Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[shootingstar]

Sigh, one day I will figure out the photo adjustment software. Seriously not intending to blur aging results here...

I don't pretend I look much younger in the face than my chronological years. However most likely overall health is probably good/youngish. Well, the woman who works in my dept. is about my age or 1 yr. older and her health is problematic that it's affected her work, alertness, and she has back problems, doesn't like much walking over 3-4 kms. For certain is caused by her need to lose 20 lbs. or so.

I admit, I actually find it strange (almost irritating) that a few men (who are not macho/arrogant type) at work, just 5 years older than I, refer to me as a "young" lady...in a way that they think I'm in my 30's. It must be mannerisms. I DO have some life experiences and maybe...some wisdom just like them?

[mimitabby]

Shooting star, when they call you "young lady" they think they are giving you a compliment!

It IS fun getting mistaken for being younger. One of my favorite things is young guys in cars following me on the bike.. Haha, from the back I look 1/2 my age. It amuses me.

[Ann G]

I'm 58. I was 53 when RAGBRAI came through town. I hosted some riders and had a great time. The next morning, I got up too late to join the early riders, but I hopped on the 10-speed that I'd bought in grad school, and joined the riders for the next 8 miles. At that point there was a breakfast fundraiser in a farm yard, with picnic tables under the trees. The weather was ideal, and the smell of coffee, bacon, and pancakes was in the air. I sat at one of the picnic tables, talked to some riders, and for a few minutes pretended that I wasn't going to turn around and go back home. I bought a recumbent a few weeks later because the 10-speed just killed my back and rear. I started thinking that maybe I could do this. That November I got more serious about fitness, and started walking and strength training at the wellness center. I lost 35 pounds between November and the following July. I did the next RAGBRAI, and have done all of them since then. RAGBRAI is weirdly fun, and training for it keeps me in better shape than I might be otherwise.

I was in junior high during the Cuban missle crisis, and should remember something about it, but I just don't. I was in 8th grade, in study hall when JFK was assasinated. A teacher came in and made the announcement, and it didn't seem real. I was used to doctor shows like Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare where they always saved the patient. I remember being glued to the television for the next 4 days, and seeing Jack Ruby shoot Lee Harvey Oswald, seeing the casket on a horse-drawn casson, and seeing John Jr. salute the casket.

I'm from small-town Iowa, but I remember seeing a water fountain on vacation that was labelled "whites only." Creepy. I started college in 1968, during the middle of the war in Viet Nam, and I remember war protests.

I was in my bedroom, age 13, when I first heard "I Want to Hold Your Hand" on the radio, and I loved that sound. Of course I saw the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and I wrote all of their names on the cover of my denim-blue 3-ring binder. The first album I bought for myself was "Meet the Beatles." My favorite was Paul, the cute Beatle. Some other students were Beach Boys fans, and some Dave Clark 5, but I was a Beatle fan.

Later on, I also liked the Mamas and the Papas, and then Judy Collins and Joan Baez.