h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

PS - It helps in the race for your O.A.P if you are female. You then mature a 60 but things are changing.

Isn't it easy to get things mixed up. Z's become V's with no trouble at all. There must be a letter in the new age alphabet to cover my condition.

Me again.
Of course AB would never get himself into such a twazzle.

A lot of the businesses here start offering senior citizen discounts at 55. But others wait until 60. Full retirement age has increased, depending on when you were born to 67. For me it is 66. And the earliest age to collect my library pension just went up from 60 to 61. With the hits to everyone's investments, this is a bad time to retire.

Inside my head I'm still young. And I'm the only one who lives there - inside my head.

AB, you only have one alter ego after all these years on the site? We won't go into how many I have, but they were all created for role plays, so I have several.

Dear Ancient Brit aka letabin,

You sound nearly as confused as I am - unfortunately my confusion is following a downward curve more and more rapidly/

I wish I could inspire some researcher to do a study on whether there is any possibility of the succeeding generations living longer that my generaion.

It surely must be a very strong hypothesis in view of the tremendous advances being made, literally daily, in the medical field.

I should have been very much "not here on terra firma" had medical science not been able to step in save me from an early demise. I really wish I had the energy to do the investigations myself. The only thing I do not have is an unlimited amount of energy and also I get befuddled after noon. !!

I always think of Noel Coward and his wonderful song

"Mad dogs and Englishmen(women)
Go out in the midday day....
The.....

Sadly I have forgotten the rest, but it is very clever.

Have a good day. I am off to London. Hoorah. My first visit for over a year.
To see my life saving cardiologist!. Yet again. !!

Regards

Christiane
Also ran80

Hi - Still stuck with Letabin
Try here Christine -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdEnxNog56E
Sorry to keep adulterating your space Hypatia.
I suppose most of it is relative.

Hi - Back home safe and sound thanks to the 'carers' in [email protected] who just pointed me in the right direction and plugged me in.
Hypatia - I could never quite see the point in playing around with more than one alias. It's bad enough remembering who you are in other areas of the Internet. It's a shame really that you can't just operate with your true identity without the fear of someone wanting to pinch it. I suppose there's safety in numbers.
I know that role playing was part of the old h2g2 world. I came in at that awkward age about the time of the switch over to the BBC and believe a bit of the original spirit has been lost. We are now living 'in' as well as 'at' an awkward age.

>>I know that role playing was part of the h2g2 world.>>

Still is, although there seems to be less of us role players around and active.

Here's an ongoing one, although lurking rather than participating is recommended at this stage:

<./>F26140?thread=6067249</.>

The role plays were great fun. But I don't have the time for them anymore. Perhaps when I retire.

Christiane, there is fear that (at least in the US) the younger generations will actually have shorter lifespans than their parents. This has nothing to do with medical care and advancements. It is because the American diet is so poor now and we are so underexercised. Americans live on foods full of refined carbohydrates and trans fats. They are cheap, taste good and are literally killing us. My generation, and certainly yours, grew up eating fruits and vegetables and being physically active.

Oops, where did that soap box come from? Sorry.

Christiane, I hope your heart specialist gives you good news.

Thanks for the pointer Titania but role playing never really appealed to me. Remember F93219?thread=849651.
I came to h2g2 and the computer rather late in life.
Must have a lurk into Lil's.
Ancient Brit

Xantief is right, Leo. Us are immortal.

I think age is relative. There's a 76 year old man who goes to my gym, and you could swear he was 56. My personal trainer is a grandmother, and only looks about a decade older than me, if that.
I surprised the hell out of one of the younger trainers when I told her my little sister was turning 30. She was shocked to learn how old I was, she thought I was 20! I do look younger than I am, but that was a bit of an exaggeration, but still nice to hear.
I don't think I'd like to be 20 again though *shudder*

Then there's a woman at work who looks 65, and is probably only 45.

Hyp, I heard that there's corn syrup in all your fast foods? Is that true?

Taralome, American food companies put high fructose corn syrup and regular corn syrup into thousands of foods. And they still use unhealthy trans-fats because they increase the shelf-life of foods. Also, they use unhealthy flour. They strip every bit of the nutrition and fiber from the wheat then bromate it and "enrich" it to try to put some vitamins and minerals back in. It's truly junk. It shouldn't even be considered food after they've finished with it.

Then they mix the corn syrup and other sugars, the worthless flour and the trans fats all together for a triple whammy. The problem is that the finished product tastes good and is cheap. It is also readily available and easier than cooking real food at home. All those refined sugars and starches are also addictive. Think of alcohol metabolism and the addictive nature of that. It's a similar process. It's no wonder people have a hard time changing their eating habits.

hI hYPATIA,

yES HE DID. hE SAID i WAS A VERY LUCKY PERSON. hE ALSO SAID THAT i WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION FOER MY AGE. !
i WALKED ON AIR - OR RATHER WAS WHEELED ON AIR IN MY WHEELCHAIR FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP.
11 tHANKS FOR ASKING.
FORGIVE THE CAPITALISATION.

mUCH AFFECTION

#CHRISTIANE.

That's great news, Christiane. So, are you going to be up for some company in a couple of months?

And how Hypatia.

K. and I are hoping to go to France on the 21st May for a fortnight. Sp you just name the suitable day and something will be arranged.

I am really so thrilled and the cardiologist looked genuinely pleased to see me looking so well. he was most amused when reminded him that the cardiac surgeon who had operated on me with my double bypass had given me ten years to live - fifiteen years ago. !!

"He got it wrong, didn't he?" he replied drily. !!

I must now try and have a fantastic blacony garden for you when you come. !!

I must now contact |LL. Waz. She only pays us fleeting visits, and is, I think going to Spain very shortly.

With much affedtion

Christiane
AlsoRan80

Christiane, I will give you a definite date in a couple of weeks. I'm thinking of May 2, which is a Saturday. But I need to check with a couple of people before I know that date for sure. If not, then sometime the following week.

Hi Hypatia,

any time that suits your dear self. that is something that I have a lot of.!! I shall drop a note to LLWAZ and hope that she will be able to come down as well. that would be great.

With much affection

Christiane.

Wow, Hyp. I thought it was hard to find good take-away food here. It must be a nightmare there. I would have to be making all my own food.
Ewww, what a thought!

From notalwaysright.com:

You're Only As Old As You Act

(An elderly woman well into her 70s comes through the check-out line with a single bottle of wine. I start to scan the bottle through.)

Customer: “Wait! Aren’t you going to check my ID?”

Me: “Er, no, ma’am, I don’t think it’s really necessary…”

Customer: “Well, that’s no good! You should check all ID if you’re selling alcohol.”

Me: “Well, okay. May I see your ID, please?”

(She hands over an ID card that is obviously fake.)

Me: “…ma’am, this card says you’re seventeen.”

Customer: “Oh, dear! You’ve caught me! I’m much too young to be buying this! It’s a good thing you were checking IDs. I’d better just go now! *skips out the door*