Older People Can be Pretty Cool

jimintoronto said:
That is interesting. How did you get involved in such a program ? Do you speak Spanish, or are you learning from him ? JimB.
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Hi Jim. I learned Spanish "in the street" in Oaxaca many years ago. Recently I decided I wanted to learn more, but I was too advanced for most learning apps (the free ones anyway).

So I checked out various language exchange apps. Tandem suited me best. Yes, it sounds like a dating site, and it kind of works like one, but it's for finding someone to practice a language with. Many world languages, plus Klingon and a few other weird ones! English is much in demand.

My language partner and I help or correct each other sometimes, but mostly we practice what we already know. He sets a timer and we speak for 10 minutes in each language. Just shooting the breeze. I've had other language partners, but he's the one that's worked out best for me.
 

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NorthernLight said:
Hi Jim. I learned Spanish "in the street" in Oaxaca many years ago. Recently I decided I wanted to learn more, but I was too advanced for most learning apps (the free ones anyway).

So I checked out various language exchange apps. Tandem suited me best. Yes, it sounds like a dating site, and it kind of works like one, but it's for finding someone to practice a language with. Many world languages, plus Klingon and a few other weird ones! English is much in demand.

My language partner and I help or correct each other sometimes, but mostly we practice what we already know. He sets a timer and we speak for 10 minutes in each language. Just shooting the breeze. I've had other language partners, but he's the one that's worked out best for me.
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Thanks for the explanation. Where is Oaxaca ? I have never had the need to speak anything other than English in my life in Canada. JimB.
 

Blaze Duskdreamer said:
These are all great!



This makes me think of me and my grandson. When he was two, we used to race and place tag. (I'd let him win sometimes.) When I lost my ability to run, he and I both missed the fun and he was always saying Grammy when you get a Hoveround, I'm going to race you. I got a powerchair this past summer when he was 10 and first thing we did was head to the parking lot to race and we loved it. Yes, he can out run the highest speed. :)
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This reminds me of times we went out on our scooters , one place had dogs that would run inside the fence and bark at us. One day there was a little boy about 3 was there with the dogs, the boy began to run, the dogs stayed put. I was amused because I figured we could let him win, however when the boy and DH and I got to the end of the fence the boy barked at us.
 
An itch that was never scratched, too busy climbing the greasy pole in my youth. Come mid-life and I had the desire for a motorbike. I didn't just want a bike, I wanted a retro bad-ass Harley, all big and chrome. I got the Harley, kept it for five years and sold it at a profit. Not one spill, near miss, not even a wobble. The itch got well and truly scratched.
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There are those whom we have a sort of stereotype of perception. My wife spent
her working life as a paramedic in the ambulance service. We think of them like
angels of mercy. They pick up the pieces of your shattered life, help you, care for
you. Female paramedics just don't cut the mustard as an extra from Peaky Blinders.
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Yeah right!
Old couples are sweet, dear things. They go for walks, smile at
new babies, behave as you would expect from those of senior years.
Dancing The Argentine Tango, in a public place, with all and sundry
looking on, that's not what old people do. Do they?
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And old people going to Burlesque Shows. Really? What is the world coming to?
Old Folk Dancing Like They Were Young Again.
And as for old folk dressing up like some gangster from across the pond, complete with
pre-war American Packard car, shouldn't be allowed.
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The Fab Two, aging together......
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Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr spotted out having dinner with their wives

"As far as we know, McCartney’s health is in great shape as he approaches his 80th2022 is the birthday. The music legend credits his longevity in part to his vegetarian diet, which he’s been following since the late 1970s—well before it became a mainstream practice. “You can get loads of vegetarian options these days,” He spoke in 2018 during a video interview. Wired. “So it’s not like it was like in the old days when you just got the boiled sprout.”

"Starr is in good health and says eating right (like McCartney, he’s a vegetarian) and exercising regularly is what keeps him strong enough to perform at the age of 81. “I think staying active keeps you young,” He said Rolling Stone2018. “I do work out. I have a trainer. I’m lively onstage. I have a vegetarian diet—broccoli with every meal. So I just do what I think is good for me, and I’ve been blessed that I have the energy to keep it moving.”
 
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