Oldest blogger logs off
AN AUSSIE WOMAN who was thought to be the world's oldest Internet blogger has made her final post, aged 108.
Olive Riley, of Woy Woy on NSW's central coast, died in a nursing home, after blogging that she had 'a bit of a cough', in what she called her 'blob'.
Great grandson Darren Stone, of Brisbane, said Olive found blogging 'mind-blowing' because she had people chatting to her from all over the world.
She had posted more than 70 entries on her blog since February last year, mostly about what she was doing. However, she also tapped out her memories of living through two world wars and the Depression, her work as a station cook in rural Queensland and as an egg sorter and barmaid in Sydney. Apparently you did not get anywhere as an barmaid unless you could sort a dozen eggs with your eyes shut.
Olive, who was born in 1899 and would have turned 109 on October 20, apparently enjoyed the notoriety and it kept her mind fresh. Stone said that what kept her going was the memories she had, and being able to recall them so strongly. µ
L'Inq
News.com.au
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When i first saw the headline i thought that they meant the first blogger ever or something.
The author shorely uses "Oldest" in the former British colony of New South Wales sense. Seriously, the two words Are synonymous, despite a nitpicker's predisposition. They are usually defined in reciprocal terms. So lay off the lie about one another.