A note of comfort for anyone getting older

Sometimes maths is wonderful. We were out the other day with some of the MSGs friends in their mid-20s; they were teasing about my decrepit status of mid-30s.

Yet here comes the maths bit, as I explained in fact they were ageing far more quickly than me…

You see, in a year they’ll be 26 which is 4% older, whereas I’ll be 36, having only aged by 3%. Therefore in fact they’re ageing a third faster than me!

Nerdy I know. But at least I tried…

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