I myself, being 57, within a few days 58, as the "youngster" in this company, greet you :)
Harry Op zo 3 jan. 2021 om 22:50 schreef Bart Eisenberg <[email protected]>: > Heh! A few years ago, three of us, all 65+, climbed Mt Whitney. From > hikers coming down as they stepped aside: "Oh come right through, sir." I > felt physically fine. Mentally old. But I suppose it's inevitable. > > There's another prejudice that's confronted in declaring my decade (I'm > 70): that old people aren't technically savvy. Our generation came of age > in tandem with the Silicon Valley. At least here in the Bay Area, at least > some technical sophistication (if not full-blooded geekdom) among friends > is assumed. > On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 10:52:30 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > >> On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 9:52:52 AM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> It has been quite a while that I really had to look up the translation >>> of a word for which I could not deduct the meaning based on the context in >>> the sentence: a septuagenarian. >>> Fantastic word. :) >>> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:01 PM Bart Eisenberg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I was tempted to hide the aging fact. Younger friends said I should >>> highlight it. >> >> >> As a sexagenarian myself, I cheer. (I more and more often hear from >> younger hikers, "I think it's great that you're still out here at your >> age." I've gotten over wanting to slap them, and now I take it in the >> spirit in which it's intended.) >> -- >> 73 de ke9tv/2, Kevin >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OsmAnd" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/d8106d88-c930-4968-b429-f24486ed9990n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/d8106d88-c930-4968-b429-f24486ed9990n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OsmAnd" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/CAGARPps%3DOUZXri5cRwTLduLmbPROnZitVbhb_j-d5eb5CfUMXg%40mail.gmail.com.
