You’re Never Too Old To Tweet

The Reuters news agency reports that more than 3% of the 84,000 centenarians use Twitter to tweet with their friends and family at least once a week.  This trendy technology seems to have skipped a generation with most of these very senior citizens being taught to tweet by their grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Another 10% utilize email, 12% share photos on the Internet and 4% download music.

Folks born around 1900 have overcome a lot to have the privilege of these modern marvels.

  • Their life expectancy at birth was 46.7 years.
  • There were 8,000 cars and 10 miles of paved roads in the USA.
  • The average worker spent 59 hours per week to make $12.98.

       Police arrested women for smoking in public.