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Andagha
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Is anyone watching this? I am just sitting here mouth open..lol
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Andagha
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Posts: 31,212 Andagha
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I will admit I actually wondered if she was female when she first came on. I thought she was an elderly gentleman dressing as an woman, but then it dawned on me she was a very eccentric elderly woman.
You've got to give it to them.
OMG I've just seen Daphne from the programme on the TK Maxx advert just on
Her husband actually looks older than her I think.
Haha, I thought that too, or he looks as old as her anyway!
But you have to admit she is in great shape for 87. :cool:
I hope that when I am her age, if I haven't popped off this mortal coil, that I am as flexible as her
Baroness T is a star
I refused to watch it Andagha because I knew that it would be about bone structure and the perfect example for me is the Vanessa Redgrave family. She, her daughters, her grandchildren are so beautiful.
I'm potatoe face smoking and drinking-:D
However, the Baroness and Gillian Lynne excepted I can't help but feel their OTT way of presenting themselves is just a desperate cry for help -please notice me, I am not invisible.
I just find it sad that, after decades of life, there is such an overwhelming interest in such frivolous matters such as what they are wearing and the image they are presenting to others. Are these women genuine eccentrics or are they just desperately fighting the tide of that sinking feeling of invisibility.?.
Is that fulfillment? Not really, I fear. These strong ladies should get out there and do something mind-expanding with their obvious intelligence if they really want to prove their worth. Dressing up like a Christmas Fairy and painting your face is not really the way to go imo..Although they clearly have fun with it I don't feel it's really the way to go to bust the age prejudice of society. It's just feeding the myth that we need to be 'looked at' to give us any sense of self-worth.
The others were admirable, but to me were trying too hard to be eccentric for the sake of it, but if it makes them happy who am I to judge.
Great programme though and a refreshing change not to be focused on the 'yoof'.
I am a spring chicken compared to them but at 67 I do keep fit, line dancing, tap dancing and ballroom dancing. The tap dance teacher has just turned 70, she's been a dancer all her life and was a Tiller Girl; those of a certain age will know who they were. The keep fit teacher is 70 or early 70s and has been teaching keep fit for about 40 years; neither of them show any signs of giving up teaching any time soon. One of the ladies who goes to both classes is over 70 but looks much younger. At the line dance class I go to there are at least 3 couples who are in their 70's. One of the hubbys is 75 but looks 10 years younger and shows no signs of stiffness. One of the wives is at least 73 and is very sprightly and an absolute marvel at remembering all the dances, some of which are quite complex. There are also a few ladies in their 80's who go. Where I go ballroom dancing I sometimes dance with a guy who is 83 and very sprightly; he's very active always keeps busy and goes walking (he's a bee keeper).
I think it's vitally important to keep active but be warned walking is not necessarily sufficient. When you think about it the hips and shoulders are ball and socket joints so have the greatest range of movement. When you walk you're not using those joints fully, indeed you don't really use your arms unless maybe you swing them if you walk very briskly. That's why I do keep fit. My sister will be 76 next month and goes swimming every day - she's always swum a lot but having been diagnosed with arthritis in her back she now goes every day to get moving.
You should have watched it because it's not all about bone structure - it's about vitality and enthusiasm and determination to make the best of whatever life throws at you. Live. Laugh. Love.
That fringe though on the other one
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And I honestly can't get over the dancer lady. Gobsmacked she's 87.
All just goes to show though - exercise and having a zest for life is the way forward...