Vee, I certainly related to your being somewhat offput by being referred to as "elderly," but in a slighty different way. And speaking of the AARP... I recently got a membership offer in the mail from the AARP!! It stated in a couple of places that anyone over 50 should join because of this benefit and that benefit, blah, blah, blah. The thing of it is, is that I'm still 46! (Turn 47 in August) I have to tell ya, it rattled me. I mean, I haven't even figured out what I want to be when I grow up, and here the AARP is trying to make me a senior citizen already!? whoa! So... I returned the membership form, but not before writing on it, "I'm only 46, don't rush (and depress) me!" But, I guess it was a wake-up call that I'd better get used to the idea that I am just a few short years away from the big 5-0. Time to "put away the things of youth?" Best, Lorraine In a message dated 04/27/2005 10:13:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, housman@adelphia.net writes: But when you think about it, how could she have described me any other way. I'm 73 years old. Describing me as a "Senior Citizen" wouldn't have even come close. Nowadays, anyone over the age of 55 is eligible to join AARP.