You Know You're Getting Old When........ (1 Viewer)

dutchman said:

No it wasn't. The mean figure was artificially skewed by much higher infant mortality.

Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too

There is a common misperception that long life spans in humans are very recent, and that no one in the past lived much beyond their 30s before now. This is not true. There is physical evidence that plenty of people in the past lived long lives — just as long as some people do today. Anthropology...

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rondog1973 said:

Actually can remember when for a time there was only 3 channels available as ITV were on strike for what felt like aeons.

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Kneeza said:

I remember when there were just two channels. BBC and ITV.

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Deleted member 5849 said:

30s would have been old age then though, not middle age

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Sick Boy said:

Middle age starts at 55 these days - doesn't it?!

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ovduk78 said:

Average age in UK for men is 78 & women is 82 so surely it is closer to 40?

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Sick Boy said:

Nah it’s definitely nearer to 55.
(I turn 39 this year).

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Sick Boy said:

Nah it’s definitely nearer to 55.
(I turn 39 this year).

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Sick Boy said:

Middle age starts at 55 these days - doesn't it?!

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ovduk78 said:

So you are officially middle aged this year

Edit: Don't you live in Italy? If you do then it is next year as the life expectancy for a man is 80!

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skybluetony176 said:

That means I have another midlife crisis to go through.

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dutchman said:

Lucky to have two!

Where I lived we only had BBC, had to go round to a friend's house to watch ITV.

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Kneeza said:

Almost as old as Houchen's Head.

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