IT JUST SEEMS THAT LONG
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Time flies when you're...nope, I've got nuthin.
Posted by: marfie | February 26, 2007 at 01:05 PM
FIRST to be at a loss for words!
Posted by: marfie | February 26, 2007 at 01:05 PM
Why would you want to live that long without....that?
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 26, 2007 at 01:06 PM
NOT worth it to live that long without...
No thanks!
Posted by: Siouxie | February 26, 2007 at 01:07 PM
but i don't want to live that long!!!
Posted by: crossgirl | February 26, 2007 at 01:09 PM
I should introduce this guy to my ex. Although she never liked my smoking either.
Posted by: Layzeeboy | February 26, 2007 at 01:14 PM
I'd rather die 'happy'...just sayin'
Posted by: Siouxie | February 26, 2007 at 01:15 PM
longevity thus:
the sound of one hand "clapping"
IYGMD
soft flesh, fragrant hair
make heart race but don't forget
her voice can break stones
if you've ever had
your stones broken you know how
painful that can be
Posted by: mudstuffin | February 26, 2007 at 01:16 PM
I sure hope he gets cable.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 26, 2007 at 01:17 PM
snork @ annie
Posted by: judi | February 26, 2007 at 01:18 PM
*snork* at mud
sounds like he went through menopause at a young age
Posted by: ubetcha | February 26, 2007 at 01:18 PM
So smoking is OK, sex is not. My ex should live forever.
'Shudder'
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:19 PM
"Now I want to quit," he was quoted as saying of his decades-long cigarette addiction. "Maybe the government should ban cigarette sales so I can give it up," he added.
Kids today. Blaming the government for their lack of self control.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | February 26, 2007 at 01:20 PM
Personally I hope to die in bed at 107 by being shot by a jealous husband while being caught in the act.
Posted by: ArcticAl | February 26, 2007 at 01:27 PM
ArticAl, you must be young.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:29 PM
Patrick, no - Al's Canadian. They have strange aspirations.
Posted by: Annie Where-but-here | February 26, 2007 at 01:30 PM
That would be ArcticAl. Sorry.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:32 PM
Annie, I stand corrected.
Al, thank you for the sanctuary your country offered many years ago.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:36 PM
You see I want to experience coming and going at the same time....
Posted by: ArcticAl | February 26, 2007 at 01:36 PM
well if the case for his longevity is no sex and smoking cigarettes, i'll live for ever. dammit.
Posted by: wickedwitch | February 26, 2007 at 01:38 PM
Did he mean with others or by himself as well?
Poor journalism, IMO.
Posted by: Eleanor | February 26, 2007 at 01:39 PM
He could beon to something.
Still wondering how lousy it was for him when he was married. They must have been doing something wrong for him to have any thoughts it was worth it.
Posted by: The blog reader formerly known as Matt | February 26, 2007 at 01:40 PM
Patrick - sanctuary from what? Bad jokes?
By the way I'm not young. I'm almost halfway to 107. That's why I say that I'm middle aged when people ask how old I am.
Posted by: ArcticAl | February 26, 2007 at 01:40 PM
El, good point. Is he blind?
Posted by: Siouxie | February 26, 2007 at 01:40 PM
WW, you could be my ex. Same name and everything.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:41 PM
Al, sanctuary from the US government. Unfortunately, it was no joke.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:44 PM
Patrick O, could be, i've been married 5 times.
Posted by: wickedwitch | February 26, 2007 at 01:46 PM
WW, what a relief. She is still with her second victim.
Posted by: Patrick O | February 26, 2007 at 01:50 PM
Patrick O ... no joke, indeed ... I recall them days ... hope you're all right now, and ... Welcome Home! (I mean that, sincerely ... NEone from that era who had difficulties -- of whutever sort -- needs to know we're glad they're here ...)
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | February 26, 2007 at 03:06 PM
Now ... as to the thread topic (?) ...
Reminds me of the old story about the Middle-Eastern Sultan who had a harem of 366 wives.
He kept them in a special oda, 50 miles away from the palace.
His eunuch's had the task of traveling to and from the palace, to bring a different one back to the palace ... every day.
The Sultan lived to be 99.
During that time span, the toll of time and effort claimed the lives of 400 eunuchs.
Moral: It's not the activities with women that kill ya, it's the chasin' after 'em ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | February 26, 2007 at 03:09 PM
Great so at my current pace I can expect to live to see 242. Great.
Posted by: Addicted to 24 | February 26, 2007 at 03:11 PM
LOL OtheU!
Addicted? you have eunuch's working for ya too?
Posted by: Siouxie | February 26, 2007 at 03:32 PM
I apologize for the superfluity of ' up there ... really ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | February 26, 2007 at 05:32 PM
a widower whose youthful bride perished during the Japanese invasion in World War Two
Besides that sad bit of personal history, I suspect that "the rest of the story" re: Mr. Chan's decades of celibacy has to do with the "shortage" of females owing to Chinese cultural preferences...
From what I've read, there's a significant demographic problem in China (and India) nowadays because of the disparity between the sexes that traces back to traditional preferences for sons rather than daughters. Add social status, profession, finances, location, and other factors to the mix, and many Chinese men will never have an opportunity to marry.
On the bright side, it sounds as if Mr. Chan's morning tai ch'i has kept him going in spirit as well as body. Bravo, Mr. Chan!
Posted by: JerseyGirl | February 26, 2007 at 06:46 PM
I want to experience coming and going at the same time
*snork at ArcticAl*
So long as you don't meet yourself...
Posted by: JerseyGirl | February 26, 2007 at 06:52 PM
Patrick and OtheU, I remember those days of body counts only too well. My kid brother was just young enough to miss the draft...
Fairport Convention did a terrific cover of Jon Richards's "The Deserter" on their 35th anniversary album XXXV some years back. Really got me where I live. Although it was penned at the time of the Falklands War, it applies to any situation where a person's conscience sets them on a collision course with external authority...
Posted by: JerseyGirl | February 26, 2007 at 07:37 PM
JG ... The Deserter is Heavy Duty ... to coin a phrase ...
Posted by: OtheU(manity) | February 26, 2007 at 07:54 PM