Old Age

[Mr_Reasonable]

Have you been to Birmingham? It’s a relatively hostile place.

[111 (-1-)]

@Mr Reasonable

I’ve never heard of this helping elderly people thing.

“Respect thine elders, lest you not reach a long life in this world.”

Also, boy scouts and stuff teach some similar values.

[Pandora]

Nah, I think it was somewhere in Georgia.

[Mr_Reasonable]

Yeah Birmingham isn’t really a place you go to find people with good manners.

When I was in college I had one of those apps where you find hos and what not. And I put in my description that good manners were a must. I was bombarded by a bunch of hostile messages from women who had bad manners. Just went ahead and deleted the app.

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@Mr Reasonable

Have you been to Birmingham? It’s a relatively hostile place.

“In Burningham they shot the gov’nr. Oo-oo-oo. We all did what we could do.” – Sweet Home, Alabama, by that band.

[Mr_Reasonable]

I think it, “love the governor”. He was racist. George Wallace.

You may be thinking of the sherrif. Eric Clapton, and Bob Marley both shot him, but that wasn’t in Birmingham.

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@Mr Reasonable

I think it, “love the governor”. He was racist. George Wallace.

In America, the wrong guy gets shot always. Everyone knows how to handle a gun, but only the value-lost idiots will pull the trigger in critical conditions.

[Mr_Reasonable]

Kind of a broad statement there. Like the kind of thing that could mean anything.

[Pandora]

Most developed-world countries have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as a definition of ‘elderly’ or older person.

The United Nations has agreed that 60+ years may be usually denoted as old age[12] and this is the first attempt at an international definition of old age

However, for its study of old age in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) set 50 as the beginning of old age.

At the same time, the WHO recognized that the developing world often defines old age, not by years, but by new roles, loss of previous roles, or inability to make active contributions to society.

Most developed Western countries set the age of 60 to 65 for retirement. Being 60–65 years old is usually a requirement for becoming eligible for senior social programs. However, various countries and societies consider the onset of old age as anywhere from the mid-40s to the 70s. The definitions of old age continue to change especially as life expectancy in developed countries has risen to beyond 80 years old.

… rather than lumping together all people who have been defined as old, some gerontologists have recognized the diversity of old age by defining sub-groups. One study distinguishes the young old (60 to 69), the middle old (70 to 79), and the very old (80+).

Another study’s sub-grouping is young-old (65 to 74), middle-old (75–84), and oldest-old (85+). A third sub-grouping is “young old” (65-74), “old” (74-84), and “old-old” (85+).

Delineating sub-groups in the 65+ population enables a more accurate portrayal of significant life changes.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_age

And Middle Age:

According to the Oxford English Dictionary middle age is between 45–65.

“The period between early adulthood and old age, usually considered as the years from about 45 to 65.” The US Census lists the category middle age from 45 to 65. Merriam-Webster list middle age from 45-64, while prominent psychologist Erik Erikson saw it starting a little earlier and defines middle adulthood as between 40 and 65.

The Collins English Dictionary, list it between the ages of 40 and 60. and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - the standard diagnostic manual of the American Psychiatric Association - used to define middle age as 40–60, but as of DSM-IV (1994) revised the definition upwards to 45–65.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_age

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@Mr Reasonable

Kind of a broad statement there. Like the kind of thing that could mean anything.

Kind of a narrow-minded statement there. Like the kind a person with no original thought and lots of bitterness about the awareness of his own lacking would make.

[The_Golden_Turd]

Pandora, I font think good manners are indicated merely by calling women by honorific sexual titles, that sounds chauvinistic and demeaning actually to expect men to say that. In the South, we address women as bitches, unless they are very sexy, in which case they are a lady.

And the expectation we hold the door is out. I can’t help I move quicker through the rain, had you kept up, you could of entered right behind me woman, but because you move so slow, looking for your purse, I’m bolting. I’m not getting wetter than I need to be. You can open the door, once you get here. Just because I’m behind it doesn’t mean I gotta open it, I’m too busy drying off and looking at you run soaked. Shouldn’t of worn heels bitch.

Modern manners.

Your paying for this date, right? Don’t worry, I got the tip.

[Mr_Reasonable]

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@Mr Reasonable

Kind of a broad statement there. Like the kind of thing that could mean anything.

Kind of a narrow-minded statement there. Like the kind a person with no original thought and lots of bitterness about the awareness of his own lacking would make.

I think you must know me pretty well because you nailed it man. That’s totally me.

[James_S_Saint]

Old age is the return to childhood with more knowledge, often too much, yet never enough.

[Meno2 (Meno_)]

My daughter tells me that I have a very young-baby soul, while claiming to have an old soul herself. I don’t know, but I fear that is in many ways she is right.

[James_S_Saint]

@jerkey

My daughter tells me that I have a very young-baby soul, while claiming to have an old soul herself. I don’t know, but I fear that is in many ways she is right.

Life stems from innocently reaching for what cannot be reached and endlessly spawning the effort. Death stems from the realization that it cannot be reached and spawning the depression of it.

The neither young nor old are in between, as close to accomplishing as life can muster.