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Gerty Dancer


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Have you ever been asked "In the olden days when you were young, did you...?"


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Thats the best jigsaw I've ever seen..

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A seniors discount at Maccas eh... When can I get one of these?



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Cloak wrote:

A seniors discount at Maccas eh... When can I get one of these?

 Seeing your a '57 model, you've got a bit of a wait. You can get a seniors card at 60 if you're not working fulltime. wink



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Age is really a state of mind. The mind of the person and the mind of the observer.
Why don't we just leave age reference out of our vocabulary. If a person is the subject of a story just state their age and let the reader determine the age status.
Gee Tony D, you'd be flat out these days as a sub-editor. No bugger can spell anymore, and grammer is the "elderly" person sitting in the rocking chair knitting socks. (Or is it sox?)
Our text life has become a series of abbreviations.

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jules47 wrote:

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!!!!!

 Yes Jules I did start late but as you know am making up for it now, elderly, I don't think so.

Not even getting older, I still think I can do almost anything and generally if I think I can I seem to be able to.

John



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Cloak wrote:

A seniors discount at Maccas eh... When can I get one of these?

 Not so much a discount but a free coffee if you have a Seniors Card.  Like Beth says, you need to be 60.

Hungry Jacks also give you a free coffee too with the card.

Those who ask for it rarely get asked for their card if they have grey hair or look around that age...



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The stereotypes of elderly are also those that support the need for an 'old age' pension. But in truth many of us cannot always do what we did before and health is related to age.

However the prevailing view of old does need to be challenged. Because for most it was always absolute rot, limiting for those affected and an easy excuse for government not to consult directly with retired people on policy that affects them, preferring to have meetings with entrepreneurs and professionals who claim to 'represent' the assumed mentally diminished and incompetent 'elderly'.

What I suggest we demand is some acknowledgement and respect as fellow humans. There is not a lot of that about where government has found it convenient to sledge older people as a growing drain on society. We may be old relatively speaking, but we contribute in many ways that are deliberately not measured by the intellectual elite who have a choke hold on government policy and their own snouts in the trough of taxpayers' money.



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.. Where I met Loki at Broke, we also had the pleasure of meeting a 92 year old gent who who camped near to us .. Quite the experienced GN he was and set himself up for the night .. The amazing part was that he had lost his wife of 67 years only a few months earlier and was doing what he was comfortable doing. Their last 20 odd years together had been spent as GN's and here he was just 'trying' to get on with life ..

He would have had no idea what 'age' means .. he was living life .. ! I wish I could remember his name ..

you out there Loki ? .. hows your memory ?

Jon



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I read a journalist's account of John Laws being too old to be on air, and that he should hang up his headphones. His response was "bullsheet". Hehe. Like him or loathe him, the Mongrel ain't gonna let some whippersnapper tell him how to live his life.

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And as commented, sometimes you're not asked for the card.....but that will again depend on the 'perceived' age of the person asking for coffee - if it's a young 'whipper snipper' they could think someone who is 40 looks as if they would have a seniors card! It's all relative.

PS This topic should have been in 'I digress...'



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Free coffee?.. if only I had the bladder endurance......

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Jack, age 92, and Gill, age 89, are all excited about their decision to get married.
They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way


they pass a chemist shop and Jack suggests they go in.

Jack addresses the man behind the counter:
"Are you the owner?"
The pharmacist answers, "Yes."

Jack: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?"
Pharmacist: "Of course we do."

Jack: "How about medicine for circulation?"
Pharmacist: "All kinds"

Jack: "Medicine for rheumatism?"
Pharmacist: "Definitely."

Jack: "How about suppositories?"
Pharmacist: "Yes"

Jack: "Medicine for memory problems, arthritis, and Alzheimer's?"
Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety. The works."

Jack: "What about vitamins, sleeping pills, antidotes for Parkinson's
disease?"
Pharmacist: "Absolutely."

Jack: "Everything for heartburn and indigestion?"
Pharmacist: "We do..."


Jack: "You sell wheelchairs and walkers and canes?"
Pharmacist: "All speeds and sizes."

Jack: "Adult incontinence pants?"
Pharmacist: "Yes."

Jack: "Then we'd like to use this store for our wedding presents list..."

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billeeeeeee wrote:

Billeeeeeee I think your avatar is cute, BUT everytime I hear billy, I think "boiling the billy", and it sure looks like that little'un is sitting in a billy. I usually think in pictures but the mind balks at this onebiggrin



 

 



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When my mum was diagnosed with polymyalgic rheumatica I finally found it on the net under "geriatric studies". She was 65 at the time and I felt insulted on her behalf. Now that I am 61 I am even more certain that "geriatric" does NOT apply to someone in their 60's. Hmmmm....... mum is in her 80's now and I still can't see her as geriatric

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Age is but a number ...just some days the number is a little higher or lower than the day before.

evileye



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