IS IT just me or are there some other elderly people out there who applaud the fact London, along with a great team and some considerable expense, has won the greatest event on the world stage in 2012?

If we pensioners should be lucky enough to live until then and witness this great event, how fortunate we will be to have seen two Olympics during our lifetime.

Being only 70 I can just about remember the 1948 Olympics and the heroes and champions it gave us.

Reg Harris springs to mind, as I was a keen cyclist at the time but we saw Zatopek and a Dutch lady, Fanny Blankers someone please excuse me, my memory for names ain't what it used to be. Marvellous!

Now don't get me wrong, I am aware there are many of us who find it hard to manage and I dread to think what inflation will have done to our pensions when we reach 2012.

However, I am sure Government will make allowances to help those of us in need when the time comes.

As for the the rest of us, why don't we donate towards what will be a great legacy for our grandchildren to remember us by.

A whole sad area will be rejuvenated for a lifetime and there will be houses, jobs and something for children to strive for.

How much is it? Less than a pint a week I believe. Don't let us be portrayed as a load of old Scrooges all the time. Merry Christmas.

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