Bill's getting huffy!

 

I know - that was worse than my reaction to being called Middle Aged - I just sulked quietly!

And who lives to be 100??? Nobody in my family has made it that far (close, but at this point in my family you'd be middle-aged). And does middle-aged really start in the middle, or does it start in the middle of the middle (which would be a few years to one side or the other). And how do you explain that AARP stuff -huh?

 

Not quite Bill. The maths (yes it has an 's') is quite correct.

My 3 score years and ten comes from the bible (as I am sure you are aware). Actually, we live to around 75 (I have no idea where you got 100 from but we both know the stats don't support this). Assuming 75, our middle age is still from 25 to 50.

You're confusing (deliberately I suspect) the mid point and the middle. Clearly, middle age doesn't start in the middle of your life unless it lasts for a nanosecond and is gone instantaneously.

Let's choose to use your argument that we live to 100 and middle age starts at 50 (and is gone in a nanosecond). If this is the case then all the years before 50 are youth and then every moment after is old age. So it doesn't matter which way you cut it, from 50 you are a senior.

You may be a lawyer but you're certainly not a mathematician.

 

He'll really be a lawyer if he can convince you that he's right, turk!

 

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I'm planning on living to 130. The human body has that genetic potential, and with a healthy dose of science to back me up as I reach 100. Why not?

 

I'm chiming in since I haven't taught a Developmental Biology class in a while, and I'm getting antsy.
The life expectancy for a person born in the U.S. in 1986 is 71 for males and 78 for females. For a person born in the U.S. in 1780, the life expectancy was 28!
Over the vast majority of human history, humans generally didn't live much past the age of 40. Humans usually died of infectious diseases or parasites long before showing the overall effects of senescence, so aging is a relatively new phenomenon.
Personally, I wear my age as a badge of honor. I've had to dodge a lot of "bullets" to get to this point. Although, had I known that I was going to live this long, I would've taken better care of myself.

Dean

 

Well, I think everyone has focused on the "old" part of the statement in my original post. But the guy's point was that we have the most interesting forum! We just happen to be "old". Or maybe that is beside the point...

 

You'll be breaking the record. The oldest human to be documented (from the Georgia region of what was the U.S.S.R.) lived to be 121.
Generally speaking, genes have less to do with longevity than science - diet, lifestyle,, etc.. Once you've gone past your reproductive peak, your genes really don't "care" what happens to you.

Dean

 

That AARP stuff started arriving at our house as Rick approached 50......so I signed him up. We like discounts!

Next thing I know, I get my very own AARP card as a spouse (who is not 50 yet, I may add).

I put it in my wallet figured on using it for hotel discounts or whatever. Next thing I know it's saving me $100.00 on my very first pair of (you got it) bi-focals!

Sometimes is pays to be Vintage!