Love that in my lifetime I have seen the great industrial cities of the UK at their most productive but dirty stage. Saw them collapse and suffer and am now seeing them rebuilding and seriously re greening themselves: Sheffield, Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow… And proud of it too. They are amazing places.
‘You are old Grandma Williams,’ the young one said,
‘But your hair has not yet gone white
and yet you repeatedly stay in your bed.
Do you think at your age that is right?’
Do the designers of these things ever try them out? Have the hoteliers ever used them? It seems highly unlikely that they ever thought of anyone over 70 wanting to enjoy a romantic bath, safely and easily
Unthinking wording, kindly meant, yes, but pieces written in this way are demoralising and demeaning to older readers.
The people of the IT world seem to live in a foreign land for which I have no map and with a different language which only they can speak.
So this is a report on findings from the Far Side of retirement. Maybe I should tell you, that I am increasingly convinced that you cannot truly understand old age until you have tried it! Quite a surprising period of life to live. You learn a lot!
Time is short when you are in your 83rd year….and so many places still unvisited.
