TECHNOLOGY: Surfing net is top pastime for elderly

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Surfing net is top pastime for elderly
By David Derbyshire, Consumer Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 1:51am GMT 02/02/2007

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Browsing the internet has overtaken DIY and gardening to become the favourite pastime of older people, according to a survey. The current generation of “silver surfers” spends an average of six hours online each week, research by the insurance company AXA found.

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“on the internet no one knows you’re a dog”

to quote a famous New Yorker magazine cartoon. Nor do they know you are old.

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