Aging: NEVER TOO OLD

MILLIONS OF SENIOR CITIZENS ARE GETTING CONNECTED THROUGH THE NET

Instructor George Breathitt asked an audience of 300 computer enthusiasts in Louisville, Kentucky, how many seniors in the group would like to teach other seniors about computers. A younger member of the audience quipped disdainfully, ``Wouldn't that be the blind leading the blind?'' He was promptly booed: almost half the audience was over 50. In fact, Breathitt, 61, has attracted so many seniors willing to teach -- and learn -- about computers that he founded a successful firm to employ them. So far, his Silver Fox Computer Club has taught about 7,500 students and expanded into four states.

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