It's a shame your otherwise interesting point got sidetracked by a regional disagreement of definitions. Let's get back on track. That was my first thought too

It's a shame your otherwise interesting point got sidetracked by a regional disagreement of definitions. Let's get back on track. That was my first thought too. Just think about living to 107. That would mean she was born in (or around) 1910. A child during WW1, before cars were commonplace; a young adult during the great depression; an adult during WW2; the expansion of suburbs; through Vietnam, the computer revolution of the 80s, the Internet in the 90s... it must be amazing to observe that kind of time span first hand. A lot happens in a century.