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To ask you to guess my age from 5 facts..

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Coldemort · 02/12/2019 17:58

So this one was going round the pub the other night and I thought it was a lot of fun. And actually quite thought provoking. So... can you guess my age from these 5 facts.

  1. I legally bought cigarettes at 16... and had them in the smoking room at work.
  2. my first concert was a Smash hits tour headlining Sean Maguire and Boyzone
  3. I paid tuition fees at university
  4. my favourite outfit as a pre-teen was from tammy girl
  5. I have no IT qualifications, including GCSEs. I never had a dedicated 'IT' subject on my school timetable.

So what year was I born???

And play along... :)

OP posts:
CountessWindyBottom · 03/12/2019 21:50

1978

Original poster
Coldemort · 03/12/2019 22:23

Ermmmm gave my answer quite a few pages back.
Gonna make you read the full thread... Grin

OP posts:
nannieann · 03/12/2019 22:34

@alsohuman
My guess is that you were born in 1952

sunshinesky · 03/12/2019 23:14

1976

euphorbian · 03/12/2019 23:16

1985

manicmij · 03/12/2019 23:21

1981

GoldfishGirl · 03/12/2019 23:59
  1. makes it 1981 but 5. makes it 1979...which is it?
GoldfishGirl · 04/12/2019 00:00

Ah man...which page?

GoldfishGirl · 04/12/2019 00:01

Ok it was 1981 people, winners form a queue.

GoldfishGirl · 04/12/2019 00:03

I was born in 1980 and did word processing. That's what threw me. Ah them were the days.

LabourHere · 04/12/2019 00:08

The OP has said it was 1981! :)

Mafrid2 · 04/12/2019 00:18

1972?

Mafrid2 · 04/12/2019 00:20

Just seen 81,sorry.xxx I'm older than you and did I.T at school

orangetriangle · 04/12/2019 00:55

does anyone want to guess mine. Great game by the way... So
I had a black and white tv when I was a child.
I can remember Elvis dying but also Princess Diana
When I was a child we didnt wear seat belts in the car
When I went out to work people smoked at their office desk
I do not have any GCSEs and did not go to university but did pass my 11 plus
when I was a child we did not have a bathroom or toilet inside the house
Angel Delight was a common and favourite dessert when I was a child
The trendy thing we owned when I was a child was a soda stream
My favourite boy band as a teenager was Wham
Anyone like to guess?

orangetriangle · 04/12/2019 01:05

oops just realised it should only have been 5 clues!!!

ChaiNashta · 04/12/2019 01:05

1971

CardiFree · 04/12/2019 02:19

Great game OP.

It really does show you though how few people actually RTFT ! Grr.

crunchycornflake · 04/12/2019 02:37

1962?

crunchycornflake · 04/12/2019 02:38

Didn’t rtft!

BastardGoDarkly · 04/12/2019 02:44

Jesus H. Do we still not know!?

BastardGoDarkly · 04/12/2019 02:44

Ah, we do Grin

Clearnightsky · 04/12/2019 03:17

@orangetriangle 1969

orangetriangle · 04/12/2019 06:34

clear night sky well done 1969 I'm old lol!!!

orangetriangle · 04/12/2019 06:39

Can Anyone guess my daughters age/year she was born?
When she was young her favourite programme on tv was a programme called The Rubberdubbers.
She enjoyed Disney videos as a child.
She "babysat" for friends Tamogotchis.
Her first music CD was Amy Winehouse
Her favourite song to sing as a child was "Reach for the Stars"

Janetizzy30 · 04/12/2019 08:30

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