Jerry, dunno if "old" is 10 years older than me. I recently attended my best friend's 70th birthday & I'm only 56. Her partner's 95 years old mother was at the party & altho she is slowing down, still lives alone.

I'm not sure what my definition of old is - another dear friend who I've known since I joined that organisation almost 30 years ago is 92, but she is very feeble, unlike the 92-year old member of the 'Tai Chi & Gentle Exercise for Seniors' class I attend, or the 93-year woman old I met at the bus stop yesterday.

Most of my friends & acquaintance are older than me - maybe "old" is my parents generation?   

sandra (puzzled young thing with greying hair who gets offered seats in the bus)