at NUMBER NUMBER pm NUMBER on NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER russell turpin wrote of the NUMBER 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 r a hettinga mailto rah ibuc com the internet bearer underwriting corporation URL NUMBER farquhar street boston ma NUMBER usa never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups george carlin 