It’s much mixture of professional backgrounds that’s needed - the present Parliamentary life experience base is possibly narrower than it’s been for a century
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With a bit of luck, and possibly some unionising, unretired teachers may be empowered because they neither have future career or income weighing down their choices.
Being able to say “I will leave” not only gives these teachers power to refuse unpalatable offers but lengthy business experience also arms them with the knowledge of how to negotiate. I wish them every chance!
Nana Mouskouri at 86…
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In the numbers spirit, here are a few impressive ones
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Incredible. My dad made a matchstick boat, another which we are currently re-rigging and a galleon from
cigar boats.
He also bought a naval pinnace after the war and converted her into a two cabin, two masted boat which he named Lisa Jane, after me.
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Tom Jones… still going strong 
I have this mad idea that any new candidate intending to stand for a seat in the HoC must first run a corner shop for 12 months and emerge in credit.
The Dept of Trade would buy/rent a number of corner shops. The shop would be fully stocked at the start, with a list of the suppliers. The shop keeper would have to negotiate credit terms with them and a bank.
Hygiene, Health and Safety, dealing with the police for the inevitable thefts …
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certainly an amazing lady
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Are they really using “oh my god” on a French news site? How odd!
Edit: ah, I see he’s American. Ignore me!
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Clint Eastwood, 94, still working and looking amazing. Just released his latest film: Juror #2.
His philosophy? “Don’t let the old man in” which I applaud.
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Perusing Quora for opinions about this that or the other, came across this question & answer. Answer given by an NHS nurse.
How long will an 80-year-old male live?
At 80, so long as they are generally fit, they have a fairly good chance of living another 15 or 20 years.
The reason is simple. Most of the age-related diseases such as cancer and heart-disease kill you between 50 and 75. If you’ve made it to 80, you’re probably cancer-free with a sound heart.
Much depends however, on your family history with dementia, because that’s still a likely killer in your 80s.
Looks like I’m in the dementia bracket at nearly 83! Not there yet I think, I hope.
Wise though our NHS nurse undoubtedly is I think that they have a somewhat optimistic view of things.
I would refer the curious to the ONS website (UK estimate but our erstwhile nurse works for the NHS so fair game, I think).
An “average” 80 year old will reach 89, 10% will make it to 96 and 1 in 36 to 100.
If you think 10% is a “fairly good chance”, sure.
That is somewhat true I believe.
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Interesting. The calculator gives me until I’m 85 (I’m 67 now).
My father died at 85 so that’s spot-on - but my mother is currently 99 and counting so I’m hoping I have more of her genes!
(Though if I do survive to 99 I may run out of pension money and will be forced to live on celery!) 
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Well, I’ve informed OH that we are both going to reach 100.
and that’s an order… 
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A more important index is one’s quality of life in old age - article in the Grauniad today by a usually irritating columnist that has got my wife thinking about gyms for the first time in her now sixty-nine years - before the accident she was skinny, but very fit, whereas now she needs to build up muscle.
I’m seventy two in a couple of weeks time and I’ve got less fat and more muscle than I had ten years ago - still a little bit too much fat, but it’s an energy source that can also be used for strength training (well, that’s my excuse).
More importantly, whilst posting on health it occurred to me that it’s a while since I’d read an @Corona post - hope he’s OK.
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Yes, me too.
I hope for you too. But it doesn’t depend on age. You are a tiny bit older than my mother, she has had dementia for over 25 years, she hasn’t known who I am for over 20 years, she hasn’t spoken or moved for the last 15. She has Pick’s disease.