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I would have to along with Steve's (masraum) comment on this. I have seen people in their 60's who seemed elderly and people in their 80's who weren't so much. As a person in the "elderly" range, it seems like the last ten to twenty years of peoples' lives are much more variable and represent more general change than even their first twenty years of life. As a person who was active and athletic all my life (ninth grade: broke the records for the rope climb & "agility run", set record for low hurdles & anchored the relay team for a record in HS, did a lot of mountain climbing, back packing, scuba diving, kayaking, etc. for years & still take 5 to 9 mile hikes), it's hard to look around and see people who once were very active fall by the wayside. As the saying goes, "I'm no spring chicken" and can't do lots of things I took for granted. But, I'm happy I can still put in a day of physical work or play and go out & do it again the next day - maybe not continually though. Those who can't or don't, I consider elderly.
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Marv Evans
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