I Don't See a Problem with OGG

[btk6y <btk6y@virginia.edu>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50046

1) You haven't really addressed the issue raised in the previous 
message that if Arthur and Molly are 70 they would have had their 
first child 30 years after Hogwarts, which intuitively doesn't make 
sense to me, although there is no definitive reason to say that is 
could not have happened.

2) We really can't use the 100/200 comparison because it is not 
really "rounding off".  Average human life span is about 75-ish, 
making wizarding life span about 150 years.  This is why Dumbledore 
is always portrayed as old (even though vital) since he is the 
equivalent of a 75 year old man at the end of his life span.  Still, 
that would make Arthur & Molly about 50 in Muggle years which is not 
unreasonable.

3) Really what makes the whole Molly/Arthur thing weird for me is 
that it would mean that they are the same age as McGonagall, and that 
is just NOT something I get from reading the books.  It actually 
would mean that they went to school at approximately the same time 
and may have even been schoolmates.   Can you see McGonagall and 
Arthur/Molly Weasley going to school together?  I think most people 
have difficulty with this, which is why it is a question for a lot of 
people.  I can't tell you any definitive cannon that would prove me 
right, more just a sense you get from reading the books.  That's why 
I don't think the Ogg thing makes sense and I just think it's more 
likely she made a mistake in GoF with a random side fact about Ogg.  
I know, you will tell me JKR doesn't have just random facts and plans 
it all out- but she has made many mistakes in her books before.  But 
I completely leave myself open to the possibility/probability that 
I'm wrong, and I would love to hear what JKR has to say on the 
subject.