Recently I had an operation and was in a semiprivate recovery room with a man who turned out to be 77. I'm 38. While chatting with each other to pass the time, I was on some pretty heavy painkillers. (He refused any pain remediation stronger than Tylenol. He was a veteran and, I suspect based on his reaction to any offerings, had seen friends succumb to addictions.)

Anyway, despite being drugged, I managed not to say the first two things that came to mind:

• "Wow, you're almost exactly double my age!"
• "Whoa, that's how old my dad was when he died."

All that to lead up to ... If you have any pictures to share, I'd love to see the creative works of a 98-year-old!

That's awesome.

Generalizations like this are useless. Obviously there are exceptions. There certainly are people who retain a sharp mind into old age and even past age 100. It's not that uncommon. If he also kept his body in good shape, it's easy to believe he can still drive as well as anyone half his age.