DEAR ABBY: It's amazing how younger people judge those already well into their later years. The following incident happened when I was 91. I'm now 92, and I still go to a local gym three times a week, lifting weights to keep my body in fairly good shape.
One day last year, I noticed a young man of about 30 lifting a bar with weights on the ends. I approached him and asked, "How much are you lifting?"
"Seventy pounds," he replied.
"Mind if I try?"
"Sure," he said, "go ahead."
When I lifted the weights as he did, he asked, "How old are you?"
"I'm 91," I replied.
Staring incredulously, he croaked, "And you're still standing?"
This gives you some idea how we in our later years are stereotyped, and how wrong some people can be. Don't sell us short. Not all of us are over the hill. -- MURRAY SHAW, PHOENIX
DEAR MURRAY: Your lesson is well taken. As any qualified butcher will tell you, prime beef only gets better when it is aged.