browncoat age

POSTED BY: arcbeatle
UPDATED: Sunday, September 7, 2003 19:07
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ARCBEATLE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 1:56 AM

I was looking around, and it seems most ppl here are quite abeit older then I, so lets take a poll here: to find the average brown coat age!

let me start:

I am 13

next!

"Oh, yeah. Let's all here it for the good Alliance."

WHOODAHN

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:01 AM

46. Never too old to enjoy a good show.

ARCBEATLE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:05 AM

yep yep! Crosses the age barrier it does.

CPTBUCK25

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:39 AM

I'm 21, with other browncoats around me ranging from 19 to 26. Gotta love the College Town!

VISIONARY

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:48 AM

An even quarter of a century. But that changes in April. I hate being round number ages. It's so....boring.

"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you finish criticizing him, you are a mile away....and you have his shoes."

BOUNTYBOY56

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:52 AM

I'm just 16. started watchin the show when my 11 year old brother goes, "hey man, there's this live-action show on fox that's like cowboy bebop!!" After that moment, Firefly has been the new hot topic. So, guess the lowest age so far is 11.

JOHNNYREB

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:07 AM

The big 30. I like telling people I'm in my 30's better than telling them I'm in my 20's. It gives me a reason to look the way I do.

Viva Firefly!

MELEAUX

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:48 AM

ohmygosh!
Am I the oldest one here?
I am 37 oh man
Hey but I thought FF was the coolest well before my 15 year old son Jayne (I mean Sam) got on board

She understands, she doesn't comprehend

MELEAUX

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:50 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by WhooDahn:
46. Never too old to enjoy a good show.

Hey old man. Do you wanna hobble off in a corner and watch the browncoats celebrate u- day?

She understands, she doesn't comprehend

EMBASSY

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:51 AM

I'm forty, my wife 42, and my oldest daughter, whose coat is as brown as mine, is twelve.

XENARC

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 5:17 AM

I'm 31, with a 32 year old Browncoat in the house as well. Brwoncoats we've converted in our area range from 15 to 54.

XenArc

STEALTH

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 5:24 AM

Hi,

I'm 47 from Australia...The land of milk and honey

KOFFEE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 6:28 AM

Another 30 year old here.

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“It's a real burn, being right so often.”

BLUEHOOT

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 6:34 AM

24

NOOCYTE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 7:06 AM

I'm with Meleaux; a score and seventeen, as of August 5th (a day that will live in infancy).

Too many laps round the sun...

Department of Redundancy Department

MANIACNUMBERONE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 7:30 AM

I am roughly 15 and 1/2 million seconds old.

DRAKON

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 9:58 AM

42. But I claim bonus years for the following:
8 years in the navy.
15 years working nights,
Raising two children through their teenage years, one of which is a daughter who is too much like her dad in all the wrong ways.

I have the grey hair to prove it

"my kind of stupid"

CULTTVGIRL

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:27 AM

I'm 22, but not for much longer 'cause it's my birthday next week!

Book: “A duel?”
Wash: “With swords?”
Simon: “The Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword?”
Zoe: “I think he knows which end to hold.”

JOHNNYREB

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 12:33 PM

Happy Birthday! (Hang onto that until next week, in case I forget.)

Viva Firefly!

STILLSHINY

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 1:23 PM

You know I figured Reb was my age. Yeah, me I'm 30!

still "shiny" after all these years...

THECASSANDRA

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 1:50 PM

18 here (going on 19 )

LUNA

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 2:42 PM

I am pushing 70 and I love Firefly more than any show ever. I lurk on this site daily and enjoy it very much. I have preordered my quota of DVD's and can't wait for the movie. Go Firefly.

Luna

SARAHETC

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 3:49 PM

I'm 26. Browncoat husband is 28.

I have converted friends aged like so: 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33.

That we have fans that have almost practically a lifetime of space between them--11 to 70-- that's remarkable. In case you needed another reason to know you were special.

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

JAVIDRHO

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 4:47 PM

My self: 44
My wife: 33
My daughter: 11 weeks (I'll introduce the series to her in a year or two)

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SIMON: What happens if they board us?
ZOE: If they take the ship, they'll rape us to death, eat our flesh, and sew our skins into their clothing
and if we're very very lucky, they'll do it in that order.

