Tadpole
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It's apple pie's fault.
Agree, as modified. ;-). We won't give up our wine cellar!
Longevity is a mute point if there is no quality of life in those differential years. I'd rather die at seventy with a pack of camels in my shirt sleeve, a fifth of Jim Beam and a few cute little 60 years old on my arm than having someone changing my diapers in some rest home when I'm eighty years old.
There is actually much talk among socialist parties here in Europe about giving poor people higher pensions because they tend to live shorter and have longer careers (work at 18 vs. study until 24). I didn't realize the difference was that big.
Longevity is a mute point if there is no quality of life in those differential years. I'd rather die at seventy with a pack of camels in my shirt sleeve, a fifth of Jim Beam and a few cute little 60 years old on my arm than having someone changing my diapers in some rest home when I'm eighty years old.
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Longevity is a mute point if there is no quality of life in those differential years. I'd rather die at seventy with a pack of camels in my shirt sleeve, a fifth of Jim Beam and a few cute little 60 years old on my arm than having someone changing my diapers in some rest home when I'm eighty years old.
What do the rich snack on? I really don't know but if you are replacing potato chips or the like for the poor, they need access to a more desirable and affordable way to spend their time. What do the rich do for play and exercise. Give the poor the same free time and facilities but it has to be more desirable and affordable than TV.
... Give the poor the same free time and facilities but it has to be more desirable and affordable than TV.
I'll start to believe in my own mortality if Kieth Richards dies. ( though Lemmy's passing did shake my faith a bit. )
rich people don't snack, they dine
they also play a lot of golf/tennis and work out a lot
Sorry about the wrong spelling and maybe just a little too much hyperbole but my point is, if there is little or no quality of life in those extra years, is it worth living. I agree with the general observation about education and higher income folks living longer due to a more enlightened and affluent lifestyle. All that said I've know many older poor and uneducated folks that have lived very long and healthy lives and have known many educated and affluent folks that have taken the early dirt nap. So I guess the point is moot !!!!
The number of continuously bad choices made by the low education/low income group was stunning, and their health status was only part of the issue.