I think that the value of diet and exercise has a lot to do with individual characteristics. My grandfather and his brothers were all extremely tall (grandfather was 6'8") and fairly thin. He got no exercise (other than hard work) and a typical breakfast for him was 1/2 a package of pillsbury crescent rolls baked flat and covered with syrup, with a side of 4-5 slices of bacon. He lined to be 94.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - Jan 24, 2011 5:35:04 am PST #18543 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 24, 2011 5:36:55 am PST #18544 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Also, wasn't he extremely active like a guy decades younger at least into his 80s? I was always seeing him running around in track suits on infomercials. If proper diet and exercise "only" bought him 20+ extra years of good health that's still doing pretty damn well.
lisah - Jan 24, 2011 5:45:55 am PST #18545 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Also, wasn't he extremely active like a guy decades younger at least into his 80s?
Absolutely. Diet and exercise may not only have extended his life but made the quality of it much better.
Cashmere - Jan 24, 2011 5:54:09 am PST #18546 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
My maternal grandfather went to work in the coal mines of Eastern Kentucky at 11. He smoked non-filtered cigarettes most of his life, made his own moonshine, drank HEAVILY--and by heavily, I mean he was hospitalized at age 80 for alcohol poisoning after a bender--and ate a lot of bacon. He was diabetic and a gambler who was dirt poor most of his life.
He lived to be 88, died with a full head of hair surrounded by his 11 living children, 60 grandchildren, 35 great grandchildren and had 2 great-great grandchildren on the way.
I think it was good genes. If you discount the gambling addiction and the alcoholism.
DavidS - Jan 24, 2011 5:54:30 am PST #18547 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Also, wasn't he extremely active like a guy decades younger at least into his 80s?
Absolutely. Diet and exercise may not only have extended his life but made the quality of it much better.
Exactly this. I remember watching him on TV when I was a wee little kid in Oregon. He had one of those perfect TV personalities, like Mr. Rogers or Oprah. Warm and energetic and likable.
Connie Neil - Jan 24, 2011 6:10:43 am PST #18548 of 30001
brillig
He had one of those perfect TV personalities, like Mr. Rogers or Oprah
Mr. Rogers was a minion of Satan. My sisters and I agree, and many people I've talked to agreed that he creeped them out.
sumi - Jan 24, 2011 6:18:06 am PST #18549 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Just had a student come in - she spells her name: Mandii. Yes, two i.s at the end.
Sparky1 - Jan 24, 2011 6:23:52 am PST #18550 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
My DH and I are trying to coordinate calendars - he gets to go to Beijing in February - and he just insisted he's got a meeting in NYC on February 31.
I am never going to let him live this down.
Trudy Booth - Jan 24, 2011 6:29:53 am PST #18551 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I love Mr. Rogers, but Oprah is nails on a chalkboard to me.
SuziQ - Jan 24, 2011 6:37:19 am PST #18552 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
he just insisted he's got a meeting in NYC on February 31.
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Dear Project Team
Please work together to come up with what you want from me instead of sending me a zillion e-mails with contradictory information. I'm not touching the project until you have all agreed on a course of action.
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