Comments on: OLIVE LEARNS SPANISH http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/ Olive Riley is 108, she lives near Sydney, Australia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Julie Duell http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6424 Julie Duell Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:31:16 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6424 Hello Olive, My name is Julie and I'm a friend of Mike and Katya. Also, even though we haven't met, I feel I know you - having seen "All about Olive" a couple of times and read your entertaining posts. I've also joined in the Family Art Story venture with my own blog on Artintegrity.wordpress.com and am really enjoying it all. I'm leaving a comment now because I came across a little saying the other day about one big plus in growing old and just wanted to pass it on to you.... "GROWING OLD MEANS YOU NO LONGER NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ANY PEER PRESSURE!" Isn't that gorgeous? Somehow though, I doubt if you ever worried about peer pressure. You seem to have been a very individual, strong soul - even in the midst of a difficult youth. Is that right? Did you worry about what your peers thought? Cheers Olly and much love to you. Julie Hello Olive, My name is Julie and I’m a friend of Mike and Katya. Also, even though we haven’t met, I feel I know you - having seen “All about Olive” a couple of times and read your entertaining posts. I’ve also joined in the Family Art Story venture with my own blog on Artintegrity.wordpress.com and am really enjoying it all.

I’m leaving a comment now because I came across a little saying the other day about one big plus in growing old and just wanted to pass it on to you….

“GROWING OLD MEANS YOU NO LONGER NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ANY PEER PRESSURE!”

Isn’t that gorgeous? Somehow though, I doubt if you ever worried about peer pressure. You seem to have been a very individual, strong soul - even in the midst of a difficult youth. Is that right? Did you worry about what your peers thought?

Cheers Olly and much love to you. Julie

]]> By: Maria Amelia http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6421 Maria Amelia Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:01:28 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6421 How pretty right?. And how elegant she is! Her mind is quite sharp. Ma'am, I am amazed that given your age you are doing better than I am. I see some as I can see out of one eye, but out of the other I see very little, very badly. I manage to get by because up close I am able to see pretty well. I am amazed that you, at your age are still so pretty, and that you wear that hat so well, like a young 15 year old girl. You are very likable. And this man is teaching you Spanish but no one can teach me English so I cannot respond to you in English. I marvel at the fact that you are 108 years old, because I know that I will not reach 100. I am already noticing what is happening to me. I have bad blood circulation to my brain. If I were to remain still...I am very restless and that is what kills me. I want to be involved in everything, even if my head hurts I want to be part of it. If I were calmer maybe I too would make it to 108. But I will not reach that. I will not even make it to 100. I do not know what will happen this winter but no one in my family has lived so long. In order to live so long you must have had a great deal of tranquility. Furthermore, you're doing so well for your age, and with that hat that looks fantastic on you. And you are so funny when you talk! That gentleman who is with you, does he have something with you? He is very handsome, has a good presence, and has such patience to go visit you every week. Today I went out to take a walk through the fields and I was left feeling very calm. But my feet swelled up a bit. But I see you very well, even with younger looking hands than me. You have neither arthritis nor poor circulation. You move your hands, your wrists. I see agility in that body. You do not look your age. So you are the oldest blogger. I started first, but within a matter of months you were online too. And you don't have any relatives to keep you company? Children? Grandchildren? Well, I would like to greet you in English but I don't speak any English. Many people write to me from Australia, I wanted to find out where it was and everything. It is a very beautiful country. You are in a good place. If you were speaking Spanish we could talk a great deal! Continue to maintain yourself looking so elegant. 108 years old. If I were to reach there... Here in Galicia the oldest I know of is 105. But no one else. So pleased to meet you and my regards to the gentleman who accompanies you for keeping you company and for typing for you. Because an old woman appreciates it when someone does a nice thing for her. I send you a kiss. You even sang in Spanish for me, which amused me very much. I am your friend!!! How pretty right?. And how elegant she is! Her mind is quite sharp.

Ma’am, I am amazed that given your age you are doing better than I am. I see some as I can see out of one eye, but out of the other I see very little, very badly. I manage to get by because up close I am able to see pretty well. I am amazed that you, at your age are still so pretty, and that you wear that hat so well, like a young 15 year old girl. You are very likable.

And this man is teaching you Spanish but no one can teach me English so I cannot respond to you in English.

I marvel at the fact that you are 108 years old, because I know that I will not reach 100. I am already noticing what is happening to me. I have bad blood circulation to my brain. If I were to remain still…I am very restless and that is what kills me. I want to be involved in everything, even if my head hurts I want to be part of it.

If I were calmer maybe I too would make it to 108. But I will not reach that. I will not even make it to 100. I do not know what will happen this winter but no one in my family has lived so long.

In order to live so long you must have had a great deal of tranquility. Furthermore, you’re doing so well for your age, and with that hat that looks fantastic on you. And you are so funny when you talk!

That gentleman who is with you, does he have something with you? He is very handsome, has a good presence, and has such patience to go visit you every week.

Today I went out to take a walk through the fields and I was left feeling very calm. But my feet swelled up a bit. But I see you very well, even with younger looking hands than me. You have neither arthritis nor poor circulation. You move your hands, your wrists. I see agility in that body. You do not look your age.

So you are the oldest blogger. I started first, but within a matter of months you were online too. And you don’t have any relatives to keep you company? Children? Grandchildren?

Well, I would like to greet you in English but I don’t speak any English. Many people write to me from Australia, I wanted to find out where it was and everything. It is a very beautiful country. You are in a good place. If you were speaking Spanish we could talk a great deal!

Continue to maintain yourself looking so elegant. 108 years old. If I were to reach there… Here in Galicia the oldest I know of is 105. But no one else.

