[SampleMan]

Interesting question. My wife and I were discussing this the other night. My experience is with elderly neighbors. The man was 94 and very feeble, you could barely speak with him, as his hearing was poor and he was very hard to understand because of his gasps for breath. His wife was in great health and easy to talk with.

In speaking with her I discovered that her husband ran all of their finances, and after his death I helped her and realized what a great job he had done (with her as his hands and mouth).

I think the Pope still is quite mentally sharp, and with the resources at his disposal to bring and take communications, I think he is probably most capable of being in charge.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

think the Pope still is quite mentally sharp, and with the resources at his disposal to bring and take communications, I think he is probably most capable of being in charge.

You could be right, it's just that when I see the man he looks so frail it becomes easy to automatically assume he's that way mentally as well. He's never really been the same physically after that assassination attempt to begin with.