OK, I think you've finally convinced me to use an age mod. The wonkiness of Sim age lengths has always bothered me too, but this is just so logically and neatly done that I think I'm ready to take the plunge. And I'm especially thrilled that you've provided an altered ACR to go with it, as I can't imagine game play without that mod. :D

One question: Do you know what's happened to Ancient Highway? I really, really wanted that NPC aging mod you listed and some of the other stuff there, but the link provided is dead and a Google search reveals people being unable to find the site and mods starting last December. Do you have any suggestions?