Age prediction

I scored 96 which is not so great when you consider my grandmother lived to be 98.

woo hoo.....i'm still kicking till 89 JOYGASM!!!!

I'm a 91!! See you guys around!!!

Crap - I'm gonna live to be 98!  I'd better start rethinking this whole IRA and 401k thing....

96 here. those car accidents and moving violations SUCK!

80!!! WHohooo I'm winning, I'm winning I'll beat you all!!!
I guess I shouldn't have checked "like to roll in fresh blood before swimming in NZ ironman"
Damn.


Whoops, I just saw Dave's pitiful 68...I guess he will beat us all.

Edited by justjester2000 2005-04-07 5:23 PM

96... I did another one of these with many more questions that said I'd be kicking well past 100... wouldn't that be nice!

Hey, I scored 81.  That means that I can look forward to 26 years of work free retirement come this November!!!!! 

I don't know if I wanna see 86!??!  wow....family history blew it away  (which is why I'm trying to get/stay in shape)   Maybe at 80 we'll all meet for an "old-timer's" triathlon!!??

I'm gonna live to be 91.  More if I lose the 30lbs I'd like to loose...I wonder ifI could get it to be over 100..... 

HA!  Guess again.  86 for me and, if I lose the 30 pounds or so that I would like to, it only gives me another year.  Hmmmm...decisions, decisions, decisions.

well, I think I found my chance to win some hardware.  All I have to do is keep racing when I'm 95 and it ought to be a lock 

Dang, either everyone here is cheating or I'm freaking not healthy. I better change something or else I won't make that "old timer's triathlon" athena was talking about.

95 for me...That's only 73 years away! I better hurry up and live. IM 2006 here I come! JK

96 here!

I'm signing up for the next 50 years of tris! Losing 40 pounds only gets me two years. Gotta wonder if it's worth it. Not crashing my car was worth a year. 'spose I should drive more carefully...

These things come up every so often. Participating in them logs cookies onto your computer and samples things about your cookie files for spammers. Or so they say. Your mileage may vary.

This age prediction 'game' is offered by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Financial entities in the United States are bound by very strict privacy laws about personal information, and that's if you even have to enter any information. On this page, they don't ask you for any personal information regarding name, address, or email address. How will they spam you if you never entered an email address?

And all websites, including BT, use cookies. I think you have a legitimate concern but I'm about 99.99% sure that this is not the case here (especially after reading their online privacy statement).

Ad-Aware.  Spybot.  Or the like.

Pehaps the one by the insurance company is fairly legit. But think of it...why do they hire someone to post these pages on the web, basically "free"? What is their return on their investment? They want you to surf to their site, buy their insurance, etc.

There is no free lunch. Yes Mom, I do run Spy-Bot (daily).

As an IT application/software developer in the industry for around 10 years who currently develops websites for a large consulting firm, I think there's a misconception or negative stigma which is attached to internet and a blur between legit and non-legit websites. Not every website is out to get spam you, just like not every mechanic is out to rip you off.

If you look at most banking and investment websites, like washington mutual or bank of america, they all have "free" calculators which predict rate of return of an investment or predict rate of retirement or stuff of this nature. In this specific case, it states their purpose: "Use these free interactive calculators to estimate or compare many aspects of your financial welfare. You'll find calculators to help you determine your insurance needs, retirement funding requirements, and your college savings budget. These tools can help you get a jump start on a secure financial future."

Now, if you think these companies normally are shady, then that's a different thing. But to think big companies like Toshiba, SBC, GTE, Vanguard, Washington Mutual and other company websites that may offer some sort of free service like calculators that calculate home mortgage payments, are spammers or spy distributors, I think you are dead wrong.

But it is smart to have a spyware program, virus checker, and personal firewall running on your machine.

Edited by auto208562 2005-04-08 8:39 AM

One of my goals is to live long enough to win an age group, probably the 90-94 age group.  Another site to check out on this topic is www.realage.com .  Their test is quite a bit more in depth.  It proves that triathlon takes years off your life... no wait, that's not right.  It makes you seem younger than you are (better )

79. That's what I get for being a fat chick who likes her cocktails.