Shorthand for 60 something

Thank you, gaggi! I knew it was from some book we read at school but couldn't put my finger on it.

lizzypop, I agree entirely with this: "thatbags of course the things I say can't be applied to everyone. Some people are very unlucky as far as their health goes and I would never want to offend but, as a general rule we should do more not less if we want to stay active" and it is the 'should' that I follow myself, but I've still had to stop doing quite a few of the active things I used to do because it was too bloody painful! It's too easy to fall into the trap of blaming people because they are less active or just as active but slower than they used to be. There could be a multitude of (unknown to observers) reasons for the slowing down. Your previous posts didn"t seem to allow for that.

As for your last sentence in the same post: pish! Load of rot. Of course we aren't expected to do that. Your view of how people think of old people is very negative. I suggest that is your negativity at work, not that of others.

Thanks Spanishsue.I like 'sleenagers'! My dentist nearly said elderly to me the other day but.quickly changed it to over 60's. He might have needed a dentist if he had finished the sentence.
I also don't mind being called 'mature's as it isn't too ageist.

I would've liked your grandad, Gaggi3 ?

I don't think you can be described as elderly until 85yrs +, but we are stuck with it.

Thank you * gaggi*, I had a hunch it was that.

The only people I know who fit Lizzie's description that I know always did look like that.

thatbags it's easy to give or take offence through the medium of email because there's no tone of voice or facial expression to soften what can come across as harsh, cold text. I try not to judge people although I suspect we all do it, albeit privately, unless we are plaster saints! ? You're right that I do believe we are lumped together into an invisible group of retired people if we're over a certain age and it's very frustrating. Perhaps that comes across as negativity. It is a real hobbyhorse of mine so perhaps I should stable it for a good rest and be cheerful ? I do believe though, that the so called 'grey pound' and 'grey vote' could be incredibly powerful if we got together to wield it!

Our local hospital thinks that anyone over 60 is eligible for the geriatric ward.

Hear, hear, lizzypop, re grey pound and grey vote. Both should get more powerful over the next decade or so too.

I belong to a forum, Sixty and Me, and they call Baby Boomers (which I am) Boomers and those too old to be Baby Boomers, who are over 70, Seniors. I think Boomer is OK for us 60 somethings. Younger Baby Boomers are in their 50s but they can still be called middle-aged. The NHS classes over 75 as elderly.

I don't mind being called 'elderly'. Why would I?

I think I'm agreeing with that bags.

A gentleman called me 'young lady' today but as he came from the local home for the bewildered I didn't mind. It was quite sweet.

When I ask for a ticket I say 'Senior'.

My forty year old son recently described someone in their sixties as elderly. When I asked him if he would think of himself as elderly in twenty years time he said not at all and agreed I was right as usual.

I think that 'elderly' is generally 10yrs older than your present age.