13 Elderly People Doing More With Their Lives Than You

You think you're doing pretty good, right? Well, these guys and gals may just put you to shame. They have got their acts together, and are doing some amazing things - how do you compare?

1. The 86 year old that does gymnastics.

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Flexibility is not something that only the young have, as this incredible woman proves. Just watching her makes us want to flex our legs... We've certainly never been as graceful as this, and we better start practising now if we want to reach this standard.

2. The man that went to war with a broadsword...

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...in World War Two. Jack Churchill took his favourite sword and his longbow (yes, longbow) with him to France, and entered battles playing the bagpipes. Jack escaped Nazi capture, went on to fight in Burma and Palestine, and designed a surfboard. Because he was just that cool.

3. The 99 year old Girl Guide.

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Because who said when you get old you can't still have fun? Margaret Rigby has been a Girl Guide for over eighty years, and still loves taking part in camping adventures.

When asked about her time as a Guide, Margaret said: "We got up to all-sorts and were awarded all sorts of badges."

Margaret, consider yourself awarded the "Being awesome" badge.

4. The 113 year old kung fu master.

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Mr. Lu, as he is known, can kick ass with over eighteen different weapons, including his bare hands. When he's not doing show performances (and hopefully fighting crime), he is teaching business seminars and hanging out with his girlfriend.

5. The 83 year old Peace Corp volunteer.

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Emily Derwhistle refuses to let being in her eighties stop her, and has spent much of her life after retirement teaching English in some of the world's most deprived countries. She has lived in Moldova, Armenia, Kazakhstan teaching around 13 hours a day, and has loved every minute of it.

6. This gorgeous couple.

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Why would you not wear these t-shirts?

7. The 81 year old comedian.

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So often we forget that older people have a sense of humour - and they definitely know more jokes than the younger crowd around them. Richard Levine has made telling his hilarious jokes into an art form.

8. The 101 year old opera singer.

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We've all sung in the shower, and very few of us will become opera singers - but Marta Eggerth has been singing all her life, and being over one hundred years old hasn't really stopped her.

9. The 92 year old escape artist.

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Ron Cunningham - or as he liked to be called, The Great Omani - was an incredible man that wowed and shocked his audiences when many of his peers were gently walking their dogs. He once escaped from a straightjacket, which is impressive on its own, but he managed to do it while upside down...with his trousers on fire.

10. The 102 year old daredevil.

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Most of us are too frightened to jump off a bridge, no matter what are we are: but not Dorothy Custer. She celebrated her 102nd birthday by leaping off the bridge which is 500 feet high. If you want to follow in her footsteps, you can follow her inspiring advice: "I never thought of age. I just went on living and having a good time."

11. The 70 year old body builder.

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I bet you're looking down right now, and feeling ashamed. ASHAMED. Because Sonny has the biggest abs in the planet. At 44, Sonny was in an unhappy marriage, and decided to completely turn his life around - and as you can probably tell, he's done just that.

12. The 85 year old model.

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Babe ahoy! Daphne Self has been modelling for years, and she hasn't allowed ageing, grey hair, or attitudes of society on what 'beauty' is to stop her for one second. She has proved an inspiration to thousands, and has altered the way that women view grey hair forever.

13. and of course...the Russian Grannies.

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What did you do in 2012? Did you get to the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest?

Thought not.