My grandmother's 80-something and battling cancer right now...she's doing quite well though. She was always the sweetest woman...but would never stop asking questions...about everything, especially when she hadn't seen you in a while. Sometimes it gets a little annoying but I just have to smile and say, "Yes, I'm doing ok here, Gran." "No Gran, I don't need anything, thanks for asking." "I'll be coming back as soon as I can, Gran."
Old people here, however, are fucking hilarious and AWESOME. They're all around 90 years old, lived through wars in their back yard, and swear a lot. Bestemmia is an Italian way of cursing at God, and they do it constantly. "DIO CANE, PUTTANA MADONNA!!!!" I was in the hardware store the other day and some old coot came in looking for something, and his wife was with him trying to help. Every other word was bestemmia..."PORCO, DIO!!!! STAI ZITTO, FEMMINA!!! TORNA ALLA CUCINA, DIO CAN'!!!" (SHUT UP, WOMAN! GET BACK IN THE KITCHEN!) I was rolling on the ground laughing, as was everyone else.