Live to be 150

[REWahoo]

This would sure screw up my SWR calculations...

ABC News: Live to 150, Can You Do It? Secrets to Living Longer

 

[haha]

The trouble with living to be 150 is that you might be living with a 150 year old woman.

Of course, I shouldn't worry, she'd likely give me the boot before the end of the first half.

Ha

 

[Wags]

The trouble with living to be 150 is that you might be living with a 150 year old woman.

Ha

You got that right.

I do not think that DW could put up with me 100 more years. The last 18 years have been great but I do not know about the next 100.

GOD BLESS US ALL

 

[REWahoo]

I'm not at all surprised...

Whoopsie, forgot the .

 

[Fireup2020]

A 150 year old man?? Please! It's not lookin' good from the female perspective either!

 

[haha]

A 150 year old man?? Please! It's not lookin' good from the female perspective either!

I think I understand.

"methuselah lived 900 years
methuselah lived 900 years
who calls that livin' when no gal will give in
to no man who's 900 years"
-It Aint Necessarily So

 

[W2R]

I would be thrilled to live to 150!! I'd love to be with Frank at that age, too. He just gets more distinguished looking as he gets older.

Actually, what I'd REALLY like is to become immortal. I haven't quite figured out yet how that is done.

 

[TromboneAl]

The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who was aged 122 years and 164 days.

 

[Moemg]

A 150 year old man?? Please! It's not lookin' good from the female perspective either!

Especially since Viagra ! We would either be faking it or not sure what was going on !

 

[TromboneAl]

 

[haha]

Like my hygienist said when I asked her how my teeth looked- "Not bad for an old guy."

Thanks honey, you made my day.

Ha

 

[dex]

To me it all comes down to the quality of life.
Go to any Assisted Living Retirement home and then tell me you want to live to be 150.
What is the saying? It isn't the number of years a life; it is the life in the years.
or.
The Dash Movie

Quality not Quantity

 

[REWahoo]

Like my hygienist said when I asked her how my teeth looked- "Not bad for an old guy."

Are they like the stars?

 

[Khan]

My genetic inheritance is joint/nerve/muscle deterioration starting at age 45; living past 75 sounds like punishment (unless someone can reverse the deterioration).

 

[lazygood4nothinbum]

a friend of mine only goes after the young ones so of course he won't be retiring any time soon as, at his age, that requires some expensive dinners. so, just to scare him at little, i brought the article to his attention this afternoon. trying to fathom it all, he's picturing himself on a dinner date in the far future saying, "but i'm only 130 years older than you."

 

[Notmuchlonger]

A 150 year old man?? Please! It's not lookin' good from the female perspective either!

Just double the Viagra dose. ITs allllll good.

 

[maddythebeagle]

I have seen some really miserable existences for people in their early 90s...dont count me in for living to 150...besides who is going to pay for this...I think Logan's Run had the right idea Logan's Run (1976 film); - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

 

[HFWR]

The trouble with living to be 150 is that you might be living with a 150 year old woman.

Of course, I shouldn't worry, she'd likely give me the boot before the end of the first half.

Ha

A 150 year old man?? Please! It's not lookin' good from the female perspective either!

Hell, you probably won't be able to see anyway...

 

[bbbamI]

I don't think you can live to be 150 and have fun.

So, I'm willing to take a risk now and then...and live to be 100.

 

[W2R]

At 97, my (now deceased) mother told me that honestly, she really enjoyed each day and looked forward to the next.

I remember that when I was around 20, I brashly proclaimed that I wouldn't want to live to be over 30. There didn't seem to be much point in living to be THAT old. O0

 

[donheff]

I was on an exercise bike at the gym the other day (one of the techniques to live longer, by the way) and saw a blurb on that topic shoot by so I tuned into the View. I swear, I would never have watched it if I hadn't seen that "live to 150" blurb. At any rate, one of the producers or writers was on and it sounds like this is more of the same old, same old. You know, stem cell research, gene mapping, nano, etc are making great strides. Someday, maybe in our kids' lifetime, we will be able to clone organs. Of course, she pointed out that Alzheimer's increases with age and it is a tough nut to crack. So maybe the lucky winners will get to drool their way to 150. No thanks.

 

[Walt34]

I remember that when I was around 20, I brashly proclaimed that I wouldn't want to live to be over 30. There didn't seem to be much point in living to be THAT old. O0

I thought much the same thing, making fun of my father when he turned 50 - "Gee, what's it like to be half a century old?"

Or as one doc put it "Everybody says they don't care if they die when they're 90. That's just the way you feel until you're 89."

 

[Khan]

At 97, my (now deceased) mother told me that honestly, she really enjoyed each day and looked forward to the next.

I remember that when I was around 20, I brashly proclaimed that I wouldn't want to live to be over 30. There didn't seem to be much point in living to be THAT old. O0

Hope I die before I get old...

 

[CuppaJoe]

....

So maybe the lucky winners will get to drool their way to 150. No thanks.

This is really sobering. I remember years ago hearing a doctor (speaking on the subject of AIDS, attendance was required for my j*b). She said that the stats on life expectancy are deceptive, especially the thing about women living longer as many many of them spend the last years of their lives "stroked out." I remember that doc. so well; she died of cancer very young, surrounded by family, as they say.

 

[TromboneAl]

I watched this last night, and here are some comments:

1. Remember when Barbara Wawa is told that you'd have to drink 1,000 bottles of wine to get the equiv amount of resveratrol that the mice got. She's super surprised and chokes on her wine.

Who is she kidding? Of course she knew that already, and was just playacting for the show. This is very standard on news magazines. Overacting responses.

2. The calorie restriction couple that have been restricting their calories for 14 years. They supposedly weigh every piece of food that they eat. Really? I mean after the first several years I bet you pretty much know how much to put on your plate. Probably just for show.

3. The man in that couple restricted himself to 1900 calories per day. That doesn't sound that drastic. A Subway turkey and ham 6 inch sub with cheese and condiments is about 510 calories.