The advert asked -are you 61 next birthday? Clicking on the link takes you to a site promoting funeral costs insurance-what? This blog is for all people that reach this big number in their lives but are not interested in planning to die, or go on sedate river cruises,or install a walk in bath.
The assumption is that we reach this age, normal mental and physical faculties are abandoned. The NHS asked for over 60's who had been unwell to click on a link that offered this advice-keep warm and eat well and if in doubt go and see a doctor. Ehh I would never have thought of that, but you would because your brain is not clogged up with brain arthritis, inevitable at the big 60 apparently.
Watching a someone kills everybody thing on T.V. set in Aberystwyth, one of many victims was 62 I think-she looked 90, was mad, isolated and alone. All men who are killed in any TV series over 60 are inevitably crazy, drunken perverts -would we allow ethnic groups or gender or sexuality stereotyping to happen anymore ? Gone are the days when all gay characters are "Mr Humphrey" stereotype from "Are you being Served" or black people are always drug dealers or women always in the kitchen. Its time for the generation that changed these images to change the assumptions about this phase of life, because surprise surprise, 60 somethings come in all shapes sizes and outlooks - not one vast Bargain Hunt viewing, going to garden centers, buying upright self lifting chairs mass.
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