"Jabba" wrote in message
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"John Edgar" wrote in message
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SNIpED
I do like the idea of good news and bad news but I can't see a story with
the following headline:

"Teenage Gives Up Seat For Old Person on The 5B Bus"

Ah yes... I remember it well!, Though actually, It wasn't on the 5B Bus. It
was on the tube, but whether circle line or northern line I can't recall.
It was rush hour. She was ooooh, about 12. Ok, lets say 13, just to make her
a teen and she offered me her seat.
Only 6 months before I had lamented on how everyone was inclined to vastly
underestimate my age. At 30 I still had to carry ID and customers would
always think they were dealing with a "boy". Then suddenly it all changed
and the opposite became the norm. It would be assumed to be in in my 40s or
50's though in actual fact a mere 32.
So when the young girl offered me that seat I couldn't help but think...
what ever happened to the years in between?

Patrick