At what age are you old?

How old are you and what do you think respectively?

I'm 36 and still classify myself as young. Middle age starts at 40 and you're not old until you are 70. That's my opinion anyway.

Notts Runner wrote (see)

I'm 36 and still classify myself as young. Middle age starts at 40 and you're not old until you are 70. That's my opinion anyway.

Toy boy, I'm 41

btw - middle age starts at 54. It'll be 55 next year.

inflation.

When I was at school 30 was old

when I was 30, 40 was old

at 40, fifty was old

Now I'm 49 I don't think you are old until you're 70.

On the other hand my parents are in their 70s and my mums still working, and they took my 8 and 9 year old on holiday this year. You'd never manage my 2 if you was old.

camillia sinensis assamica mouse wrote (see)

btw - middle age starts at 54. It'll be 55 next year.

inflation.

 

 

Oh wow, we met at London last year I think. You don't look that old/young. It was you wasn't it?

I'm not old, but I have been 21 for the last 29 years . SWMBO though says I stopped gtowing up when I was about 12

Andy

Last night H pointed out that we met 18 years ago. I don't feel any older now than I did then. Physically I'm probably in the shape of my life, and being 40 is mentally just a number. Age has quite a lot to do with state of mind. 

That's until the body starts to catch on, of course, and age starts to play a part in how it functions. But, again, I suspect that is also partly state of mind and being active will stave that off. My Gran is in her 80s and can hardly walk out of the house. but she has always got in the car to even go the

Mathematically speaking, if you take exercise your performance improves.
Age however, has a decreasing effect on performance.

When you add the improvement slope to the deterioration slope you get a curved hill type shape. I'm officially over the hill.

To me age can refer to age of the body, age of the soul or age of your mental state.

I'm 32. I have a few friends who are in their 50's and 60's and I dont consider them old at all.

I believe in rebirth and usually the term age to me refers to the age of the soul. The older the soul, the wiser the person, usually throughout their life. I find enormous respect towards the old souls, as I see that they've experienced much more in their lives. They see life as a journey, respect each moment as it is and don't pay too much attention to the detail such as age of the body or how to look 10 years younger 

I consider myself mentally old at the moment. That is, because I don't have the energy to do all the things I want to do, or things I used to do. Having said that, it is not something that can't be changed. Its just a mental state. Once things start to look brighter and I get more energy, I might feel very young and energetic even though I will be older in my body.

My fat monitor scales calculates my age as 12.

However, its out by about 40 years

Old is dead, anything else is young, including 52.

40 but feel 18...even if I don't look it!!!! (before anyone gets it in!)

Errmm - 63 doing long distance stuff albeit slowly, but wrinkled tortoise looks in mirrot a bit .

12 + about 40 = about 52, as in 51 plus a few months.

I am 40  and feel   half that    I will never be old

I don't think 'being old' is a number, but it is more a function of the state of the body and mind.   Whatever your age, if you are mobile, generally in good health, have a sense of humour, can wipe your own bottom and dress yourself then you're doing better than some other people.   Go to an Iron Man tri and you will see some athletes in their 60s and 70s still having a go and making a decent effort.  Are they 'old'..?