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The inevitability of growing old scares me like few other things. My biggest consolation is that I should be able to keep creating no matter how old I get - an
by alex_c 17y ago
The inevitability of growing old scares me like few other things. My biggest consolation is that I should be able to keep creating no matter how old I get - and unlike other passions, this passion of ours only requires a sound mind, not necessarily a sound body.
I want to be like Marie when I grow up.
- rubentopo 17y agoIt's such a relief for those of us who share that fear. I stumbled upon this letter yesterday, it's a complaint that a 98 year old lady wrote to her bank's CEO. (http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art42630.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art42630.asp) These two ladies are an excellent example that age is not an impediment for doing things (or doing something about things...in the latter case).
- cubicle67 17y agoHmmm... the Internet seems to have helped develop in me a very strong level of cynicism such that I'd put the chances of this being genuine at < 5%, and the Granny Coder at about 40%
- ciupicri 17y agoUnfortunately in some cases the mind deteriorates too, not just the body. I knew a 90+ year old women who was pretty sane, but after two years she became retarded. She was asking me something, I was answering and after 5-10 minutes she was asking the same question again. Btw, I think that Grace Murray Hopper can be considered a model, too.