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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:
Gwenhwyfar · 02/12/2019 20:13

I was born in 1977 and we had IT as a subject in school. Maybe not all schools did though so I'll guess around my age.

PepsiCat33 · 02/12/2019 20:17

1982

youareasyoungasyoufeel · 02/12/2019 20:18

That sounds like me and I'm 35

TheQueensCousin · 02/12/2019 20:18

@Alsohuman 😉😂😊

NearlyOutedMyself · 02/12/2019 20:19

I'm 47 and had IT lessons in primary school.

theemmadilemma · 02/12/2019 20:25

I think you're younger than me, and I'm 76, so I'd say 1980 too.

Equimum · 02/12/2019 20:26

1982

egontoste · 02/12/2019 20:26

TheQueensCousin

I think you're the same age as me!

everythingthelighttouches · 02/12/2019 20:27

1979

Lipstickandlashes · 02/12/2019 20:27

1981

NemophilistRebel · 02/12/2019 20:29

1982

NemophilistRebel · 02/12/2019 20:30

I’m 1985 and it sounds similar to me but slightly older by only a few years

TheQueensCousin · 02/12/2019 20:31

Yayyy @egontoste 🙌🏼

JennyBlueWren · 02/12/2019 20:34

I was born in 1984 and it would fit (ish) with me.

Stephminx · 02/12/2019 20:34

Born 1978

GruffaIo · 02/12/2019 20:34

Younger than 1979 because of tuition fees and I think that 1978/79 births were the last year without tuition fees.

Saffzy · 02/12/2019 20:36

1985

PrtScn · 02/12/2019 20:36

Early 80s. I was born in latter half of 70s and paid no tuition fees.

ShinyNewNameTime · 02/12/2019 20:37
  1. All sounds the same as me and I’m 35
Ginfordinner · 02/12/2019 20:37

Can I have a go?

I remember Winston Churchill's funeral, Aberfan, the investiture of the Prince of Wales, the moon landings and Vietnam
I was at secondary school when decimalisation day occurred
I remember the winter of discontent with loads of power cuts
I took O levels
I was a student in Leeds at the back end of the Yorkshire Ripper's reign of terror

viques · 02/12/2019 20:44

GInfordinner. I think 1952./1953

braid · 02/12/2019 20:44

1964

Ginfordinner · 02/12/2019 20:45

Later viques
Earlier braid

TheQueensCousin · 02/12/2019 20:49

@Ginfordinner 1959

MsPepperPotts · 02/12/2019 20:49

@Ginfordinner 1955

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