Most of these replies made me laugh!!!! For me, you're elderly when you forget where you're going, why you're there, or where you live!
Otherwise, good to go!

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Originally posted by chellim1:

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
81 sounds right for me

It's interesting that you pick that exact number. That's the age of my parents. They were quite "young" and active in their 70's, but at age 81 they are definitely on the downhill slide.

I'm going to say 83. I know a boatload of 80, 81 and 82 year olds that do what they want whenever they want and enjoy life. My Dad opened a restaurant when he was 82. He was a terrible restauranteur but nevertheless he got it opened and seemed to have a good time doing so. By 83 he was in a different place and slowing way down. I am seeing over and over again 83 there is a slowing down in health or activity.

You don't stop playing because you grow old,
You grow old because you stop playing.

I need to get off my lardass more often.

My dad wasn't "old" until 92, and he lived to 94. He was playing golf in his early 90s, and walking the course without a cart. Covid restrictions really took a toll on him, and he lost a lot in those years.

When your body/mind starts refusing to play along with you.

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Originally posted by odin:

you're elderly when you forget where you're going, why you're there

I can't begin to count the number of times that I walk into a room and then ask myself why I came into that particular room. Or what am I looking for after I open the refrigerator door.

But then again, I have been doing both of those things since I was in my 20's. So maybe I've been "elderly" for sixty years, or more.