Just saw a headline in a WA newspaper describing a 66 year old driver as "elderly". Wot? I'm 68 and I certainly don't think of myself as elderly. They say the definition of old is anyone 10 years older than you are. Anyway, I often refer to myself as an old bloke, and am quite happy with being one, but elderly? I've always associated "elderly" with frail and bent. Must've been a young reporter who wrote that newspaper headline. Elderly indeed!
Beth54 said
09:44 PM Mar 29, 2013
I don't think that 66 is elderly either. I don't really associate an age with the term elderly. As you say, it's more a look of frail and slow on their feet, or slow in the mind.
I'm 58 and sometimes I feel old, but I if it were someone besides myself saying they were 58, I wouldn't think of them as old. If that makes sense.
bill12 said
09:59 PM Mar 29, 2013
One of my reprobate aquaintances memourably said, one day," That you are old as the woman you feel............" . Bill
_wombat_ said
10:26 PM Mar 29, 2013
Bugga me Beth are you really 10 years older than me
bill12, I'll go along with you bill, just don't tell Mrs W
Grams said
11:01 PM Mar 29, 2013
Les is 68 and I in no way think of him as elderly. I am 51 and yes sometimes I feel older than him lol
Gerty Dancer said
11:14 PM Mar 29, 2013
I know 90 year-olds who aren't elderly, 50 year-olds who are. I agree Gary, "elderly" seems to mean frail and doddery.
We're both 66, can out-work some who are much younger, don't feel elderly at all.
Big Gorilla said
11:55 PM Mar 29, 2013
I certainly don't feel in the elderly category !!!
Yep, depends on the person. I phoned my old bro who's 80 and his wife answered. She said he was up on the roof of the house fixing something. He also rides a bicycle every day and works 3 days a week as a hairdresser. I believe age has more to do with the way a person thinks than anything chronological.
Recoup said
12:19 AM Mar 30, 2013
I was ones asked why I was listening to Rock & Roll , I told them just because I am over 70 I don't have to listening to Brahms ,Mozart ,or Hayden. Think jung and you stay jung.
Cheers Hans
Duh said
12:24 AM Mar 30, 2013
When Macca's don't ask to see your seniors card anymore for seniors discount
84 year old bloke I know just came back from a fishing trip, he rows his boat out on the ocean to go fishing on his own.....
Happy Daze said
02:51 AM Mar 30, 2013
Somebody said to me recently that 70 is the new 50 (I think that's how it goes), but I like the saying that age is just mind over matter - if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Annie
jules47 said
03:28 AM Mar 30, 2013
Just have a look at the age of some of the Grey Nomads on here - Yeoeleven is 76 - started travelling at 74 - others we have met are in their 80's, and not only motorhoming, but overseas travel as well!!!!!
GaryKelly said
03:52 AM Mar 30, 2013
Akshully, my mother who was 84 when she died pronounced it 'eldery'. She also hated animal cruelty and reckoned offenders should be reported to the NRMA.
Sheba said
04:16 AM Mar 30, 2013
Does any-one know if the 90 year old lady is still travelling around the countryside ? She'd been on the road for years. Don't remember her name.
Cheers,
Sheba.
neilnruth said
04:22 AM Mar 30, 2013
I wonder how old the reporter was? 66 may seem elderly to a 22 year old reporter.
jetj said
04:54 AM Mar 30, 2013
I was talking to a lady in Aldi (camping specials) whose group met in Darwin for the Winter and one lady solo was 82 ot 84.
tonyd said
07:33 AM Mar 30, 2013
In nearly 50 years as a (mainly) newspaper journalist, "elderly" always irritated me. As a sub-editor (the one who changes the reporter's story and turns it into English) I always just took the word out (the power of being able to perform such acts more than made up for the horrible, antisocial hours we worked!).
Later this year, God willing and weather permitting, I will be 70. I do NOT regard that as elderly.
Cheers, Tony
Big Gorilla said
01:54 PM Mar 30, 2013
I think the word "Elderly" is out of date. I can't think of a replacement word, in fact should there be any descriptive word for our age. I'm coming up 72 and apart from a few aches and pains, I'm still quite active. My Dad passed away at 82, my Mom at 92 so I guess the precedent gives me a chance for a few more years before I fall off the perch!!
Zoomtopz said
03:07 PM Mar 30, 2013
I'm 64 , have a teenage son ,
son started a rock band at 14 .guess who th roadies are ,
wot intrigues me tho , this old fella helps set up , yes , carries
all th heavy amps in , dances all through th gig , carries em all
out again , then drives home , no wonder I sleep well on gig nights.
sandsmere said
03:36 PM Mar 30, 2013
I suppose I must be getting old , because I've always liked older women .
Now there aren't any .
_wombat_ said
03:46 PM Mar 30, 2013
We could replace elderly with old fart
Hylda&Jon said
03:56 PM Mar 30, 2013
bill12 wrote:
One of my reprobate aquaintances memourably said, one day," That you are old as the woman you feel............" . Bill
OH NO! Hylda is 3 days older than me. Looks like I'll have to find a younger woman to feel.
Grams said
04:11 PM Mar 30, 2013
What about replacing elderly with mature or experienced...
