# Old enough

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495>\
**Category:** General Yo-Yo\
**Created:** [June 19, 2021, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495 "2021-06-19T14:46:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/41 "2021-06-28T02:46:53Z")

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I’ll be 55 soon so I can say “old man” cuz I’m not far away from being one. I think seeing an old man yoyoing looks waaay cooler than a 16 year old kid yoyoing. I guess because yoyoing “seems” like a kid thing and a yoyoing old man “seems” like a contradiction but to me it looks totally bada$$!!! I am making no sense. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![BillyJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billyjack/32/66798_2.png) [@BillyJack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BillyJack)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/42 "2021-06-28T14:23:37Z")

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I loved it when I turned 55. That’s when restaurants gave discounts to “seniors”! I don’t mind it when I can eat cheap.

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**Author:** ![French](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/french/32/70748_2.png) [@French](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/French)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/43 "2021-06-28T21:54:13Z")

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I’m feeling like the baby of the group at 50.

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**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/44 "2021-06-29T02:12:41Z")

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I think playing more as you age is normal not abnormal, so yoyoing is reasonable at a mature age.

My great aunt lived well into her 90’s and she always said, “I’m living my second childhood. I came into this world without teeth and I’m going to leave it without teeth, I came into this world with little to no hair and I’m going to leave this world with little to no hair.” I loved that woman! She thought playing was the best thing ever! So be a kid and go yoyo!!

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**Author:** ![YoyoGeezer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyogeezer/32/755_2.png) [@YoyoGeezer](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/YoyoGeezer)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/45 "2021-06-30T02:28:37Z")

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Do you mean 65? I am over 55 an I do not get discounts yet. Maybe I am not eating at the right places.

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**Author:** ![Ne0phy73](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ne0phy73/32/163412_2.png) [@Ne0phy73](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Ne0phy73)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/46 "2021-07-01T12:27:01Z")

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This thread makes me feel better. We have a local yoyo group at Whatsapp, average age around 22years old. I’m 34, with aged sould in Old Parr 🙂

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**Author:** ![BillyJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billyjack/32/66798_2.png) [@BillyJack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BillyJack)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/47 "2021-07-01T14:15:40Z")

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I first discovered I was getting older when I pulled up to a drive thru burger place and they gave me the senior discount without asking. My hair was barely starting to change then. Since then, I figure that “Old age is 15 years older than you are at the present time.” This is why I still love yoyos.

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**Author:** ![ChrisFrancz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chrisfrancz/32/48992_2.png) [@ChrisFrancz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ChrisFrancz)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/48 "2021-07-01T15:26:52Z")

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To me, old is 95+.

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**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/49 "2021-07-03T12:02:07Z")

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You’re not old until you run around using the word, “old” as an excuse. You’re not old until you use the word, “old” to describe yourself to others in casual conversation. I’ve had so many people, chronologically younger than me, tell me that “when you get to be my age.” It makes me laugh! “Old” is not the same for everyone! So if you yoyo is it even possible to be old? 🤷‍♂️

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**Author:** ![nothingfaced](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/nothingfaced/32/50156_2.png) [@nothingfaced](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/nothingfaced)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/50 "2021-07-03T15:04:23Z")

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Yes, of course it is. I’m old.

EDIT - Don’t be upset about being old. No need to mount a defence.

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**Author:** ![Zakyoyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e79b87/32.png) [@Zakyoyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Zakyoyo)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/51 "2021-07-03T15:44:18Z")

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Never knew lots are 50+

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**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/52 "2021-07-03T16:40:09Z")

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Goes to show it’s a hobby for all ages. By the way, the replies here were inspiring.

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**Author:** ![Shwa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shwa/32/108351_2.png) [@Shwa](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shwa)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/53 "2021-07-03T18:47:46Z")

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I’ll be 49 in November!

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**Author:** ![BillyJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billyjack/32/66798_2.png) [@BillyJack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BillyJack)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/54 "2021-07-03T19:12:08Z")

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I’m actually working on going backwards in the sport and try to restart, in my head, what the guys did in the 1950s. Excited to get my first wooden fixed axle yoyo.

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**Author:** ![beezy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beezy/32/161690_2.png) [@beezy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beezy)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/55 "2021-07-04T04:48:52Z")

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I’m in my yoyo year — 44 !

Is it just my impression, or has the yoyo forum demographic gotten older?

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**Author:** ![AKYOYOMIKE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/akyoyomike/32/286732_2.png) [@AKYOYOMIKE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AKYOYOMIKE)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/56 "2021-07-04T07:40:40Z")

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Happy Anniversary young man. 😄  
Odds are this thread is scaring those Whipper Snappers to say on the own lawn.

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**Author:** ![beezy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beezy/32/161690_2.png) [@beezy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beezy)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/57 "2021-07-04T13:56:19Z")

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Thanks! Heh, indeed, this thread might be protecting some lawns 😆

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**Author:** ![BillyJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billyjack/32/66798_2.png) [@BillyJack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BillyJack)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/58 "2021-07-04T14:54:20Z")

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I’m not seeing a problem here.

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**Author:** ![BillyJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billyjack/32/66798_2.png) [@BillyJack](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/BillyJack)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/59 "2021-07-04T14:57:39Z")

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I think it’s important to let older men AND women know about our sport. I feel this has kept my mind a little sharper and clearer as I focus on different tricks. I have seen too many friends die in their rocking chairs because they didn’t have anything to do.

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**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/old-enough/340495/60 "2021-07-05T00:39:59Z")

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> [@beezy](#):
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> Is it just my impression, or has the yoyo forum demographic gotten older?

Considering that yoyos don’t connect to social media on the internet, you are probably correct. I’ve probably given each of my grandchildren 3-4 decent yoyos over the last 4-5 years, along with instructions/demos. Haven’t seen them since the day I gave them to them.

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