#1
Posted: 8/23/07 at 8:44pm
Age and treachery overcomes youth and vigor everytime.
#2
Posted: 8/23/07 at 8:48pm
"Old age and treachery" always wins over "youth and vigor!" We have wisdom on our side!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#3
Posted: 8/23/07 at 8:51pm
Mom - as well as the knowledge that we can survive!
#4
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:04pm
I love this lady. She looks so happy to have lived to see the age of the internet. "From bread lines to this!"
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#5
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:07pm
Isn't it great, Kringas? I know MANY 'older' folks (and many who actually ARE) who LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the availability and exposure to the world. They take FULL advantage of it - and I think it's great!
You don't see THEM sitting at their computers claiming boredom! (Sorry, Shira - NOT a personal slam!)
You don't see THEM sitting at their computers claiming boredom! (Sorry, Shira - NOT a personal slam!)
#6
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:10pm
It's funny, though, that old people love the net so much. There's a commercial for some sort of old people cell phone that makes one think the elderly are all mildly retarded.
Or do they have any old people's computer, too?
Or do they have any old people's computer, too?
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
#7
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:11pm
They spend more time online because it takes them longer to accomplish the same tasks. 
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#8
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:16pm
My father-in-law (who is now 85) teaches a computer class at the senior center. He loves it and loves the fact he is helping other seniors with their computers.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#9
Posted: 8/23/07 at 9:54pm
I love that, Mom.
Like most things, the tool is only what you make of it - and these folks are about making the most of what they have!
Didn't we just have a discussion the other day about 'old' people who choose to LIVE their lives?
Like most things, the tool is only what you make of it - and these folks are about making the most of what they have!
Didn't we just have a discussion the other day about 'old' people who choose to LIVE their lives?
#10
Posted: 8/23/07 at 10:08pm
Yes, DG, that was in the "Old People Rock" thread.
I'll never forget the Christmas we were sitting around the tree, when little hunched-over, 98-year-old Grandma Ida with her coke-bottle glasses and snow-white hair truned to me and asked--in this soft, cute, trembling voice, "Now, Penny, let me ask you this. When you send attachments...." It was surreal!
"Be on your guard! Jerks on the loose!"
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
I'll never forget the Christmas we were sitting around the tree, when little hunched-over, 98-year-old Grandma Ida with her coke-bottle glasses and snow-white hair truned to me and asked--in this soft, cute, trembling voice, "Now, Penny, let me ask you this. When you send attachments...." It was surreal!
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
**********
"If any relationship involves a flow chart, get out of it...FAST!"
~ Best12Bars
#11
Posted: 8/23/07 at 11:06pm
For the record, I have youth, vigor AND treachery.
Miss P - Go Ida!
Miss P - Go Ida!
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