[Leica] ages and languages

[nicholsj at edge.net (Jim Nichols)]

Jean,

I don't want to impose on Mehrdad's project, and I don't know what he plans
to do with his analysis.  However, since I am retired and have the time to
ponder the same question, I copied the "age" responses on a legal pad and
did some simple math.  I have not looked at the "language" question because
I have nothing of interest to contribute to it, and the responses I've seen
on the LUG would require a spreadsheet analysis to do them justice.

Of the 96 "age" respondents, 94 are men and 2 are ladies, from what I can
make of the names.  If this is not correct, someone can correct me.  The
average ages, by group, are as follows:

Total Group:  51.2
Men:              51.3
Ladies:           48.5

Yes, I solved Karen's riddle by going to her own website to research the
Spotmatic.

In defense of the "mid-thirties' response, my wife informs me that it can
take a woman 10 years to go from 39 to 40.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA


> [Original Message]
> From: Jean Louchet <jean.louchet@inria.fr>
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Cc: Jean Louchet <jean.louchet@inria.fr>
> Date: 11/9/2004 5:27:30 PM
> Subject: [Leica] ages and languages
>
> Hi all,
>
> has anybody (Mehdad perhaps?) tried to compile the answers, determine the
> birthdate of the Spotmatic, solve other difficult equations and eventually
> get statistics of our ages? It was fun anyway...
>
> Jean (my contribution to detailed statistics: born in an Arabic country
> from French parents, Spanish speaking grandma, Flemish, Catalan and Basque
> ancestors, learnt English, Latin, ancient Greek, bits of Hebrew - forgot
> almost everything und mein Deutsche is nicht sehr gut. First pictures with
> brother's FocasportIIC, then own Polaroid Swinger, ZeissIkon-Voigtlander
> Icarex35S (gone but missing its excellent Voigt. Ultron 1.8/50), then
> NikonF (still there), Olympus PenF (sleeping), several Nikosinas (dead),
> Rollei35S (in use), Semflex (gone), MinoltaCLE (slides), M2 (interior
> negs), M6 (main camera), Nikon F3 for repro and telephoto, 2 Zorkis for
> dangerous places, Fed2 to hold papers on windy days, Sputnik for stereo,
> too many lenses, several Zenits for recycling screws and curtains, and
> other funny things. No AF or digital for the moment).
>
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