what blows your mind about the idea of living for that long/through such a time period?
she was 14 when the British border in Northern Ireland was created and lived through troubles, the good friday agreement and the brexit vote
on a lighter note*, powered flight was only achieved for the first time in 1903. in terms of technology she’d had seen planes go from being something that seemed like magic to being a thing you could book on a gadget in your pocket for a couple of hours wages
My boring attempt at a nerdy fact. She was just about old enough to be aware of the first non-British winner of the Wimbledon men’s singles title, and then only saw three more British men win it during the rest of her life.
I know this is just a function of linear time but I do find all this less exciting now we don’t have anyone left (I presume) who was born in the 1800s. Now that was a long time ago!
The news seems to regularly have stories about the oldest living person dying. Seems like a poisoned chalice to me. I wouldn’t want to be the second-oldest right now.