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New Age...New Labour..how about New Old Age.....


On 18 Oct 2010, at 12:59, Alexander Nixon wrote:

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No not thirdsgers please it sounds like some flakey " New Age" claptrap.

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On 18 Oct 2010, at 11:05, Babs Short <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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Right .......Thirdagers it is .....

my teenage son just been in a music competition called Teenage Rampage.......
maybe there should be a Thirdage Rampage demanding recognition of respect and rights?  
(unfortunately I can't apply as  I am a Midager!).


On 18 Oct 2010, at 10:35, Babs Short wrote:

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I like that Lynne

but even better is 'Third Agers'........or Thirdagers like Teenagers?????


On 18 Oct 2010, at 09:52, LYNNE CROCKETT wrote:

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Seniors is just as bad. How about members of the third age?

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Date: Monday, 18 October, 2010, 9:21

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> Sometime ago I posted a question about people's feelings about being
> catagorised as "the elderly". Something I detest because of its negative
> conotations. I recently heard and interview with some Americans who
> consistently used the phrase "our seniors" or "the seniors". In the way the
> words were used describing the place of older people in the community.  I
> llike it! What do others think? More importantly how do we get it used?
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