SPARRONI

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 5:33 PM

I'll be 30 in February. Lots of folks on here seem to be circling around that number!

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"Forgive my rudeness. I cannot abide useless people."

CHANNAIN

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 6:56 PM

chronologically, 36, which apparently puts me in the middle of the road, browncoat wise.

Mentally, about 28-30. I didn't grow up before age 35, so I figure I can be whatever age I want.

Physically, somewhere around 80 although I'm hiding the white hair that started when I was 17 and the arthritis has been behaving itself lately.

“We three are the only ones in this place wearing brown.
Means we’ve found something worth fighting for.
Something worth being more than alive for.”
Sarahetc

KESSIE

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 7:37 PM

I´m 22 ...

They say it’s the last song
They don’t know us, you see
Its only the last song
If we let it be

LJC

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 8:23 PM

I'll be 30 in 3 weeks time, and most of my friends who are also Browncoats are in the 20-50 range. Tho the kids of one lady in her late 50s whom I hooked on the show are in their teens! So it seems to be pan-generational :)

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Some take the high road. Some take the low road.
And some just go screaming down the highway, dropping flaming bits of wreckage.

KAYTHRYN

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 10:27 PM

I'm 19 but I've also converted my family into FF fans- 14, 44, and 46 year olds, all Browncoats now.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

JOSH294

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:06 PM

I'm 14. So far we got Browncoats from age 13 up to almost 70. Shiny!

"Love ... give ... forgive. Risk the pain. It is your nature. Love will bring you to your gift."

SERGEANTX

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:14 PM

39 here.

We've talked about this before, but we're hitting on one of the truly unusual things about this show and it's both a blessing and a curse.

Of course its great that it brings together people of so many ages, and that speaks volumes about the universal appeal of the characters and their stories, but that vast age spread had made it very difficult for narrow-minded studio types to promote. I still think one of the biggest mistakes fox made with the show was trying to aim it so squarely at a youth market. Membership on this board (and I think the demographics at the official site are similar) clearly indicates this isn't a show that teenagers were drawn to any more than other age groups.

Anyway, that was then... I hope the promotion of the new movie will learn from the previous errors and promote Firefly to all ages.

BTW, Maniac, did the math twice. Are you telling us you're only six months old?

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

KAYTHRYN

Wednesday, September 3, 2003 11:32 PM

How'd you get 6 months, Sarge? I got a little over 29 years, but then again, I did fail math, twice.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

SERENITYVALLEY

Thursday, September 4, 2003 12:20 AM

I'm 16. My brother likes the show too. He's 12.

http://www.simple-assault.com/Firefly.htm

ARCBEATLE

Thursday, September 4, 2003 2:58 AM

from what Ive heard, most of you have converted your youngins' (Ive always wanted too say that!) Seems Im the exeption , trying too get my parents too watch this (well, when the DVD comes out ) But humming "the Ballad of Jayne cobb Seems too very effective in making people never forget what my favorite show is...

11-70~ Us brown coats are a varyed bunch! But good point about how fox didnt advertise it well. But hey, thats fox for ya'

"Oh, yeah. Let's all here it for the good Alliance."

TALRIUS

Thursday, September 4, 2003 7:21 AM

I'm 20. Got some of my kin into it. My brother, 24. My sister, 18 and my Mother, 47. My Dad hates everything Sci-fi, so he didn't take.

SOUTHERNMERC

Thursday, September 4, 2003 7:58 AM

This one would be 31, working on 32 next month.

Oh, and tell me to go to bed earlier. I have school in the morning.

Jayne: "How big a room?"

CALHOUN

Thursday, September 4, 2003 1:03 PM

ManiacNumberOne wrote:
Tuesday, September 02, 2003 21:30
I am roughly 15 and 1/2 million seconds old.

I work that out as only half of 1 year old....

I am 1072224000 seconds old. A shiny new pony to the first to work out my age in years.

Jayne - "I like smackin'em"

JUSTME

Thursday, September 4, 2003 2:22 PM

"I'm 37! I'm not old!"
-- Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail

JustMe

LUCCIOLA

Thursday, September 4, 2003 3:53 PM

Browncoat family and friends:

me -- 51
husband -- 45
daughter -- 17
friend -- 44
friend -- 44
THEIR son -- 12

Browncoats all, from the beginning.

