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Originally Posted by webshowpro
Ageist, yes I am very guilty. The question I have is when was the last time you met a truly open minded senior citizen? One who was truly not afraid of to try something new? One whose mind was not made up 40 years ago?
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You could try my neighbor: in his 90s, still works part time as a mining engineer - which means he drives off to remote sites and crawls around in the mines.
More generally, you might consider that a good part of the lack of open-mindedness you bewail is in fact experience. Quite often, when those old people reject your "something new", it's not because they're afraid of trying it, but because they did in fact try it back when you were in diapers :-)