Defining "Senior"

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imp

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I usually figure 55+. Some places use somewhat different thinking for purposes of "Senior discounts", etc. This got me thinking: Do we have any accurate tabulation of the numbers of Members who are Seniors, vs. the number who are not yet?

A lady just joined who is, I believe 51. This forum might be the ideal place for a youthful scholar to compile a thesis, perhaps, based on differences perceived about Seniors' mores, attitudes, beliefs, etc. Just sayin'.......imp
 
Well I think, as in the real world...you have to mix with all ages to get a rounded view of life...and here we have aged 50 right up to over 90...that's 40 years of experience that we ''youngsters''..50's and 60's we can learn from...none of us are ever done learning are we?...and equally the elders are finding that we youngsters think very differently in many ways as to how they did when they were our age, and learning in many ways from us too... I am 60..just past..but I'm always told in real life I look 10 years younger...and that's fine by me, but also I think regardless of linear years if your young in thought you'll never be deemed to be ''old''.:)
 
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hollydolly said:
Well I think, as in the real world...you have to mix with all ages to get a rounded view of life...and here we have aged 50 right up to over 90...that's 40 years of experience that we ''youngsters''..50's and 60's we can learn from...none of us are ever done learning are we?...and equally the elders are finding that we youngsters think very differently in many ways as to how they did when they were our age, and learning in many ways from us too... I am 60..just past..but I'm always told in real life I look 10 years younger...and that's fine by me, but also I think regardless of linear years if your young in thought you'll never be deemed to be ''old''.:)
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You're still just a bubble gummer. A kid....*an old kid*.....running like hell.....
 
Funny thing, I thought about being old, someday, when I was a young adult, then crossed the meaningless milestones, 30, 40, etc., all the while feeling "young". I once even calculated out that I would be 57 when the century turned over, and thought I would be really fortunate if I lived that long!

Nothing occurred along the way to make me feel "not young" anymore. Now, gradual deterioration of physical ability, fingers and hands stiff and ache, shoulders too, these things are killing my "youth". Damn them!

(One of the functions REAL dear to me, still works most acceptably well, a fact that overshadows the losses mentioned!) :playful: imp
 
The only time I thought I was actually getting old is when my oldest son turned 40. I was only 59. I thought uh oh, am I supposed to be mature now?!

I still feel quite young.
 
Ameriscot said:
The only time I thought I was actually getting old is when my oldest son turned 40. I was only 59. I thought uh oh, am I supposed to be mature now?!

I still feel quite young.
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My daughter is 40 next birthday Annie...and she always gets taken for 10 sometimes 15 years younger than she is... no-one ever believes she's almost 40..so she's inherited her mamas' genes.. :yes:
 
When I was in my gym a couple of years ago someone asked me if I had kids. I said yes, my oldest is 42. About 4 of them jaws dropped and they asked 'you have a child who is 42???!!'. They were surprised I had a bus pass.
 
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This is me taken on my 50th Birthday...
 
Senior discounts depend on where you live. Our transit tickets are reduced by about 20% for seniors, and some big stores have a seniors day where everything is reduced by 20% as well. Movie tickets are reduced starting at 60 years of age. The nice girls in the drugstore always ask if I qualify for the seniors discount, isn't that sweet?

Holly, your picture looks great at 50 and your daughter is lovely. I think 50 is the new 35 and 40 is the new 30! But what is 65, the new 45? Maybe for some.
 
Cookie said:
Senior discounts depend on where you live. Our transit tickets are reduced by about 20% for seniors, and some big stores have a seniors day where everything is reduced by 20% as well. Movie tickets are reduced starting at 60 years of age. The nice girls in the drugstore always ask if I qualify for the seniors discount, isn't that sweet?

Holly, your picture looks great at 50 and your daughter is lovely. I think 50 is the new 35 and 40 is the new 30! But what is 65, the new 45? Maybe for some.
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Well, at 63 I physically feel like I'm 40. Don't look like it though. :playful:
 
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Cookie you're so right about the 'new age' thing..in many people. I have a photo of my granny when she was the same age as I am now.. and she looks the equivalent of a 90 year old today..( not falcon) LOL
 
hollydolly said:
Cookie you're so right about the 'new age' thing..in many people. I have a photo of my granny when she was the same age as I am now.. and she looks the equivalent of a 90 year old today..( not falcon) LOL
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I have a photo of my grandmother holding me as a newborn. She was 57. She looked about 80. She always said to me 'don't get old, it's hell getting old'. Hmmm. She was always heavy though and diabetic.
 
At 50 I certainly didn't feel like a senior citizen. But AARP starts sending things when 50th birthday is approaching.

Welllllll, I'll have to get myseld a red dress like that and sashay up and down the street! I don't have blonde hair, but I have a hell of a tan! :tongue:
 
MY granny was neither overweight, nor ill, nor did she smoke or drink alcohol. I think she wore herself out by having so many children and doing hard physical work..all her life. She was always a happy soul tho' and the life and soul of the party but in photos she always looked so dour!!

At 82 she died , but she had looked that age for the previous 30 years.. ( sorry granny if you're listening to me wherever you are..).. :D
 
hollydolly said:
MY granny was neither overweight, nor ill, nor did she smoke or drink alcohol. I think she wore herself out by having so many children and doing hard physical work..all her life. She was always a happy soul tho' and the life and soul of the party but in photos she always looked so dour!!

At 82 she died , but she had looked that age for the previous 30 years.. ( sorry granny if you're listening to me wherever you are..).. :D
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I started drinking early in life and I think it has somewhat preserved me as I look young for my age too.
 
My mom looked great - you saw the pic - (smoked, drank beer, had lots of kids) until her early 50s. Two bad strokes, then several years later cancer (colon and liver). When she died at 61 she looked a LOT older. :(

I never drank much alcohol, don't like beer, but smoked for 45 yrs. - until Sept. of last year. Doctor said he is surprised it never caught up with me...that we know of...yet. (fingers crossed)
 
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