Is anyone in this section actually a senior?

Question

lilabner
well theres no disputing your an OAP!
Your definitly and old grump
Im not American so the term senior to me means Elderly, nothing to do with high school

Plum, yes your right you are a plum :)

Answer 1

55, early retirement.

Answer 2

It all depends. Here in Virginia Beach, Virginia (the Old Colony), in some places 55 is SENIOR. in another it's 62 or 66. One restaurant gives a 50% discount on the entree on Monday (2 retirement condoes are next door and across the street!). Another, a buffet, you have to be 65. Some fast food places give you 'senior citizen discounts' at 55. I ALWAYS ask...senior citizen discount AND military discount ( retired from the U.S.Navy in 1985). You never know unless you ASK. I've been given both when I ask at various places. Oh, a few years ago I was taking some courses at a Community College (2 year college for you non-U.S. folks) and went to Washington, D.C. I was in the Aerospace Museum and wanted to see the film and asked if they gave military discounts ...no; senior citizen discounts...no; STUDENT discounts..showed my TCC card and got $2 off the ticket!

Answer 3

I'm 64. I remember when I was in school and we all looked up to the seniors. In that sense, no matter how old I get, the World War II vets will always be my "seniors" - the older people I admire. But in terms of Senior Citizen Discounts, I usually qualify.

Answer 4

Here in the USA someone is considered a senior at age 55. Now that more and more people are living longer, healthier lives we don't really consider someone elderly until they reach 80 or so. I visit this site frequently. I am almost 63 and I don't feel elderly at all.

Answer 5

Well I am both new to this section and definitely not elderly! Depends what age you consider is!! I am 64 but have the mind (definitely not the body!) of a 30 year old - except when it is having a senior moment lol !!!!

Answer 6

Yup, I DO qualify. Recently I went on a diet and lost 33 lbs. In the past when I have lost a significant amount I have gone from fatty to hotty. This time I went from fatty to frail. I don't feel frail (lifting weights and swimming till weather turned cool) but there was a definite difference in the treatment I was getting. I complained to my daughter and she recommended I dye my hair. My salt and pepper hair has gone mostly gray in front and sides but still dark in the back.

Gray hair is natures way of softening the features as we get older and I never minded it but something had to be done. So I went one shade lighter than my dark hair and dyed only the front and sides with streaks of gray left. The difference in appearance is subtle but it is enough for people to go back to treating me with consideration instead of commiseration.

Answer 7

You can call me an Old Age Pensioner (OAP) or a Senior Citizen or just an old lady! But never call me late for dinner.
At 66 years young I deserve respect!!

Answer 8

73 going on 25 except for the aches and pains. This is a good site, because contributors know how to use spell check. It does surprise me that 50 year olds consider themselves seniors. Love that Arby.

Answer 9

Senior? I'm 62 and have a bus pass.
Very useful if I don't want to take the car - I can walk down to town but if I buy a lot then it costs me nothing to get home. Certainly cheaper than a taxi.
Any more bus pass holders out there?

Answer 10

Actually, none of us are Seniors. It's just these musty smelling pieces of paper that the Government calls Birth Certificates. Every one of them are fraudulent. The dates given on them could not possibly be right. If I were that old, I wouldn't be sitting here at the Computer typing this note at 75 wpm. I'd be in the ground somewhere, pushing up daisies.

Answer 11

The gal in the mirror looks over 60. My joints have days when they know they're, at least, 95.... but NO I am not a senior. I just drop in to keep the old folk company and get my daily chuckle...