I read surveys and questionnaires and they often ask me to put myself in an age group; 20 -40, 50 – 60, 70-80, but almost never older. I’m mildly insulted. Don’t they care what nonagenarians think? Or is it they consider anyone over 80 in their dotage? Doddering? Dim? Unable to express a reasonable opinion? What? You’re worried that we might ramble on a bit? Maybe veer off topic a time or two? Okay. I confess we can appear to be confused, maybe even forget what the question was. So we repeat ourselves once in a while.

As a matter of fact, older adults have all those years of life experience and could probably add some cogent wisdom to your survey. So go ahead. Add a “85-100” category and see how many responses you get. Sure. C’mon. Let us have a chance to join your survey. Oh. Just give me a minute.