Originally Posted by
DnvrFox
"Old is SO MUCH MORE than a number. When someone describes another person as "He is SO old," they mean a whole lot more than a number - they mean an attitude, a posture, a measure of invigoration, strength and a whole lot of other characteristics. It is not a complimentary term, IMHO.
So, I guess we will simply have to disagree here, as we see "old" entirely differently.
(Hypothetical) A person swims the English channel at the age of 30 years. Wow that's impressive... The same person swims the English channel at 80 years. Wow, that's really amazing and almost unheard of... What's the difference? 50 years... How did we judge there to be a difference? 50 years were added to the persons life. It says nothing of his overall condition compared to then and now; could be he was in better condition at 80 then 30... You may be in the best condition of your life, but people first judge you by the number of years you have been alive before comparing conditioning. It's just the way it is... Likely if you are 20 years older than someone else, they view you as OLD.
