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[MSE Lawrence]

This is the discussion to link on the back of Martin's "A note of comfort for anyone getting older" blog. Please read the blog first, as this discussion follows it.

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[Stephen Leak]

Therefore growing old is compulsory, but growing up isn't. QED.

[twink]

i like your reasoning Martin, i was 59 today but seemingly 60 is the new 25

[robnye]

you are only as old as you feel........ damn the wife is older than me...... :rotfl

[gidon]

so does that mean they will ever catch up with you? or has it gone past that stage?!

[nykmedia]

If you delay a mid-life crisis until the age of 50, does that mean you live to be 100?

[autismmum]

look if like me you wasted your youth and feel the years at school were not woth it, simply deduct them .... now plus university ... hmmm i'm now 10 !!!! "i wanna pony!!"

[charlieheard]

I remember an old B&W film (?Abbott & Costello) where they talked about people getting older:

• 2 people are aged 5 and 35 (7 x as old)
• 5 years later, they are 10 & 40 (4 x as old)
• 5 years later, they are 15 & 45 (3 x as old)
• 15 years later they are 30 & 60 (twice as old)

The comment was something like "Will they wait when they catch up?"

[reggieq]

It's a well known fact that you grow older fastest when you're youngest!
Just think how much you grow in the very early years of life.

[moanymoany]

Originally Posted by twink

i like your reasoning Martin, i was 59 today but seemingly 60 is the new 25

Hi Twink, I was 59 last October. My cousin, who is three years older than me, tells me that 60 is the new 40. I think that's easier on the hips than the new 25!!!!!!

[110frankie]

when I was ill I was told I'd probably not make 60.
Now I'm cured and 57 I intend to have the mother of all parties in three years time!

[marktwo]

Originally Posted by Stephen Leak

Therefore growing old is compulsory, but growing up isn't. QED.

I turned 53 recently... If growing up means becoming staid, boringly predictable and set in one's ways, then I never want to grow up.

On the other hand, if getting older means chances to become less crassly insensitive, more open-hearted, wiser, then I say: Bring it on!

Another comforting thought – if I am 53, and 53 is a prime number (which it is), then I am in the prime of life! So there.

And when I turn 54, I can look forward to the next prime age! No problem, as there is an endless supply!

Cheers

marktwo