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| Thread ID: 82979 | 2007-09-14 22:21:00 | OAPs say nurse, I need a Wii | pcuser42 (130) | PC World Chat |
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| 591299 | 2007-09-14 22:21:00 | THESE pensioners are livening up their retirement home — by competing with each other on the Nan-tendo Wii. Residents as old as 103 have ditched knitting and bridge after getting hooked on the console. Barrie Edgar, 88, said: “It’s great fun. We’ve only had it a few days but we can’t put it down.” Jayne Naylor, director of the Sunrise Home in Birmingham, said it took off after a chef brought in one of the motion-sensitive consoles which mimic sports like tennis, bowling, and boxing. Jayne, who is now organising leagues, said: “It’s captured everyone’s imagination. “Most residents are in their 80s and 90s. “Things have got quite competitive.”www.thesun.co.uk |
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| 591300 | 2007-09-15 04:11:00 | Hardley surprising. Ask most people sitting around in rest homes bored out of their minds what they'd rather do........knit or play something interesting............ |
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