Posted by: donallan on: 16 February 2012
First published The Chronicle, Canberra, Tuesday 14 February, 2012 Could someone please define “old” for me? I’m interested in the subject because many people seem to think “old age” is a category to be used exclusively by age pensioners. This assumption is egregiously wrong. Many people will attest to (myself included) that age is a [...]
Posted by: donallan on: 27 October 2011
First published The Chronicle Canberra, Tuesday 25 October 2011 ‘You don’t look your age’ and, ‘don’t worry, you’ll live to a ripe old age are two phrases commonly used to flatter older people. Perhaps the flatterers use these phrases in the hope that when the older people drop of the perch of life they have [...]
