Thursday Silly Contest: Are You 250 Years Old
I got this link from a private communication yesterday: Blogger: User Profile: Josh Juneau:
- Age: 250
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Scorpio
- Zodiac Year: Rat
Notice his age. Pretty impressive, huh?
That leads to today's contest: Are you the oldest blogger on the internet (as evidenced by your blog profile)? You are qualified only if you haven't modified your profile after reading this blog entry.
Re: Thursday Silly Contest: Are You 250 Years Old
Olive Riley, who lives in an aged care hostel in Woy Woy, NSW, is probably the oldest of the world's 110 million bloggers and is also the world's oldest YouTuber. She celebrated her 108th birthday on October 20.
She was born in Broken Hill in 1899, when Sydney was the capital of the British colony of New South Wales, ruled from London by an aged Queen Victoria.
Physically frail but mentally alert, Olive raised her three children on her own, survived two world wars , the Great Depression of the 1930s, and worked as a barmaid, an egg sorter, and a station cook in may parts of Australia.
Her blog has received more media attention overseas than in Australia. BBC world service (radio) interviewed her a few weeks ago.
Olive’s blog, The Life of Riley, has a huge Internet following. Prepared by her helper, international film maker Mike Rubbo, and based on his interviews with Olive, it attracts hundreds of enthusiastic comments from many countries, and from bloggers of all ages. It’s posted on the Internet at http://www.allaboutolive.com.au/