At that rate I plan to increase drinking! An extra couple glasses of wine to go out at 99 even? Sold!
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At that rate I plan to increase drinking! An extra couple glasses of wine to go out at 99 even? Sold!
... And what's this 8+ drinks? A guy can drink a 6-pack/day so that's 42 drinks/week. Calling that 8+ is an insult.
I think a key is to surround yourself with other active people. I've skied pretty regularly with people in their mid/late 80s. A 70 year old friend of mine finished a tough 50 mile trail race last year and has signed up for a tougher 100 miler this fall, and he wouldn't be the only 70+ yr old I know to finish one. I think you are correct, but there are exceptions, and I am working on being one. No more 100 milers in my future though.It says I may be healthy to 95. My observation is that even fit/educated/upper income folks start being less active through their 70s.
I don't want to be sitting in a chair connected to a computer via electrodes..
I wouldn't worry about that. It'll probably all be wireless by then.
Come to think of it, I'm already connected to a computer wirelessly now.
Surprised that it won't let someone live past 100? Seems like it tops out at 99+.
It says I may be healthy to 95. My observation is that even fit/educated/upper income folks start being less active through their 70s.
Surprised that it won't let someone live past 100? Seems like it tops out at 99+.
No, I got 101.5. Scary that!
Now I feel better already. I suppose VR will be even more realistic so we can spend our days in the Meta world.
I meant medically speaking. I have a defibrillator in my chest that gets challenged and replies every 90 days from a modem in my bedroom and sends the data to some big computer at the hospital.
Remember the Star Trek episode "Menagerie"? Not quite the ending "Cocoon" had but something I might consider
I know some people who did really well and lived completely independently until their very late 80s. They had a few health scares along the way, but overcame them.
Sure though I see a loss in activity level generally. Driving to the grocery store and walking in the park in the late 80s is great but the same folks might have been taking multistate car trips and hiking on trails in their mid 70s. Pre-pandemic it seemed like there were noticeably fewer 80 year olds in airports than around town.