I'm Beating the Odds
Sep 1, 2022 12:53:45 #
kerry12 wrote:
…my mother who still lives alone will be 103 next week. I think we're doing pretty good.
Last town I lived in we had a neighbor who lived to 103. They made her give up her drivers license after she ran over the police chief’s foot.
Sep 1, 2022 13:33:38 #
tomad
Loc: North Carolina
I'm 73 and doing very well for that age. Many people who knew me during my wild 20's and 30's lost bets that I wouldn't make it to 50 because of my lifestyle. I gradually stopped most of my bad habits by the time I was that age except alcohol. I've been a daily drinker since before my legal age and still polish off 3 to 6 drinks a day, although I gave up the hard stuff about 7 years ago and now have a couple of beers and a few glasses of red wine each day.
My father passed away at 76 but my mother and almost every one from her side of the family lived to be mid to late 90's. I'm hoping I got most of my genes from her! I have a brother who is 78 and a survivor of pancreatic cancer, but he and every other family member are/were devout Christians who never drank, smoked, or did any illicit substances. The old genes vs lifestyle question may end up having some bearing on my longevity.
My father passed away at 76 but my mother and almost every one from her side of the family lived to be mid to late 90's. I'm hoping I got most of my genes from her! I have a brother who is 78 and a survivor of pancreatic cancer, but he and every other family member are/were devout Christians who never drank, smoked, or did any illicit substances. The old genes vs lifestyle question may end up having some bearing on my longevity.
Sep 1, 2022 13:43:29 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm 78 now. Life expectancy in the US has dropped again, from 77 to 76.1, mainly because of Covid. I'm ahead of the curve. How are you doing?
Just turned 92. My mother made to 93 as did her grandmother; my father passed at almost 80, but his father made it to 91, and his grandmother, who was born in 1842, to 95. So they all beat the odds of their eras.
Sep 1, 2022 13:50:38 #
DRam11
Loc: Polson, MT
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm 78 now. Life expectancy in the US has dropped again, from 77 to 76.1, mainly because of Covid. I'm ahead of the curve. How are you doing?
I'll hit 79 in 7 days. Still chugging right along.
Sep 1, 2022 14:02:29 #
Jimmy T wrote:
I shot a 77 once.
But it was for nine holes, LOL!
But it was for nine holes, LOL!
Being over 90 I get to play golf for free in my seniors league, but I don’t keep score and don’t try to hit over the water. When my hip really bothers me I just drive the cart between holes and throw my ball on the green and putt.
Bud
Sep 1, 2022 14:13:30 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm 78 now. Life expectancy in the US has dropped again, from 77 to 76.1, mainly because of Covid. I'm ahead of the curve. How are you doing?
79 here!! WooHoo!
Sep 1, 2022 14:15:49 #
I'd sure hate to die of Good Health! Seems like a waste if I do...
Sep 1, 2022 14:18:57 #
One grandmother was 102 her sister was 101 they had a cousin it was 103 a a brother who is 95. The other grandmother was 95 her oldest son was 99 my mother was 97. I'm about to turn 80.
Sep 1, 2022 14:44:11 #
Numbers -- Numbers, I am lucky enough to be 82, my dog Howard and I walk 3 - 5 miles a day still shooting pictures (me, not Howard) and still camping. I fully realize that something will get me sooner or later, but till it does I will keep on - keeping on.
Sep 1, 2022 15:00:44 #
For those of you who are into numbers, the goal is 120!! I suggest the following program. Get up every morning. Have breakfast. Take your assigned pills, shots or whatever. Read the following sections of the newspaper...sports, comics, travel and want ads. Do not read the front page, editorial page, or advice to the lovelorn. If you want to watch some TV, skip the news, concentrate on the soaps and cartoons. Avoid hospital shows, cop shows and "help" shows. Concentrate on cooking shows!! Photograph flowers, shrubs, trees, the sun, clouds and people each day. Cull each days photography so that by the end of each week you have some really good shots. at the end of the month, cull again. At the end of the year, cull again. Do this each year for the next 40 years and you will live a long life!!
Sep 1, 2022 15:10:46 #
78 too, and as my son likes to remind me, "still on the right side of the dirt."
Ed
Ed
Sep 1, 2022 15:13:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I'm 78 now. Life expectancy in the US has dropped again, from 77 to 76.1, mainly because of Covid. I'm ahead of the curve. How are you doing?
Well, I am 83 and doing well.
Sep 1, 2022 15:18:42 #
Everyone wants to go to heaven, but few if any want to make the trip. A recent birthday greeting showed a close up of a dogs nose, the caption on the the inside read, "I smell old people." Now that was funny. And by the way, having read five pages of comments on this subject, my comment is "I smell old people."
Sep 1, 2022 15:44:19 #
Sep 1, 2022 16:42:50 #
I turned 92 in March and celebrated my 70th wedding anniversary with my lovely wife, yesterday.
Aloha, Bob Hanusa
Aloha, Bob Hanusa
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