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    Supergran!

    This fabulous, feisty woman is my new hero!

    (although I can't help wondering if she worked for the Met in her younger day )

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    Re: Supergran!

    ...and while I'm at it, I think I'll post a gratuitous link to the brilliant

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    Re: Supergran!

    She said: "Why should old women be looked down on? I think it is terrible the way people look down on you.''
    if you love the life you live then you'll get a lot more done

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    Re: Supergran!

    Quote Originally Posted by rubyred View Post
    She said: "Why should old women be looked down on? I think it is terrible the way people look down on you.''
    Probably because a lot of old women are 'little old ladies'

    Little...
    get looked down on
    geddit..?

    *I'll get my coat*

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    Re: Supergran!

    Quote Originally Posted by gamebird View Post
    Probably because a lot of old women are 'little old ladies'

    Little...
    get looked down on
    geddit..?

    *I'll get my coat*
    now run game bird
    if you love the life you live then you'll get a lot more done

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    Re: Supergran!

    I'll add my own tribute to a similar heroine, a Scottish lady, then aged 71, who chased an armed robber with her handbag. (and then referred to a security guard who had handed over a moneybox to the same armed robber as a "wimp"!)

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7002829.stm

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