66 is not elderly, damn it!

[samhexum]

Police from the 100th Precinct are looking for the suspect who allegedly assaulted an elderly man in broad daylight at a shopping center in Arverne last month. 

Police say the 66-year-old victim was inside the Stop & Shop at 70-20 Rockaway Beach Blvd. just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, when a stranger who had been screaming and cursing at other shoppers approached him and struck him with her purse. The crazed woman proceeded to punch him in the face with a closed fist and then began biting both of his arms, police said. The suspect fled the scene running eastbound on Rockaway Beach Boulevard toward Beach 69th Street. 

The victim sustained minor lacerations to his arms and was transported by EMS to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect and described her as having a dark complexion with shoulder length braids. She was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, black shorts, pink Crocs, a large blue backpack and she carried a white handbag.

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by samhexum
but he is under no legal obligation to explain why he did so

[maninsoma]

The average life expectancy in the USA is 79 1/2 years.  What is 66 if not elderly?

[+ purplekow]

One could use the system of defining 80 as a full year.  So elderly would be from Thanksgiving to the end of the year.  Each year is equivalent to 4.5 days more or less.  So 66 would be 14 x 4.5 or 59 days from the end of the year or Just past Halloween.  So not quite elderly because you are not really thinking about the end of the year until at least Thanksgiving. 

As a result, I would describe 66 as autumnal.    BTW, autumn has become my favorite season as I have more Spring in my step than ever.  

Edited 4 hours ago by purplekow

[samhexum]

35 minutes ago, maninsoma said:

What is 66 if not elderly?

Mature, experienced, 2/3 of devilish (666)

[robberbaron4u]

2 hours ago, maninsoma said:

The average life expectancy in the USA is 79 1/2 years.  What is 66 if not elderly?

I was out on Block 16 in The Elmwood on Sunday; in its day, the most desirable "last address" for the "best people" and took note that, although there were exceptions, very few of the movers and shakers of their day made it to 70.

[Luv2play]

56 minutes ago, robberbaron4u said:

I was out on Block 16 in The Elmwood on Sunday; in its day, the most desirable "last address" for the "best people" and took note that, although there were exceptions, very few of the movers and shakers of their day made it to 70.

Of course, three score and ten or seventy was the biblical life span of 2000 years ago. But in western countries in the 19th and twentieth centuries many people lived well beyond that even if the average life span was shorter than today. 
I remember visiting a German graveyard in Berlin and being astounded at the number of gravestones with ages recorded in the 80’s and 90’s in the 19th century. Then the 20th century arrived and many died between 1914 and 1918 at a young age.

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

Many HOA communities and homes for the Aged admit the elderly at age 55.

The American Association of Retired People (AARP) begins sending membership requests to the elderly at age 50.

My advice to feel younger:  "You're only as old as the men you feel!"

Edited 25 minutes ago by Vegas_Millennial
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