Table of Contents
Introduction 9
Early Signs 12
A Few Words of Wisdom from J. B. Priestley 16
More Early Signs 16
The Best of Friends? 21
How Time Flies 22
Family Reunion 22
It's a Numbers Thing 23
Backseat Driver 26
Pootle's Story 27
It's All Downhill 28
Ancient Words of Wisdom 30
Dear Sir 30
Keep Death off the Roads 32
Peter's Story 34
Grumpy Old People 35
Parking is Such Sweet Sorrow 37
Love Potions 39
Wise Counsel? 40
Smokers Rule 41
Top Tips for Not Growing Old 41
A Rose by Any Other Name 47
What the Doctor Ordered? 48
Practical Ideas to Keep The Mind in Shape and Senior Moments at Bay 48
Bridge 51
Love Bites 52
On the Indignities of Age 52
Forgetful, Moi? 53
Seeing Red 54
Mother Superior - A Seventeenth-Century Nun's Prayer 55
Age Before Beauty 56
Senior Symphony 58
Catalogue of Complaints 58
Annabel's Story 59
Tender Memory 60
Say What? 60
Bodily Functions 61
Free-Falling 64
Regrets - I've Had a Few 65
More Ancient Words of Wisdom… 65
…And a Few Modern Words of Confusion 66
A Double Life 66
Socks 66
Three Ladies 67
Hot Under the Collar 68
Menopausal Moments 69
Menopausal Quotes 70
If You Don't Move It, You Lose It 71
One Track Mind 73
Open-and-Shut Case 74
Malapropisms 74
Father William 78
Forever Young 80
Gardens of Delight 82
Weather or Not 83
Middle Age 84
Rebecca's Story 86
Holding Back the Years 87
Over the Hill? 88
Out of Order 95
Age Defies Gravity 98
The Time of Your Life 98
Forget Me Not 100
Senior Statesmen Part I 101
Very Old Testament 106
Shakes-peering 107
Golden Oldies - Secrets of Longevity 108
The Four Seasons 110
Long Division 110
Life Is… 111
Old Age Is… 112
Silver Linings 113
The Prime of Life? 119
Old Girls' Reunion 119
Late Bloomers 120
Senior Statesmen Part II 121
Barking Mad 123
Time's Winged Chariot 125
Food for Thought 127
Thanks for the Memories 141
Fighting Fit 142
Natural Remedy 147
Mnemonics 148
Last-Minute Observations Plus a Few Extra Tips 151
Bibliography 159
