Ronstar
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I agree. I don't like it either.What is the point of classifying and labeling people?
+1It depends on the person, not all 70 yo are equal.
I agree. I don't like it either.
I prefer I wasn't categorized at all.So...we can categorize you as 'disobliging'?
A person is considered old when they are addressed as 'sir'.
Being old happens to everyone who doesn't die, but acting old is often a choice people get to make.
You are acting old, when everything from when you were a kid was somehow better than it is today.
You refer to yourself as a "seeen-yerr" in hopes of getting special treatment.
You mention being "On a Fixed Income" in hopes of getting a price cut.
Chronologically challenged! I will have to remember that one.The question can't be answered IMHO, because I see people every day who are "chronologically challenged" yet I would never consider them "old." Similarly, I see others who have far fewer years on them but act "old."
Kind of like asking when you become middle-aged. It all depends.
Now you are talking my language. As Alan Jackson said in one of his songs. (Work in Progress) " I need a major tune up. Maybe a full, body-off, restoration"Chronologically challenged! I will have to remember that one.
All my body parts are quite used (or pre-owned in today's car language), but I'm still OK. I won't use that ugly word mentioned in the thread title.
I won't use that ugly word mentioned in the thread title.
When they become "invisible".
Today that's about 45.
5 years beyond my current age.. Moving target
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