JAKE7

Thursday, September 4, 2003 4:24 PM

I'm 35, going on 36 next week.

Hey CultTVGirl, what day is your birthday? Mine's the 12th...

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MAL: Everybody's makin' a fuss.

CPTBUCK25

Thursday, September 4, 2003 9:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
I am 1072224000 seconds old. A shiny new pony to the first to work out my age in years.

1072224000 seconds = 34 years. I'd like a brown pony, please.

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Thursday, September 4, 2003 10:36 PM

26 times 'round Sol.

PS: Any good names for fans who don't want to call themselves "browncoats"? Firefliers?

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I am Jack's username
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?" - Mal

KAYTHRYN

Thursday, September 4, 2003 10:45 PM

What's wrong with "Browncoats"? You could go with “Independents” I guess.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

CALHOUN

Friday, September 5, 2003 4:27 AM

CptBuck25!!! Well Done, A shiny new "brown" pony is on its way to you. :)

1072224000 seconds does indeed = 34 years

PAPERWASTER

Friday, September 5, 2003 6:10 PM

I'm 38 with a hubby that's about to turn 40. Our kids know about it and my five year old watches tv by running in and out or about the room but can tell you the entire plot, so I guess he watches it too. He does that with Lord of the Rings too, it is truly bizzare.

SHEWHOHATHAPEN

Friday, September 5, 2003 6:40 PM

I'm 19 and my brother's 28 we've been Browncoats since the beginning. And I sneakily converted my mother (53) before she knew what was happening.

She's a psychiatric nurse with six brothers and sisters so I purposely showed her all the Simon and River-centric episodes first, knowing that the great sibling relationship and insane River would snag her.

At one point I thought there might be some sort of moral quandry there with being manipulative but then I thought about that fact that she now loves Simon and River and there's another Browncoat to add to our legions.

I decided it all balanced out.

OLDGUARD

Friday, September 5, 2003 8:18 PM

52 here! Looks like you and me, Luna :)

VETERAN

Friday, September 5, 2003 10:30 PM

Two score and one. I often wondered who the oldest Browncoat was.

CPTBUCK25

Friday, September 5, 2003 10:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
CptBuck25!!! Well Done, A shiny new "brown" pony is on its way to you. :)

1072224000 seconds does indeed = 34 years

Sweet!!!

LJB064

Saturday, September 6, 2003 2:45 AM

Me - 45 earth years
Wife - Same
Kidlings (all fans) - 8, 11 and 11

But remember, a year is just a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable.

RUTHIE

Saturday, September 6, 2003 3:59 PM

And another 45 here.

Ought to do a scattergraph of this data, and send it to ME/Universal to help in marketing the film. Don't want any more mistakes, do we? :P

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Ruthie
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By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man - man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable competition. He has no enemy to help him. (R.A.Heinlein)

RITA

Sunday, September 7, 2003 2:08 AM

just turned 26

LOTV

Sunday, September 7, 2003 8:51 AM

Slowly making my way around to 22... I'll get there in a couple months (which is good, because I keep thinking I already am 22...)

LOTV: Ima-who-whata-whoichy-whoda-whazza--huh?

Garapagosu Last Update: 6/24/03

CULTTVGIRL

Sunday, September 7, 2003 11:14 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by jake7:
I'm 35, going on 36 next week.

Hey CultTVGirl, what day is your birthday? Mine's the 12th...

My birthday's on the 11th (yeah, I know - real sucky huh?).

Happy birthday to us though!

Book: “A duel?”
Wash: “With swords?”
Simon: “The Captain's a good fighter, he must know how to handle a sword?”
Zoe: “I think he knows which end to hold.”

GOATUS

Sunday, September 7, 2003 3:47 PM

20yo ova here
from Australia too.. yay ;)

CAPTBAGGYTROUSERS

Sunday, September 7, 2003 6:30 PM

I'll give a nickel (for I haven't a pony) to anyone who can name the source of the following song lyric, which incidentally contains my age:

I'm thirty-one
And I'm tired of bein' a virgin

Exactly half that statement is true of me.

History repeats the old conceits

http://topshelftvshow.com
Updated! Improved! Shiny!

MELEE

Sunday, September 7, 2003 7:07 PM

I'll be 16 for another month and *counts* 7 days!

Saint of Cheese is 18 :)

Mr. Fluff is older than the universe :P