Dumbledore The Senior Citizen?

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 69473

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "D.G." <dgwhiteis at h...> wrote:
>  We know that other 
> Wizards have lived to be 600 and older.  We can assume, then, that a 
> Wizard of 160 is barely even middle-aged, by Wizard standards.  So 
> why, then, is Dumbledore portrayed as looking (and, increasingly, 
> acting) like an old man?.
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  is it significant that we've thus far seen no evidence of any 
> of the boys' voices changing  -- or, for that matter, any of the boys 
> OR girls developing adult-like physical attributes such as facial 
> hair, breasts, etc.? 

The kids have certainly evidenced the behavioral changes that accompany 
adolescent hormonal storms -- mood sings, awkwardness around members of 
the oopposite sex, growth spurt and ravenous appetites (for the boys, at 
least), etc.

As far as wizard lifespans go, as far as we know only Nicholas Flamel and his 
wife lived into their 600s, and the did so by magical means that are no longer 
available (you HAVE read the first book, haven't you?).