So pleased to meet you and my regards to the gentleman who accompanies you for keeping you company and for typing for you. Because an old woman appreciates it when someone does a nice thing for her.

I send you a kiss. You even sang in Spanish for me, which amused me very much.

I am your friend!!!

]]> By: Erin http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6420 Erin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:06:34 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6420 So glad to see a new blob up Ollie! Mike, I hope you had a great trip :) Muy bueno on the espanol Ollie! So glad to see a new blob up Ollie! Mike, I hope you had a great trip :) Muy bueno on the espanol Ollie!

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6419 Kathryn Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:00:17 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6419 I haven't written in absolutely ages, but I read the Blob often. It seems that in our world, with all our labor and time saving devices, we all have less time to communicate with each other. The sad part is that, when all is said and done, the only part of our lives that really means anything is the communicating with others. Thank you both for taking the time to communicate with all of us in all the many parts of the world. You make my heart smile. Kathryn in Sarasota, FL USA I haven’t written in absolutely ages, but I read the Blob often. It seems that in our world, with all our labor and time saving devices, we all have less time to communicate with each other. The sad part is that, when all is said and done, the only part of our lives that really means anything is the communicating with others. Thank you both for taking the time to communicate with all of us in all the many parts of the world. You make my heart smile.
Kathryn in Sarasota, FL USA

]]> By: karen. UK http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6417 karen. UK Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:39:16 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6417 Good to be able to read about you again Olive! I haven't been able to get on to your blob for days!...I was beginning to worry in case you were sick. Well done with the Spanish Olive, I admire you for attempting another language... well done!! xxx Karen UK Good to be able to read about you again Olive! I haven’t been able to get on to your blob for days!…I was beginning to worry in case you were sick. Well done with the Spanish Olive, I admire you for attempting another language… well done!! xxx
Karen UK

]]> By: bleeding espresso http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6416 bleeding espresso Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:19:44 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6416 Oh no, it says the video isn't available any more :( Sorry for both of you that the site is acting up, but lucky for us there's still plenty of Olive for us to enjoy :) Oh no, it says the video isn’t available any more :(

Sorry for both of you that the site is acting up, but lucky for us there’s still plenty of Olive for us to enjoy :)

]]> By: Rosietoes http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6414 Rosietoes Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:51:11 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6414 Buenos Dias Olive! Actually, living so close to the Mexican border (less than 30 miles), I find it necessary to know quite a bit a Spanish. I was also amused by Peppylady's comment about her kids preferring the Spanish they learned from the other kids...I imagine they learned all of the words you can't say on TV! Hope you are all well, and when the tourist season ends here I hope I will be able to keep up better! Buenos Dias Olive! Actually, living so close to the Mexican border (less than 30 miles), I find it necessary to know quite a bit a Spanish. I was also amused by Peppylady’s comment about her kids preferring the Spanish they learned from the other kids…I imagine they learned all of the words you can’t say on TV!

Hope you are all well, and when the tourist season ends here I hope I will be able to keep up better!

]]> By: Liz S. http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6401 Liz S. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:56:17 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6401 I missed you, Olive! I think it's so cool that you keep a blog, we need to listen to our elders and learn from them. They've been through it all, and if we'd listen, we'd avoid a lot of heartache and frustrations. Also, the blog is cool. I know people who are 60-70 and are very intimitated with computers, and the internet just scares the heck out of them. Rather than learn, they'd rather have someone else do all their work for them (and not pay them). If they'd just look at you, maybe they'd understand that computers are nothing to be afraid of. Anyways, thanks for sharing all your wonderful stories, Olive! Have a great day! I missed you, Olive! I think it’s so cool that you keep a blog, we need to listen to our elders and learn from them. They’ve been through it all, and if we’d listen, we’d avoid a lot of heartache and frustrations.

Also, the blog is cool. I know people who are 60-70 and are very intimitated with computers, and the internet just scares the heck out of them. Rather than learn, they’d rather have someone else do all their work for them (and not pay them). If they’d just look at you, maybe they’d understand that computers are nothing to be afraid of.

Anyways, thanks for sharing all your wonderful stories, Olive! Have a great day!

]]> By: Teresa http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6400 Teresa Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:18:17 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6400 Dear Olive, In a world of days so gravely confused and shallow in mindful steps carrying all true important matters of the heart - you give us all that wack on our heads for a wake-up call we, so desperately, need and deserve. You are a beauty of the example we should all be learning from. And you are a hope we can all wrap around our hearts for reward - if we only stop long enough to take the time. Though I haven't posted comments - I have adored you, as much as my other Grandmas! And that comes from one who only recently became a Grandma, herself! {Hugs!} Dear Olive,
In a world of days so gravely confused and shallow in mindful steps carrying all true important matters of the heart - you give us all that wack on our heads for a wake-up call we, so desperately, need and deserve. You are a beauty of the example we should all be learning from. And you are a hope we can all wrap around our hearts for reward - if we only stop long enough to take the time. Though I haven’t posted comments - I have adored you, as much as my other Grandmas! And that comes from one who only recently became a Grandma, herself! {Hugs!}

]]> By: nj miller http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6398 nj miller Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:18:46 +0000 http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/2008/03/25/olive-learns-spanish/#comment-6398 I have just bookmarked the site with Olive. It is wonderful to see her zest for life, and hear her stories. Loved the singing and learning Spanish. It is wonderful to see her so active and vibrant. I will check back often, and for always G_d bless you all, and keep encouraging us, Olive. We need you! I have just bookmarked the site with Olive. It is wonderful to see her zest for life, and hear her stories. Loved the singing and learning Spanish. It is wonderful to see her so active and vibrant. I will check back often, and for always G_d bless you all, and keep encouraging us, Olive. We need you!

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