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Originally Posted by getbak
When you're over 90, getting pneumonia can often be the beginning of the end.
I've heard of a lot of elderly people who go to the hospital with pneumonia, or go into the hospital for something else and catch pneumonia while they're there and they don't go home again.
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Not even over 90, but yeah, its a thing. My FIL has had Pneumonia more times than I can remember. One time he was sanding his deck, got a sliver in his leg and it got infected, went to the Hospital and boom! Double Pneumonia. Happens all the time.
Either way, in the context of this article, nobody is arguing that Grapes is some sort of Saint despite being voted '7th Greatest Canadian' on CBC by viewers in 2004, but thats not really the point.
Yeah...he's an old dude, he has some really antiquated opinions (except about the French, those are still valid) but it doesnt change the fact that Ron is a POS who stabbed him in the back.
As for Mrs. Cherry who will not allow MacLean in her home? You stand strong Mrs. Cherry! Thats a Grudge worth holding.