I sometimes cite my grandfather in this context. He was born in 1885, long before cars or aeroplanes, but he lived to watch men walk on the moon. Didn't seem unduly impressed. (View Post)

Patient: How can I live to be 100? Doctor: Give up smoking, drinking and sex. Patient: Are you sure I'll live to 100? Doctor: No, but it will feel like. (View Post)

I'm still working at 74 and loving it. I am, of course, ridiculously rich in consequence, not least because I haven't been paying golf club membership dues for nine boring years. (View Post)

£10? That's very nearly an armful. (View Post)

Volkswagen seem to have overcome their dubious political background without much difficulty. Ein Volk, ein Wagen... etc (View Post)