Tuesday, April 20, 2004

Age Gauge Ever try and struggle to remember how old you were when something happened?  Well, I found a site that might help you out a bit:  Boy the Bear's Age Gauge.  After entering my birthdate, I found out that I'm: 54 years 10 months younger than Walter Cronkite, age 87 51 years 3 months younger than Pope John Paul II, age 83 47 years 3 months younger than George Herbert Bush, age 79 39 years 11 months younger than Barbara Walters, age 72 37 years 9 months younger than Larry King, age 70 31 years 7 months younger than Ted Koppel, age 64 28 years 2 months younger than Geraldo Rivera, age 60 25 years 2 months younger than George W. Bush, age 57 20 years 2 months younger than Jesse Ventura, age 52 15 years 10 months younger than Bill Gates, age 48 11 years 0 months younger than Cal Ripken Jr., age 43 5 years 2 months younger than Mike Tyson, age 37 1 year 1 month younger than Jennifer Lopez, age 33 4 years 4 months older than Tiger Woods, age 28 10 years 10 months older than Prince William, age 21 and that I was: 30 years old at the time of the 9-11 attack on America 28 years old on the first day of Y2K 26 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash 23 years old at the time of Oklahoma City bombing 22 years old when O. J. Simpson was charged with murder 21 years old at the time of the 93 bombing of the World Trade Center 19 years old when Operation Desert Storm began 18 years old during the fall of the Berlin Wall 14 years old when the space shuttle Challenger exploded 12 years old when Apple introduced the Macintosh 11 years old during Sally Ride's travel in space 9 years old when Pres. Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. 8 years old at the time the Iran hostage crisis began 4 years old on the U.S.'s bicentennial Fourth of July 2 years old when President Nixon left office not yet 1 year old when Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot There's also places on the site to compare your life to movies, music and TV.  Now if you want a more somber age comparison, you can always check out the infamous Death Clock.  According to that site, my expiration date is June 12, 2045 and I have roughly 1,298,286,094 seconds to live.  ...092.  ...091. ...090.  This is depressing. Related links: Useless dates related to your birthday This Day in History:  via The History Channel 7:12:49 PM     |

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