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He is the same age as my father. My father signed up with the Navy on Pearl Harbor Day and served as a Navy diver until the end of the war.

My father applied for his driver’s license renewal in Florida and was bragging to me that he got it. It’s extended to 2022. He thinks it’s funny … he says the state of Florida has sanctioned him to live to 100.

I had the same situation with my 92 year old boss. I'm nearly a generation younger. We recently had to renew our visas to China, so he gave me a copy of his application which already had all the administrative information already filled out. In the boxes to check for length of the visa, he had checked the ten year box. I then did, too, and we both got visas good for the next decade.

Then, a couple of weeks ago I travelled to China. They have recently implanted a new policy that all foreign visitors must have their fingerprints taken. There was a long line at the fingerprint stations, and it took about a half hour to get through. I placed my visa on the reader, and it immediately kicked out a paper telling me to bypass the fingerprint station. I asked the information lady why I could pass through. Her reply: "You too old".