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Post by aussie on Apr 13, 2009 17:01:12 GMT
Torquay is renowned for it`s older population apparently! Maybe we are like every other town and have a broad and even mixture of ages, it just appears we are an older populated area because we all age faster physically due to the very tiring and enduring pain and suffering we suffer as Torquay United fans! I feel I`ve aged a decade just in one season. Now where the hell did I put my bus pass?
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Post by forevertufc on Apr 13, 2009 19:52:42 GMT
Torquay is renowned for it`s older population apparently! Maybe we are like every other town and have a broad and even mixture of ages, it just appears we are an older populated area because we all age faster physically due to the very tiring and enduring pain and suffering we suffer as Torquay United fans! I feel I`ve aged a decade just in one season. Now where the hell did I put my bus pass? you thought it was a pint of the amber nectar ,and drank it  |
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Post by Dave on Apr 13, 2009 21:04:46 GMT
Aussie Torbay does have far more than its share of older people and as most retired here from up country it goes some way to understanding why our club does not get the support it might. I do agree that being a TUFC fan can have a strong aging effect on anyone daft enough to get the club deep in their heart. Tell you what I would not change it for anything, far better to die before your time as a TUFC fan, than find yourself in an old folks home. I'm only going in one of those if they let me have a PC set up for me to use, well got to keep the TFF running you know |
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Post by aussie on Apr 14, 2009 7:42:12 GMT
Forever that would explain what that thing stuck to the inside of my bog is, Dave how do you spell facetious?
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Post by sam on Apr 14, 2009 14:17:49 GMT
I actually took a step back and looked at my life last night whilst sitting with friends in the New Inn at Moreleigh. Had just come back from Salisbury to watch probably one of the most frustrating and annoying games in my life. Torquay United cannot be good for me. Season after season its either grief or nervous anticipation. Having gone through a recent marriage break up, dumped by the girlfriend last week and to top it all losing to Crawley, supporting the Gulls is hardly the relaxing time out I need to deal with the stress - its just makes it 10 times worse. I can imagine watching Dittisham United playing on a Saturday on the banks of the Dart, watching some local village football with no hassle or care in the world. Besides, I look old enough already for my age and lets be fair, what woman is going to be interested in a Gull supporting; scum hating; football programme collecting squashaholic. I'm just not going to get many hits on Match.com with that list of attributes. I could get rid of three. This could be my last season.
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Post by aussie on Apr 14, 2009 15:12:17 GMT
You could also regret that IF we made it to the play-offs and won thus gaining promotion, I didn`t start this thread for people to get all negative mate, it was meant to be fairly tongue in cheek about us all appearing older than we should prematurely. Anyway admit it your hooked on Yellow and you won`t be able to help yourself and you know it! |
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Post by Rob on Apr 14, 2009 18:27:53 GMT
Sam. Don't do it.
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Post by jerry on Apr 14, 2009 18:30:24 GMT
Just remember Sam there is always someone worse off than you.
If you don't believe me just go and ask a York City fan!!
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Post by sam on Apr 14, 2009 20:15:10 GMT
Thanks Jerry and Rob and Aussie, I hate to say it, but you may well be right. Need a woman.
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Post by tufc01 on Apr 14, 2009 20:42:48 GMT
I actually took a step back and looked at my life last night whilst sitting with friends in the New Inn at Moreleigh. Had just come back from Salisbury to watch probably one of the most frustrating and annoying games in my life. Torquay United cannot be good for me. Season after season its either grief or nervous anticipation. Having gone through a recent marriage break up, dumped by the girlfriend last week and [glow=yellow,2,300]to top it all losing to Crawley[/glow], supporting the Gulls is hardly the relaxing time out I need to deal with the stress - its just makes it 10 times worse. I can imagine watching Dittisham United playing on a Saturday on the banks of the Dart, watching some local village football with no hassle or care in the world. Besides, I look old enough already for my age and lets be fair, what woman is going to be interested in a Gull supporting; scum hating; football programme collecting squashaholic. I'm just not going to get many hits on Match.com with that list of attributes. I could get rid of three. This could be my last season. At least you got the priorities in the right order ;D ;D |
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Post by merse on Apr 14, 2009 20:47:52 GMT
 Thanks Jerry and Rob and Aussie, I hate to say it, but you may well be right. Need a woman. Try "Mrs Parrott", she's a dab hand with the washing 'n ironing and she "hates this site" ;D Mind you, if you try another site or even Terras'Talk there's always Missus Westbay.....................either way, a fate worse than death itself if you ask me! P.S.did "Sue" used to be called "Tony" by any chance? 
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2009 7:04:42 GMT
You can get stats about population and age from the National Statistics website at: www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15106If you spend a bit of time looking at the figures you'll find that - across the UK - around 19% of the population are children (to age 15), 62% are of working age (males to 64; females to 59) and 19% are of retired age. These are estimates for 2007. In Torbay there is a slightly smaller proportion of children - 17% - but a much higher percentage of retired age people: 26.5%. Compare this with other towns in the BSP and you'll find that places such as Mansfield and Barrow are much closer to the national average and Eastbourne is very much in line with Torbay. Crawley and Stevenage - the sixty-year old "New Towns" - have above-average numbers of people aged up to 15 and a lower proportion of those of retired age. Oxford and Cambridge have comparitively few children and older people with relatively large numbers of people of working age (possibly a reflection of their strong economies and the presence of students and recent gradutes). Look elsewhere, for instance, at Hackney and you'll see a breakdown of 22% children, 68% working age and 10% older people. Torbay's population structure is actually changing in favour of the number of people of working age with the proportion of older people dropping from 27.6% in 1991. This is shown in the way Torbay added 12,200 people between 1991 and 2007: 1,700 extra children; 8,600 additional people of working age; 1,900 more older people. Given people are living slightly longer, this suggests the number of people now retiring to the area might not be greater than thirty or forty years ago. You can find loads of information about population trends over the years at the Vision of Britain site - www.visionofbritain.org.uk. This uses a slightly different approach by dividing the population into three categories: under 15; 15-64; over 65. This is based on census material - with 2001 being the most recent information - and again shows a diminishing proprotion of older people in Torbay (within a growing population). Here's the trend for people over 65 compared to the average for England:  This chart is fascinating from the Torquay United angle because it shows that the 1920s - when we entered the Football League - was a time when the relatively large number of older people was only just starting to kick in. That trend really takes off after WW2 and seems to reach a peak around some of Torquay United's best times. If you're interested in the impact of earnings there's some pretty compelling evidence at: www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/ASHE_2008/2008_res_la.pdfMy overall suspicion is that you could feed all this data - and more - into a sophisticated statistical modelling program and still find we probably get smaller crowds than is our due. |
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Post by Budleigh on Apr 15, 2009 14:28:10 GMT
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Post by sam on Apr 15, 2009 16:09:30 GMT
Thanks Budleigh. Put in 'wanted - non smoking 25 to 45 year old squash playing nymphomaniac,'. Didn't get any hits.
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Post by Budleigh on Apr 15, 2009 16:17:23 GMT
I know where you went wrong... you need to be a little less specific... try 'wanted, female with pulse'...!
In all seriousness Sam, it is well worth the effort. Far better than some of the 'free' sites that just get loaded with wasters and lack that certain 'class'... And you get the chance to try it without paying a fee first. And don't be put off by it being the Guardian site... that's irrelevant..
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