Rebellious, irascible, horny. Older people are reassuringly off the rails these days | Rhik Samadder

Don't try arguing with this skydiving, Channel-swimming generation. They're a jump ahead

I was fascinated to read about retired Chicagoan telephone operator Dorothy Hoffner, who died in her sleep a week after a record-breaking skydive. What's the most impressive number in this story? The 31,500 feet Hoffner dove from, or the fact that she was going to be 105 years old in December?

To me, it's that this was her second skydive; she took her first when she was a sprightly 100 years old. The latest dive was reportedly spurred by her desire to lead the jump, rather than be pushed out". Old people are off the rails these days.

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