[CQ-Contest] Why Are European Contesters Younger?

[K1AR at aol.com]

All,
 
This is a great thread -- thanks to N4ZR for starting it. I'm always  
interested in real data when topics like this one emerge. My email provider and  
I may both regret this, but if you're interested, send me a brief private 
email  with the following data points:
 
1) Your age
2) Age you got your first license
3) Age you started contest operating
4) # of years of contest experience (I could calculate this, but you can  
make it easier by doing it for me)
 
After about 10 days, I'll summarize the results in a post back to the  
reflector. Category winners will be passed to K6VVA so he can give you free  
stuff (just kidding).
 
73 John, K1AR