World’s oldest blogger signs off at age 108

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Wayne

An Australian woman by the name of Olive Riley has just recently passed away. She was 108 and apparently an active blogger.

Her blog is located at www.allaboutolive.com.au.

This lends itself to confirm my suspicion that blogging helps to sharpen the mind and keep it active. Perhaps we will find blogging will help to fight Alzheimer’s someday, or perhaps other problems of aging.

I could not let this go by without giving some recognition to someone I never knew nor read, but I already admire. It’s time to look at her blog now.

Read the original story on MSNBC here: World’s oldest blogger signs off at age 108

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13 Responses to World’s oldest blogger signs off at age 108

  1. Wayne says:
    July 18, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Oh, I can tell you are going to fit in nicely around here already. Thanks for the slam and then the kind words Muhammad. hahahaha

    Reply
  2. Muhammad Mosa says:
    July 18, 2008 at 11:20 am

    Aren’t you the Old lad! Enter the contest :)
    Really lovely blog Wayne

    Reply
  3. Wayne says:
    July 18, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Hi Muhammad, thanks for swinging by! What I’ve read so far on her blog, she seemed quite adorable with a tenacious drive we all could admire. Just wish I had a chance to interact with her a bit before finding her. I wonder who is currently the oldest alive now?

    Reply
  4. Muhammad Mosa says:
    July 18, 2008 at 10:52 am

    That was really interesting! I was amazed really. I have to say, my first time to know her was just from this post

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  5. Pixelhead says:
    July 16, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    Awe, I remember hearing about her a few years ago. She was so cool.

    Reply
  6. Wayne says:
    July 14, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    I’ve got a mess of beer left over from the 4th of July still. Gary, there’s a few with your name on it!

    Reply
  7. Wayne says:
    July 14, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    I was actually following that thread and realized I was tagged. Tag then ask for help? Is that how you ‘roll’ Gary? hahahahaha

    I played along and tagged a few, including Rose…again. Yes, you need to do it again. This time properly. :)

    Reply
  8. Rose says:
    July 14, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Gary, I emailed those to you. Wayne here is going to be wondering what you are talking about. lol Wayne give this guy a beer. :)

    Reply
  9. GaryJay says:
    July 14, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    I WANT THOSE FANTASTIC BUTTON/BADGES —-”PROUD ELDER BLOGGER” AND “ELDER BLOGGERS RULE”—–!!. So far have been unsuccessful in downloading the pics of these badges, to upload to my page?? (one really frustrated senior blogger here—THANKS ROSE!! (just kidding))

    Gary
    http://threescoreplusten.blogspot.com/

    Reply
  10. Rose says:
    July 14, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    My soon to be mod actually posted about her on bloggertalk.net today. I mentioned her in my most recent post.

    Demeur actually Eric, is a good friend of Mike’s who carried on the writing and posting for Olive in Mike’s absence. He was unable for some reason to access Ollie’s blog so he started worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com

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  11. Demeur says:
    July 14, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    I found a Sidney journalist who has copied her blog and posted it here:
    http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com/

    Pretty interesting stuff. Remember her the next time you think things are tough.

    Reply
  12. Demeur says:
    July 14, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    I think you’re right I’ve been trying to get there since last night.

    Reply
  13. Wayne says:
    July 14, 2008 at 11:16 am

    I believe her blog may be getting slammed with traffic now that her blog has made the international news…you might not be able to bring it up.

    Reply

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