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At 4:12 PM +0000 on 9/3/02, Russell Turpin wrote:


> Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence,
> only two were in their twenties at the time. Their
> average age was forty-five. There were no teenagers.
> Fourteen were over fifty. Ben Franklin was the oldest,
> at seventy. For the most part, these were angry,
> middle-aged men.

I think it was George Carlin who said something to the effect that young
men in general are boring, but, around fifty, men either have everything
they ever wanted, or have almost nothing of what they wanted; either of
which makes them behave quite interestingly.

Cheers,
RAH


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