2006-09-15 08:34:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Old-----------Worn out, knackered.Not New.
We're all old every minute of every day... we become older, older, older on each passing of a moment.
Once we' are born we are no longer new.
Whats in a number..nothing.........
Too me the word old when appertaining to another human being
is not right because each different person grows at a different rate, their outlooks, views, anything with getting (as you ask old)
I know some people in their thirties who's views and lifestyles would put them in to the class of being 'OLD' and some people in their seventies who's outlook is still vibrant and young.
Me......Well I feel like an eighteen year old.but there you go .so called too old to have one... sorry for the pun.
2006-09-16 03:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by Sunseaandair 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Old means goes back a long way. Old rocks are those that originated early in the Earth's existence, say 3 or more billion years ago. Old friends are the ones you've had for a long time. But they may exist for longer in the future than they have in the past, so old doesn't imply near the end.
2006-09-16 10:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever you ask a question like this it all becomes relative.
Old is as old as young is young.
How many times have we heard a seventy year old speak about the ninety year old as 'That old woman' Or a three year old call a one year old 'A baby.'
2006-09-18 07:46:20 · answer #3 · answered by GWEN C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These days the term doesn't exist - only older.
It varies, some are sprightly in their 60's, but even they must be struggling at 70. So, anyone past that age have to be called 'old' - just don't tell them that.
2006-09-16 09:21:34 · answer #4 · answered by Silkie1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, I know lots of people who are still sprightly in their 70's!
Just think of Bruce Forsythe, he's around 75 I think and he is still going strong! My Mum is 62 and she is fitter than I am! She swims, practises Yoga, does aerobics, cycles and walks. So I don't think that she will be struggling in 8 years time coz if she is you can guarantee I will be and I am only 33!
2006-09-16 09:37:08 · answer #5 · answered by Tatsbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as old as you feel i think
2006-09-17 06:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by patricia b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are only as old as the woman/man you feel
2006-09-18 14:00:10 · answer #7 · answered by stormyweather 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Methuselah. He was at least 900.
2006-09-16 10:30:32 · answer #8 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kippers and jelly for tea.
i thought id answer irrelevance with absurdity
2006-09-17 07:43:17 · answer #9 · answered by catweazle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you start to round your age up instead of down.
2006-09-17 03:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by MBK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