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Brazil's architecture giant, Oscar Niemeyer, celebrated his 102nd birthday Tuesday, and spent it in typical grumpy old man fashion decrying the inconvenience of old age. But I wouldn't pay too much attention to what he says, but what he does. At 102 years of age, he is still planning what seem like extensive architectural projects.
I've always said that society forces the elderly to be listless and mindless. I don't see why a 75 to 80-year-old cannot work in a productive and positive way. Many feel that after the arbitrary "retirement" age, all that is left is sitting around behaving "old." Not so.
Niemeyer remarried at the ripe old age of 98 (after he was widowed) to a younger woman, a mature 60-year-old.
