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Perhaps because, on average, people are dead before they turn 88? Or, because people retire at 65 (or 55 in Canada?)? Or, because she's been mayor for over 30 y

by boucher 17y ago

Perhaps because, on average, people are dead before they turn 88? Or, because people retire at 65 (or 55 in Canada?)? Or, because she's been mayor for over 30 years, which isn't exactly something you can accomplish at a young age? Or because she's in incredibly good shape for a woman of her age? There exist inappropriate times to comment on someone's age, or to make decisions based on it. This wasn't one of them. The story was much more about her than the debt free nature of the city. I'd also mention that she does not in any way seem offended by such comments, she seems to enjoy playing it up and joking about it.

techiferous 17y ago
"I'd also mention that she does not in any way seem offended by such comments." Yeah, I wonder how I'll feel about this when I'm older. Maybe I won't mind. It just sounds weird to me when people mention the age of someone and it's not relevant to the story, kind of like when someone is telling you a story about someone and they mention that they are black and it's completely irrelevant.
- ghshephard 17y ago
  I recall, at the ripe old age of 34, being put off by a new engineer who said "People of your generation look at technology different than us younger people, but it's cool that you are so familiar with the internet." Now, I recognize that 34 is _little_ out of place at some startups, but I hadn't realized I'd moved into a new generation. It didn't really bother me, so much as cause me to be aware that time is certainly passing by...
  - thwarted 17y ago
    So familiar with the Internet?! Kids today, with their Bings and Googles. We had to use Veronica and Archie, and we liked it! Back then, both our browsers and our hypertext transfer protocols were at version 0.9, if you can believe that!
  - gaius 17y ago
    LOL! These kids are great at friending each other on MySpace and watching videos on Youtube, but people our age built the Internet one metre of fibre at a time. We're the creators, they're just consumers.
    - hnal943 17y ago
      ...and when we built it, it was uphill both ways. And we liked it that way.

by boucher 17y ago

techiferous 17y ago

"I'd also mention that she does not in any way seem offended by such comments." Yeah, I wonder how I'll feel about this when I'm older. Maybe I won't mind. It just sounds weird to me when people mention the age of someone and it's not relevant to the story, kind of like when someone is telling you a story about someone and they mention that they are black and it's completely irrelevant.

ghshephard 17y ago
I recall, at the ripe old age of 34, being put off by a new engineer who said "People of your generation look at technology different than us younger people, but it's cool that you are so familiar with the internet." Now, I recognize that 34 is _little_ out of place at some startups, but I hadn't realized I'd moved into a new generation. It didn't really bother me, so much as cause me to be aware that time is certainly passing by...
- thwarted 17y ago
  So familiar with the Internet?! Kids today, with their Bings and Googles. We had to use Veronica and Archie, and we liked it! Back then, both our browsers and our hypertext transfer protocols were at version 0.9, if you can believe that!
- gaius 17y ago
  LOL! These kids are great at friending each other on MySpace and watching videos on Youtube, but people our age built the Internet one metre of fibre at a time. We're the creators, they're just consumers.
  - hnal943 17y ago
    ...and when we built it, it was uphill both ways. And we liked it that way.