Of course, no one need recite chapter and verse about the Golden Age of Television now.
Yet although the age of Prohibition now feels very remote, the idea lives on.
According to the Census Bureau, single women over the age of 15 now represent 48percentt of the female population.
People above the age of 60 now represent 13.3% of the total, up from 10.3% in 2000 (see chart).
36 Age of Bonnie Powers, now 70, when she participated in the first of her 34 consecutive Cinderella Classics.
Toyota is trying to shave 10 years off the average age of buyers, now in the mid-60s.
At the same time, more than half of births to women under the age of 30 now occur outside marriage, according to government data.
However, Tindall, at the age of 33, now appears unlikely to add to his 75 caps.
Companies like Age of Learning, now valued at $1 billion, is more of an exception, not the rule.
The incidence of depression in the elderly has risen in recent years, with 30% of people over the age of 65 now reported to suffer from mood disorders.
