Tag Archives: longevity

Live Long and Prosper

September 22, 2021 – 10:44 am

The Masoretic version of the Bible claimed that Methuselah achieved the epic age of 969. His name is synonymous with longevity. No one in modern history has touched his nonagenarian record, although my great-grand aunt lived to 103. Bert circled the world in a sailing ship. One port of call was Bangkok. She was the […]

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Living Long Is The Best Revenge

April 27, 2021 – 7:50 am

My great-grandaunt Bert lived to 103. Aunt Marge made it to 95. My father hit 89. My family suffers longevity well and at 68 I can still beat some teenagers at basketball, so I suspect that I’m headed for a ripe old years in full control of my diminishing facilities and if so I hope […]

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Dif-Tor Heh Smusma

February 27, 2015 – 7:34 pm

The Masoretic version of the Bible purported that Methuselah achieved the epic age of 969. His name has become synonymous with longevity in the West. No one in modern history has touched his nonacentarian record, although my great-grand aunt Bert lived to 103. She circled the world in a sailing ship. One port of call […]

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Live Longer

July 2, 2012 – 12:08 am

My family has centagenarians on my father’s side. We can eat what we want within reason. Excess in Moderation has been the key to my existence, but now that I’m 60 I have tempered that path with some radical departures from my former carefree joi de vivre; rare bouts of hard alcohol and much more […]

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