But the island is an example of aged leaders pushing on well into their dotage.
As for Goldwater, it's true that in his dotage he was a strong opponent of social conservatism.
Kremlin courtiers down the centuries have realised that tsars in their dotage and decrepit party bosses have their uses.
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The civic-minded Bea proves a bit too good at saying no, and at length saves herself for a well-dressed dotage.
Like communist Yugoslavia in its dotage, the Soviet Union was being kept afloat by western credit that it would never be able to repay.
It's no accident that a lot of defined benefit pension plans are structured so that the additional pension payoff to workers who stay into their dotage is small.
Next day, over breakfast, I hear a rumor that former dictator Ne Win's grandkids have been involved in a notorious shooting incident on Maykha Road, where the despot lives out his dotage.
Then you will regret that thoughtless comment, but I will not wish that on you and hope that you can enjoy IPAs well into your dotage and not have to be content with occasional sips from a regular dining companion.
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There are few greater thrills, especially in your dotage, than spotting a bird you've never seen before, the effort you put into remembering its plumage and behavior, and then consulting your birding guide and being able positively to identify it.
To put it bluntly, I think the baby boomers, and those following in their wake, aren't investing enough in either the private- or public-sector capital that they must be able to sell during their retirement to the next (smaller) generation of working people, to persuade them to keep us all in our dotage.
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