What Age is Elderly?

Do you remember when you were a kid?..

People who were 40..seemed ancient!!...:D
 

It don't matter Pappy..I go to the med quite often and a lot of guys..usually with hairy chests and a medallion..wear speedos..

You can see everything through them..I feel like saying..'Hey..I don't want to see your junk..thank you very much!''

''And I'm sure my 6 year old grand daughter doesn't want to see it either!!''
 
Blimey Bullie , that gave me a turn, up until now I thought you were female.. :getit: yeah shooooor you can buy me a drink , but only if we can have it in my local pub this afternoon, or it's a no go...:cheers1:
 
oakapple said:
Sorry Davey, but that's just wishful thinking on your part.;)
from most peoples bodies point of view [mental age probably too] we start the long slide into old age from about 65-70. I'm hoping it's a long slide anyway, and not a short one!
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I dont know where you got that statement from but I don't believe anybody knows when this "slide" starts,Im 77 and the guardian for a 16 year old female since she was 12 and the only slides I've use is the ones at Wet N Wild in Orlando.:cool:
 
Wife and I KNOW we are no longer physically in our 40's or 50's! Just can't do some things we use to. Part of this is due to past surgeries. We just don't want to wind up in the ER from doing something we really know we shouldn't.

We are 65 and 66 and sure don't "feel" elderly and darn sure don't "look" it, but sometimes our body aches/pains can definitely remind us that we aren't young either. Most people don't even think of us as in our mid 60's and that's b/c we both use hair coloring. She does all of her hair and I do my temples and mustache w/Just For Men. We've seen people that look older than us because of their gray hair. Some folks like gray hair, but we sure don't. I've got a full head of hair!

I wouldn't even think of either words, "Senior" or "Elderly" when seeing two people dressed up as Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper.........US!!
 
You are elderly if or when other people refer to you as elderly.
Elderly is an adjective for elder. Or you are elderly according to social definitions
or in books on gerentology. Age is not just a number as people like to say.
It is an objective fact of life. Saying that age is how you feel or think is too subjective.
The body (including brain) ages whether we know it or not, but of course it is
different for different folks and in different cultures/
 
Amethyst1 said:
You are elderly if or when other people refer to you as elderly.
Elderly is an adjective for elder. Or you are elderly according to social definitions
or in books on gerentology. Age is not just a number as people like to say.
It is an objective fact of life. Saying that age is how you feel or think is too subjective.
The body (including brain) ages whether we know it or not, but of course it is
different for different folks and in different cultures/
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I agree that we are all different, and react to aging in different ways. The number is our age. Our body tells us how we feel about that number. They both work together.
 
Amethyst1 said:
You are elderly if or when other people refer to you as elderly.
Elderly is an adjective for elder. Or you are elderly according to social definitions
or in books on gerentology. Age is not just a number as people like to say.
It is an objective fact of life. Saying that age is how you feel or think is too subjective.
The body (including brain) ages whether we know it or not, but of course it is
different for different folks and in different cultures/
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Exactly right!It IS an objective fact of life, even if we don't feel elderly, I'm afraid that we simply are then 'elderly, but fit'. We have to age, why kick against it?I like some of the things about being older anyway, but don't strive to be seen as young[or even young-ish.]
 
Elderly just happens to be two years older than I. Has been for sometime now.
 

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