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In reply to the discussion: When does one become "elderly?" [View all]3Hotdogs
(13,403 posts)21. I'm 76. I just finished a 5 mile hike in the woods today. 200 ft. climb.
I only fell down once because of slipping in the mud.
I put 45k miles on my car every year. I used to put 50k average but I am slowing down a bit. August is from N.J. to Georgia.
I drop my housemate off at the senior center. She is 71.
I don't go there. Them people are old.
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IMO it depends how you feel. I've seen/known people ages younger than me that really act
RKP5637
Jun 2019
#2
Actually, late middle age is a term that has been coined based on responses to a poll in
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#34
Oh gosh, thought I was the only one. I adopt the look, the vocal mannerisms, verbal hesitancies
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#36
You become elderly when you start forgetting things that you never forgot before.
stopbush
Jun 2019
#18
Kept trying to get mother at 90 to have "someone in" just a few days a week I'd tell her. She
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#39
At least 10 years older than me. Whatever that is at any given time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#26