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Old 07-29-2008, 05:52 PM
 
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When I was younger I thought 30+ was old but at 21 I am feeling kinda ancient.

So how old is old in your opinion?
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Old 07-29-2008, 05:58 PM
 
Location: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla
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Old age is 15 years older than whatever age you are now
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:06 PM
 
Location: SoCal - Sherman Oaks & Woodland Hills
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Its relative. A guy who is 35 years old is old if he's a quarterback but he's the young exec in the office. 35 is old for a woman who has never been married but young if she's a grandmother. 40 is waaay too young to consider retirement but its really old if you want to learn to play the cello professionally. 30 years old is really old for a woman who enrolls in a community college but its really young for a woman to become a homicide investigator with the police dept.
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:07 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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When I was younger I thought 30+ was old but at 21 I am feeling kinda ancient.

So how old is old in your opinion?
I think the pattern continues, as we age. Like when we reach 60, to us then, we are not old....75 is old...so on.
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:12 PM
 
Location: a primitive state
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80 is old whether you like it or not.
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:21 PM
 
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Old has become a relative term for me!
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:22 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I am thinking mid 80's...
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:28 PM
 
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I would usually agree that mid 80's is old, but my grandmother has come to live with me and she is 86. Let me tell you, she is a spry little thing and has more energy than most 25 year olds. It is hysterical.

Maybe old is just a state of mind...
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Hudson, OH
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When I was younger I thought 30+ was old but at 21 I am feeling kinda ancient.
21?? You better get Life Alert you old geezer. lol!!!

I think looking old and acting old are two different things. My MIL was so full of energy in her 60s+ that she had more drive than kids in their 20's. She looked older but definitely didn't ACT it!
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:35 PM
 
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Speaking of life alert - when this http://new.wavlist.com/tv/011/fallen.wav is no longer funny, you are old.
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