At what age do old people start telling you how old they are?

Very nice, that's you crossed off her will.

It's the need to exaggerate which I don't get. It's never, "I'm 72, you know," but rather, "I'll be 73 next January, you know."

"I thought you were older" is, of course, still the correct response.

They have done well to reach their 70s a High Percentage of people do not ....

You're wrong, a high Percentage of people do get to live into there 70s.

My grandma was well into her 80's and referred to other people as old.

Bloke at our golf club is 93 and still plays. Fit as a flea. He and his wife have just celebrated their 73rd anniversary. He wanted to do a sponsored sky dive for charity last year but the doctors refused to allow him. He was gutted!

A lot about age is to do with personal perception. Like the documentary series recently in an old peoples home where they were all complaining of various ailments, lack of mobility etc. They put a group of young children in and all of a sudden the residents were like spring chickens; rolling around on the floor and everything :)

casemoney 27 Feb 18 22:17 Joined: 04 Aug 06 | Topic/replies: 20,461 | Blogger: casemoney's blog
They have done well to reach their 70s a High Percentage of people do not ....

Something like 80% of the population can expect to reach 70.

I know a bloke who's 96, he rides a bike and goes swimming several times a week.

He said my mates used to laugh at me, they used to say why don't you come down the pub with us instead of going swimming?

He said they're not laughing now. They're all buried in the cemetery and I'm still going swimming.

Gin
Something like 80% of the population can expect to reach 70.

Thank's for that.  I'm 67.

It's not just the age you reach that's important it's the quality of life you enjoy in your last decade that's counts as well.
Wishing away the final years of your life to put you out of your misery is not an appealing prospect.

I would saying 1 in 5 not Making 70 is a High percentage tbh

1 in 5 Men Do not make retirement  Age according to some Statistics   So looking at that 1 in 5 of us will not be drawing our Pensions

0% to 33% is a low percentage

34% to 67% is a medium percentage

68% to 100% is a high percentage

Hope that helps

That would depend on what was happening tbh 20 % of people being Killed crossing a Road would be very high ..

and 20 % not making pension Age seems a Little high to me ....

kincsem proved it can be as low as 67.

I'm 67, but I'm not going to tell anyone that until I'm 97, so watch this space in 30 years!

I'll try to watch that space but I might have a different monitor by then.

Today, computer technology ages far more rapidly than humans do! I still miss windows 98!

98 was just a flashy 95 with fluffy dice!