Demographic Poll

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I am:

female, under 20 years old
15
4%
male, under 20 years old
45
12%
female, 20-29 years old
28
7%
male, 20-29 years old
61
16%
female, 30-39 years old
21
6%
male, 30-39 years old
71
19%
female, 40-49 years old
10
3%
male, 40-49 years old
47
12%
female, 50-59 years old
14
4%
male, 50-59 years old
35
9%
female, 60-69 years old
4
1%
male, 60-69 years old
26
7%
female, over 70 years old
0
No votes
male, over 70 years old
3
1%
 
Total votes: 380
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Post by PinkNailPolish »

I remember I was about 12, although I can't recall what drew me to cacti. I do remember my mom having some sort of columnar cactus, but it rotted from the middle out. And then for a long time, she didn't want another having read the horror stories, I can't giggle without thinking of them, of scorpions or tarantulas bursting out of cacti. :lol:
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Post by daiv »

PinkNailPolish wrote:of scorpions or tarantulas bursting out of cacti.
It is amazing how popular that "Old wives tale" is.
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Post by peterb »

Hi, fond memories of my early cactus obssession focus mostly on The Exotic Collection, Edgar and Brian Lamb's wonderful little homemade publication that came out every other month. I remember having my letter published in one of the 1975 international newsletters. I also remember trying to grow Haageocereus olowinskianus (spelling?) from seed purchased from them, without much success.

Anyone else remember The Exotic Collection?

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Post by perrycornish »

Can't compete....I was eighteen months younger than I am now, and that ain't young, I'm one of the 2% ers!
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Post by nicholas »

Well the averages don't differ too much
Males: 38 have voted, and the Mean age is 41.9,
Female: 10 voted and Mean age 37.9

The medians would be mid 40's for the men and mid 30's for the women.

Caught the bug, hmm depends my first cacti was a rescued one over 10 years ago (I was in a flat with a shared kitchen and there was a small cacti in there that belonged to no-one and somehow surviving). So I adopted it. This last 4 years I've been growing Aloe's, but they keep multiplying and feinds don't want anymore - so trying something less prolific :D
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Post by nachtkrabb »

Hi, Peterb,
don't ask me why or how I got to the dogs, no, to the cacti. I really can't remember, because that's 30 years ago now (so I was about 8years old). The only one that has endured me ever since is an old Epiphyllum. All others came and went...
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Post by hob »

nicholas wrote:Well the averages don't differ too much
Males: 38 have voted, and the Mean age is 41.9,
Female: 10 voted and Mean age 37.9

The medians would be mid 40's for the men and mid 30's for the women.

Caught the bug, hmm depends my first cacti was a rescued one over 10 years ago (I was in a flat with a shared kitchen and there was a small cacti in there that belonged to no-one and somehow surviving). So I adopted it. This last 4 years I've been growing Aloe's, but they keep multiplying and feinds don't want anymore - so trying something less prolific :D
lets hope thats a typo error :shock: :lol:
incurable cactoholic
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
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Post by nicholas »

hob wrote:
lets hope thats a typo error :shock: :lol:
LOL. Freudian slip obviously - the feinds, how dare they say no when I offer them even more offshoots LOL
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Post by Bruce »

Just because it's been sitting a 61 for a long while and a lot of new folks have joined us...:hello2:
*bump!*
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Post by tvaughan »

Just turned 47, and sharp as a tack, hard as nails and meaner than mountain lion pee. At least that's what I tell the wife and kids, but for some reason they just laugh.
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Bruce
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Post by Bruce »

Maybe you should have left out the part about the pee? :laughing6:
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Hanna
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Post by Hanna »

This is actually funny, because most of the people I know seem to think that cacti are more of a xx-chromosome thing. You've helped me prove them wrong. :P
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Post by nachtkrabb »

Hanna wrote:(...) a xx-chromosome thing. (...)
Pardon me, but: what's this?
Curious as always
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Post by daiv »

Ruth,
It refers to which sex a person is. xx would be female, while xy would be male.

More info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_sex-det ... ion_system
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Lachy
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Post by Lachy »

G'day guys,

I'm still a bit of a youngun' (23yo male), but I've been fascinated by cacti since I was a kid. I got my first plant (a red grafted Gymnocalycium mihanovichii "Hibotan") at about eight years of age. Since then, I've been surrounded by various species of cactus and succulent. What can I say... it's an addictive, spiny hobby. :D
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