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I'm 6.

Ratius wrote:

That is refreshing.

I often despair at the lack of such skills in kids older than you.
(my own clubmates - who vary in age from 15-20 - cannot write legibly, let alone use the King's English adequately.)

Is that the individuals fault or the systems?

Little of column 'A', bit of column 'B'.

Can't teach those without the self discipline to sit down and want to learn.

The irony is that the two kids with diagnosed ADHD (one has Dyslexia as well) in the club both have managed to find a way around their issues through self-discipline.

Chumbalaya wrote:I'm 6.

I'm just a glint in my daddy's eye.

reds8n wrote:

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

reds8n wrote:..I helped her son out and gave him some advice, a day or so later she sent me an email thanking us for running a safe and responsible site. Which was nice of her.

No drama.

Did she send any pics?

I said charming email, not saved to harddrive for those lonely nights email.

Will sig that when I am able

Gymnogyps wrote:

Fifty wrote:The internet did not even exist when I was twelve!

I know, scary, right?

You're both over 38? (the internet existed outside of the military in '85)

My wife calls me a big baby now and then.

Eadbreaka, I would never have thought you were 12 from the 'quality' of your posts, congrats.

Although, your - apparent - maturity cannot compare to Reds' story! Makes the job worth doing I expect!

Mattieau wrote:I started when i was 12 with a box of guardians. Too bad i didn't know about dakka back then. I'd likely have a lot more posts than i do now. But yeah, you're only 2 or 3 years younger than I am.

...Showing my age, but when I first started wargaming (D&D and Battletech) the internet didn't exist as we know it.

I am also in the "there was no internet when I was 12" camp, so take that, justin bieber.

Scott-S6 wrote:

You're both over 38? (the internet existed outside of the military in '85)

And you only have Democratic civilian leadership to blame for such leaks in our secrets.

*cough* Gore! *cough*

Scott-S6 wrote: You're both over 38? (the internet existed outside of the military in '85)

Yes, but the first browser wasn't until 93, and I couldn't get a copy off vassal using archie. It's just as well because I don't think it supported games over gopher.

Heh, you're all a bunch of young punks!! When I started (Chess, mid-60s), we just used rocks for our chess pieces. OK, maybe not really, but there was no GW, there was no TSR (D&D), and there most certainly was no home comupter/internet.

I'm 13.

I am 12 years old and what is this?

Bah, as soon as I saw the age I wanted to say that!

Keep it down you damn kids, don't make me come back there!

No tinternets for me either, just something called White Dwarf (#93) and a really basic ruleset called Rogue Trader.

Great days

Ouze wrote:

Scott-S6 wrote: You're both over 38? (the internet existed outside of the military in '85)

Yes, but the first browser wasn't until 93, and I couldn't get a copy off vassal using archie. It's just as well because I don't think it supported games over gopher.

That gave me a chuckle! I'm also in the pre-interwebz category, but just barely. I remember my first experience - my friend's father was a businessman with a home computer and frequently used the modem to work at home, but also played games via bbs. Great stuff.


My son was registered with dakka just before his birthday last year, making him 11 at the time, but he's not posted yet. His grammar and spelling isn't the best, but he doesn't txt or 'leet-speak' either.

Manchildren do not count as children for the purposes of this discussion.