Comments on: HOWTO: Be a cool old person http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/ Michelle Thorne on life, the internets, and everything. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sue http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-637 sue Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:21:02 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-637 I am researching stuff for my students - we are looking at stereotyping and prejudice. This is such a cheerful find about what they have so many preconceived ideas about. We will be discussing this! The Teach! I am researching stuff for my students – we are looking at stereotyping and prejudice. This is such a cheerful find about what they have so many preconceived ideas about. We will be discussing this!

The Teach!

]]> By: Graco Heart to Heart Blog - It’s Official. I’m Getting Old. http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-489 Graco Heart to Heart Blog - It’s Official. I’m Getting Old. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:45:13 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-489 [...] did try and regain some of my youth last month at our couple of trade shows when I was sans-kids (really. I was out til 3am even!). [...] [...] did try and regain some of my youth last month at our couple of trade shows when I was sans-kids (really. I was out til 3am even!). [...]

]]> By: Cheeky Chaplin http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-128 Cheeky Chaplin Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:10:37 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-128 Hello all! I am developing a website about this very topic. Please join me at peaceloveparty.com and feel free to email some names of famous people over fifty who are cool. Yours, Cheeksie Hello all!

I am developing a website about this very topic. Please join me at peaceloveparty.com and feel free to email some names of famous people over fifty who are cool.

Yours,

Cheeksie

]]> By: cb http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-114 cb Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:42:43 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-114 Don't forget the sunscreen while getting old!!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ&feature=related ;-) Don’t forget the sunscreen while getting old!!! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ&feature=related ;-)

]]> By: cheritycall http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-106 cheritycall Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-106 Hi, Give something for help the hungry people in Africa and India, I added this blog about that subject: in http://tinyurl.com/5pul7l Hi, Give something for help the hungry people in Africa and India,
I added this blog about that subject:
in http://tinyurl.com/5pul7l

]]> By: Moms are great http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-105 Moms are great Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:03:04 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-105 Swimming relaxes, helps the skin, and helps you stay young through exercise. So swim swim swim Swimming relaxes, helps the skin, and helps you stay young through exercise. So swim swim swim

]]> By: Claire http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-104 Claire Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:31:04 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-104 Dye your hair bright purple. It can be a great ice breaker, especially with those whipper-snappers. Dye your hair bright purple. It can be a great ice breaker, especially with those whipper-snappers.

]]> By: Peter http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-102 Peter Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:40:31 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-102 very good tutorial for how to live your life... from such a young person. we should make a website about the topic and get rich :) very good tutorial for how to live your life… from such a young person. we should make a website about the topic and get rich :)

]]> By: miss america http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-101 miss america Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:12:22 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-101 Don't dwell over the small stuff - you don't want to remember that you lived your life as a curmudgeon. Don’t dwell over the small stuff – you don’t want to remember that you lived your life as a curmudgeon.

]]> By: thornet http://thornet.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/howto-be-a-cool-old-person/#comment-100 thornet Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:45:38 +0000 http://thornet.wordpress.com/?p=124#comment-100 After posting this, more ideas came to mind. Do you have any? Topping my list: 1) Have a sense of humor. Be able to laugh at yourself and not take everything you do too seriously. And if you've got jokes, tell 'em. 2) Throw dinner parties. They don't have to be stuffy affairs. Invite a mix of dearest friends and acquaintances with good stories to tell. Enjoy making food and the company around you. You're never to old to eat and have a good time. 3) Pay attention to history. Some of the most interesting old people are like living history books. If you're living nearly an entire century, think of all the events you'll live through, big and small. Keep yourself informed of contemporary issues and have an opinion about them -- even if that opinion changes as you get older and wiser. After posting this, more ideas came to mind. Do you have any?

Topping my list:

1) Have a sense of humor. Be able to laugh at yourself and not take everything you do too seriously. And if you’ve got jokes, tell ‘em.

2) Throw dinner parties. They don’t have to be stuffy affairs. Invite a mix of dearest friends and acquaintances with good stories to tell. Enjoy making food and the company around you. You’re never to old to eat and have a good time.

3) Pay attention to history. Some of the most interesting old people are like living history books. If you’re living nearly an entire century, think of all the events you’ll live through, big and small. Keep yourself informed of contemporary issues and have an opinion about them — even if that opinion changes as you get older and wiser.

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