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OAPs say nurse, I need a Wii
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<blockquote data-quote="jesta" data-source="post: 42462" data-attributes="member: 195"><p><img src="http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_olt.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>"THESE pensioners are livening up their retirement home  by competing with each other on the Nan-tendo Wii.</p><p></p><p>Residents as old as 103 have ditched knitting and bridge after getting hooked on the console.</p><p></p><p>Barrie Edgar, 88, said: “It’s great fun. We’ve only had it a few days but we can’t put it down.â€ÂÂ</p><p></p><p>Jayne Naylor, director of the Sunrise Home in Birmingham, said it took off after a chef brought in one of the motion-sensitive consoles which mimic sports like tennis, bowling, and boxing.</p><p></p><p>Jayne, who is now organising leagues, said: “It’s captured everyone’s imagination.</p><p></p><p> “Most residents are in their 80s and 90s.</p><p></p><p> “Things have got quite compettive.†"</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007420867,00.html" target="_blank">Full artile and more piccies here</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=24998" target="_blank">Source</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jesta, post: 42462, member: 195"] [img]http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/thumb_olt.JPG[/img] "THESE pensioners are livening up their retirement home  by competing with each other on the Nan-tendo Wii. Residents as old as 103 have ditched knitting and bridge after getting hooked on the console. Barrie Edgar, 88, said: “It’s great fun. We’ve only had it a few days but we can’t put it down.†Jayne Naylor, director of the Sunrise Home in Birmingham, said it took off after a chef brought in one of the motion-sensitive consoles which mimic sports like tennis, bowling, and boxing. Jayne, who is now organising leagues, said: “It’s captured everyone’s imagination. “Most residents are in their 80s and 90s. “Things have got quite compettive.†" [url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007420867,00.html]Full artile and more piccies here[/url] [url=http://gonintendo.com/?p=24998]Source[/url] [/QUOTE]
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OAPs say nurse, I need a Wii
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