My 16yr old daughter just asked me why we don't like being called elderly...meaning you lot as well :) ....I told her its like someone calling her a kid or child, even though she is a young adult. I don't mind tell my age but I don't like the descriptive "elderly" word....you already know the man is 66 what more should you say?
vixen said
04:24 PM Mar 30, 2013
In my first job, one of my workmates was having a baby at 28. I can still recall thinking "how old is she, to be having a baby!!" I think I was 15. Old is 15 years older than you are! My mum was 87 but was never "elderly"
Big Gorilla said
04:52 PM Mar 30, 2013
_wombat_ wrote:
We could replace elderly with old fart
Be nice Wombat !!!
Regarding feeling women, no, I wont say anything .................
chris & terry said
05:30 PM Mar 30, 2013
While reflecting about ancient photos of our teenage footballing days with a mate late last year I wondered aloud what had happened to the us & who were those young, good looking guys looking back at us. He simply commented that "they don't make mirrors like they used to". How true. Since I no longer get asked for my pension/ seniors card for ID, & am on first name basis with my doctors & specialists, & all the embarrassing mistakes & trouble we got up to in less mature times are now humorous in hindsight, I feel I am getting old, elderly, ancient, whatever you like. I figure I should just get on with things, I am reliably told you are a long time dead.
terry
villatranquilla said
07:12 PM Mar 30, 2013
travelling on a train in Perth some young chaps(14-15 maybe) were swearing and using course language. An older fellow (maybe 30) said "cut the language fellas, show some respect, there are elderly people on this train". Looking around the carriage we realised he was referring to us as we were the oldest people there - all of 57 and 60. Still laugh about it.
capricorn and pisces said
05:55 PM Mar 31, 2013
Love that one about your mother Gary, my mother used to like "metropoloitan" ice cream......it came in three colours and its technical name was "neapolitan"
I like that saying Mind over Matter...I might use that myself.
-- Edited by Grams on Friday 29th of March 2013 08:18:10 PM
-- Edited by billeeeeeee on Friday 29th of March 2013 08:51:52 PM
Just saw a headline in a WA newspaper describing a 66 year old driver as "elderly". Wot? I'm 68 and I certainly don't think of myself as elderly. They say the definition of old is anyone 10 years older than you are. Anyway, I often refer to myself as an old bloke, and am quite happy with being one, but elderly? I've always associated "elderly" with frail and bent. Must've been a young reporter who wrote that newspaper headline. Elderly indeed!
I don't think that 66 is elderly either. I don't really associate an age with the term elderly. As you say, it's more a look of frail and slow on their feet, or slow in the mind.
I'm 58 and sometimes I feel old, but I if it were someone besides myself saying they were 58, I wouldn't think of them as old. If that makes sense.
Bugga me Beth are you really 10 years older than me
bill12, I'll go along with you bill, just don't tell Mrs W
We're both 66, can out-work some who are much younger, don't feel elderly at all.
I was ones asked why I was listening to Rock & Roll , I told them just because I am over 70 I don't have to listening to Brahms ,Mozart ,or Hayden. Think jung and you stay jung.
Cheers Hans
When Macca's don't ask to see your seniors card anymore for seniors discount
84 year old bloke I know just came back from a fishing trip, he rows his boat out on the ocean to go fishing on his own.....
Somebody said to me recently that 70 is the new 50 (I think that's how it goes), but I like the saying that age is just mind over matter - if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. Annie
Does any-one know if the 90 year old lady is still travelling around the countryside ? She'd been on the road for years. Don't remember her name.
Cheers,
Sheba.
I was talking to a lady in Aldi (camping specials) whose group met in Darwin for the Winter and one lady solo was 82 ot 84.
In nearly 50 years as a (mainly) newspaper journalist, "elderly" always irritated me. As a sub-editor (the one who changes the reporter's story and turns it into English) I always just took the word out (the power of being able to perform such acts more than made up for the horrible, antisocial hours we worked!).
Later this year, God willing and weather permitting, I will be 70. I do NOT regard that as elderly.
Cheers, Tony
I think the word "Elderly" is out of date. I can't think of a replacement word, in fact should there be any descriptive word for our age. I'm coming up 72 and apart from a few aches and pains, I'm still quite active. My Dad passed away at 82, my Mom at 92 so I guess the precedent gives me a chance for a few more years before I fall off the perch!!
I'm 64 , have a teenage son ,
son started a rock band at 14 .guess who th roadies are ,
wot intrigues me tho , this old fella helps set up , yes , carries
all th heavy amps in , dances all through th gig , carries em all
out again , then drives home , no wonder I sleep well on gig nights.
I suppose I must be getting old , because I've always liked older women .
Now there aren't any .
We could replace elderly with old fart
OH NO! Hylda is 3 days older than me. Looks like I'll have to find a younger woman to feel.
My 16yr old daughter just asked me why we don't like being called elderly...meaning you lot as well :) ....I told her its like someone calling her a kid or child, even though she is a young adult. I don't mind tell my age but I don't like the descriptive "elderly" word....you already know the man is 66 what more should you say?
In my first job, one of my workmates was having a baby at 28.
I can still recall thinking "how old is she, to be having a baby!!"
I think I was 15.
Old is 15 years older than you are!
My mum was 87 but was never "elderly"
Be nice Wombat !!!
Regarding feeling women, no, I wont say anything .................
terry
Love that one about your mother Gary, my mother used to like "metropoloitan" ice cream......it came in three colours and its technical name was "neapolitan"
cheers Capricorn