Ageing and death - the final taboo

I read a very interesting article in the New York Times last week - Susan Jacoby's  Real  Life Among the Old Old.  It confirmed a theory I have been developing lately - that no matter what I read about research into extending life, and 70 being the new 50, old age is what it is and I'd better get on with it.  When I was only slightly younger I used to wish I'd live till 110.  Most of my friends