This is wonderful - so many old people not acting their age!!! GREAT! I hope I grow older and act my shoe size!! I'd love to be a disgraceful old woman - Yeah!!!
When my dear Mum died 2 years ago August she was 93 and as Elizabeth said - 'But my Gran is too young to die' That really touched me - Mum had only been really poorly in the last 8 weeks of her life - for that I'm so grateful. Don't get me wrong - she had loads wrong with her - at 87 she was diagnosed as having breast cancer - but they wouldn't operate because of her age - so she simply took Tamoxifen - gave the cancer a very hard talking too and carried on with her life! She had angina, so with pills that wasn't allowed to get in her way. Also she had arthritis - and that made her mad 'cos she couldn't open jars etc!! The saying here is 'She was very bloody minded' - talk about a strong lady! Unfortunately my dear old Dad died at 70 through a heart attack - still miss him today.
So all you who still have Gran's and Granpa's please give them an extra hug next time you see them.

Lynne