-in progress
'68 Giulia Super
'70 Giulia 1600 'S'
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05-02-2008, 07:55 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Waukesha, WI
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Another "Boomer" Heard From
Bought my first Duetto in the mid-70's when it was just an old car. Keep it forever, even though the body was junk and I tore it apart before meeting my wife (and never getting back to putting it together again.) Now have another Duetto that is in one piece and runs, but is not road worthy (Needs brakes, lights, etc.) and a 164Q that is my summer daily driver. I guess I was looking for a fun sports car in the 70's, and the Alfa was it. As I near retirement, I can see getting at least one Duetto back on the road, but in the meantime, I'm "restomoding" my 164Q.
See you all at the Convention with the Q!
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Tom
(2) 67 Duettos (currently being made into one decent driver)
97 Ford Taurus SHO (my daily driver)
99 Jeep Grand Cherokee (need something to haul the boat).
And a new Nero & tan 95 164 Quadafilorio as a second daily driver (at least in the summer!)
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05-02-2008, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by Chsmadden
Ho-ly (expletive)!
Who here is older than 90?
Or is this some bad joke and I just fell for it?
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05-02-2008, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 331
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Randy,
Your Alfa is just plain flat out gorgeous! That body style will always be the best looking Alfa ever built! Being red makes it perfect!
Congrats, Robert
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05-02-2008, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Orange, Ca.
Posts: 1,502
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Thanks!!
And for anyone who has not driven a good 101 spider......it's just a wonderfull ride !
Randy
Now.....
back to being an old coot ! ;^)
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'65 Guilia Spider
'67 GTV
'67 Duetto-in progress
'68 Giulia Super
'70 Giulia 1600 'S'
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05-03-2008, 03:52 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Haddam CT USA
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Over the last 100 years, average lifespan has doubled. Molecular biologists have found aging to be controlled by only a handful of genes and we are learning how to tweak these, so predictions are that lifespan will double again over the next 100 years.
The way I look at it, I'm in a race with my car. Oxidative stress will either take me or the floor of my car first. Since I still smoke, I'm giving my car at least a fighting chance.  |
05-03-2008, 04:49 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Long Beach, CA
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Turned 18 a week ago. My first Alfa..
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05-03-2008, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 331
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"Molecular biologists have found aging to be controlled by only a handful of genes"
So have they started isolating the gene which makes one suseptible to Alfista? Considering the numbers, it must be a pretty rare gene. I wonder if it is heart shaped?
Robert
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05-03-2008, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Los Gatos, McMurray, Alpharetta
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I am 47 & a typical baby boomer that can now enjoy some of the finer things in life. I count each of my Alfas as a gift from above. Smiles... I have owned many cars and currently own several non Alfa cars that should float my boat. Nothing does it for me like a properly tuned Alfa on a wound up country road. Ciao
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65' Giulia Spider Veloce, 74' GTV,
92' S4, 06 BMW 550, 01 Boxster, 61' Beechcraft Bonanza
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