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One week ago today my grandmother turned 103 years old. I stopped by a few days previous on our way out of town for vacation, and because of that i did think about this subject a fair bit the last week or so.
I thought about the world she has seen from early last century to now, and the mind boggling changes that have occurred during that span. So for that reason, sure i would like to live a long time...but i know i am unlikely to do so even if heredity is on my side. (she still has 6 sisters alive and saw here father and 4 of his siblings live too 99 and older).
Interesting topic though and one heavily influenced by how old a person is now i would think.
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As long as I have my health and mind, hell yes, I'll take as long as possible.
The problem is that even if you have your health and your mind you outlive your family and friends. When people live to be those long ages it can be good but more often than not it is not a high quality of life.
One week ago today my grandmother turned 103 years old. I stopped by a few days previous on our way out of town for vacation, and because of that i did think about this subject a fair bit the last week or so.
I thought about the world she has seen from early last century to now, and the mind boggling changes that have occurred during that span. So for that reason, sure i would like to live a long time...but i know i am unlikely to do so even if heredity is on my side. (she still has 6 sisters alive and saw here father and 4 of his siblings live too 99 and older).
Interesting topic though and one heavily influenced by how old a person is now i would think.
My gran died @ 98. She lived on her own until her death. Alosn flew over for the birth of my daughter, was around 94 at that point. We had dinner with her and talked about the changes she had seen in the world, she believed the greatest invention in her time was the washing machine. Makes sense, she raised 4 boys.
Enjoy your time with her.
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If it means working until I'm in my 80's, 90's or 100's, and seeing most of my friends and family passing away, then no thanks.
I'm guessing that only the super wealthy would have the money to access the treatments and procedures, so it's probably not something I need to be concerned about anyways.
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I want to live for the day - be that this century, the next, or some indeterminate time in the future - when people don't insert unnecessary articles in thread titles, or otherwise make grammatical and spelling errors that annoy me every time I read them. Mostly because I am a small, petty man.
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I thought I had read that there are two geneticists who bet on living to age 150. One bet that someone alive today would live to 150, and the other bet contrary.
I think 120 is certainly possible for the very young today. I'd like to live that long only if my health was good and I was of sound mind and body. Otherwise, no thanks. I don't want to be wearing a diaper for a few decades.
The problem then becomes what happens if you're 100 and might live a few more decades but your mind or body are not sound. This opens the debate on assisted suicide and mercy killing and the religious implications.
Could a gene that doubles the lifespan of tiny worms help extend human lives, too? In Hawaii, a group of exceptionally healthy elderly men—who just so happen to share a genetic link to those long-lived worms—could hold the answer.
My future is already certain . . . . . I'll be shot dead, right between the eyes, at 94 years of age by a jealous teenage husband on a sidewalk outside of a diner where I'd just spent my last nickel on a hamburger and a chocolate shake. My last words will be: "Sonny, she was sure worth it . . . ."
I'll give that up that favourable ending if scienece has invented programmable nanites that crawl through my body, repairing and turning back the aging process so that, at age 120, I have the appearance, strength and energy of a 32 year-old.
Actually, I definitely want to run a marathon or half marathon at 70 years of age and definitely want to cross-country ski up to Chester Lake at 80 years of age.
Any long-term planning after that is starting to roll the dice a bit. As my elderly clients morbidly tell me: "I'm not buying any green bananas anymore."
Reaching 95 and watching TV in the old folks home for another 25 years probably isn't for me.
Cowperson
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One week ago today my grandmother turned 103 years old. I stopped by a few days previous on our way out of town for vacation, and because of that i did think about this subject a fair bit the last week or so.
I thought about the world she has seen from early last century to now, and the mind boggling changes that have occurred during that span. So for that reason, sure i would like to live a long time...but i know i am unlikely to do so even if heredity is on my side. (she still has 6 sisters alive and saw here father and 4 of his siblings live too 99 and older).
Interesting topic though and one heavily influenced by how old a person is now i would think.
Great post ... crazy to think what we could see in 100 years. Would I like to? Maybe, really depends on my condition. If physical is what you are worried about, major advances in exoskeltons. My future grandmother-in-law was 97 and still working on her garden. She was still traveling on her own (i.e. not a tour group) in her 90's!
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