Old people rock!- Page 4

[DG]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 9:35am

You just HAD to add those last two words, didn't you, Besty?

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 9:50am

Well... as much as I'd like to say "to hell with moderation" (and often do myself)... I think that was probably why she lived to be 101 years old, DG!

Moderation is a bitch.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 10:07am

Besty, I don't have a copy of the photo, but now I will ask my sister-in-law for it so I can post it!

[DG]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 10:17am

Apparently, they're onto something!

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 11:20am

The link doesn't work, DG.

[DG]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 11:26am

Hmmm - it opens for me, and I don't see anything different in the way I input it. Well, here's a clip with the gist:

"Some people think those who are decades older have less reason to be joyful. But more people in their 60s and 70s report being happy than do those in their 40s, according to a recent survey conducted for bank HSBC of 21,000 people in 21 countries, spanning four age groups from 40 to 80.

Among U.S. respondents, 89% of those in their 70s and 87% of those in their 60s said they were happy most of the time in the previous week versus 78% of those in their 40s who said that.

What's their secret to aging happily? Good health and a decent standard of living don't hurt -- but those factors don't play as big a part as you might think, researchers say.

The truth is, people generally get happier as they age, said Laura Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on Longevity and a professor of psychology at Stanford University.

"How often one feels sad, angry, disgusted, contemptuous -- that frequency declines. And in addition to that, when negative emotions occur, they don't last as long," she said, citing research from her studies of people age 18 to 100-plus."

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/24/07 at 11:37am

Something to look forward to!

Thank GOD.