What makes a person old?

Back in class last night and my lecturer was asking how many of us had experienced eating dinner with our families at least 6 out of 7 nights a week. The majority of the class put their hands up (ages range from 24 to late 30's) and the lecturer was shocked that so many of us had grown up eating one meal a day with our families sans the television. He really couldn't disguise his surprise as his comment to our raised hands was:

"That many of you? Really? Well I guess you're older."

Older than what?! I sat there thinking, "but I'm only in my late twenty's!". I'm a spring chicken. I still believe that I'm only aged 19. I guess I've started to slide into the 'older person' category.

Wordless Wednesday - Doing the tomatoes

My family still carries out the tradition of 'doing the tomatoes' for our pasta sauce. Up by 6am you can have a couple hundred bottles boiling away in the copper by 2pm. Provided you have hard working helpers. My lovely parents decided that New Years Eve 2008 would be the perfect day to do our 2009 tomatoes. At least the weather was cool.