DrJ Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 Wow, 115 - born when Grover Cleveland was president! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090911/ap_on_...t_oldest_person My favorite part of the story was this: "In her final years, she passed her days watching her favorite TV program, "The Jerry Springer Show," and consuming her favorite foods: bacon, fried chicken and ice cream." Just goes to show, longevity is mostly about genes... Quote
Free For All Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 Wow, she was even older than Lou Donaldson! What a lot of history she has witnessed. Amazing. ......and allow me to join the others in welcoming you back to the board, Dr. Jerant. Great to see you again! The kids are growing up fast, aren't they? Quote
JSngry Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 Shouldn't that be "Former World's Oldest Person"? (good to see yoa' Tony, how's it been going?) Quote
mjzee Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 Didn't the World's Oldest Person die just a few weeks ago? And then a few months before that? When will this stop?? Quote
BeBop Posted September 12, 2009 Report Posted September 12, 2009 My former neighbor just died at 104. He was a heck of a guy who should be remembered somewhere, so...here. Anyone who lived in the Oakland/Berkeley area in the 60s and 70s remembers the old MG convertible that used to roam the streets with a replica atomic bomb - same size as the car! - pillared above the car's body and painted with various slogans that were "of the time". Or the Cadillac hearse...stretched and made into a camper with a faux Airstream body made of sheets of tin. It was a truly legendary family. I'm proud to have known them and swum in their various ponds and pools. To have ridden their hillside railroads. To have caught their poison oak. To have hung out with their visiting relatives - from Canada, even. Erling, John, Arthur, you taught me a lot. You made me the mess I am today. Thank you. Quote
DrJ Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Posted September 12, 2009 (edited) JSngry posted: Shouldn't that be "Former World's Oldest Person"? wink.gif Didn't the World's Oldest Person die just a few weeks ago? And then a few months before that? When will this stop?? Now that's some funny stuff... Thanks for the nice welcome, guys - I've been fine, just busy as can be between work and the 2 munchkins. They are getting big, my oldest just started first grade and the little guy is now a walking, talking, mischief making machine (as it should be)! Should be sleeping right now...so g'night. I'll be checking in more often than I have been though, very much looking forward to it - I've missed this place! Just signed up for the latest BFT and put my name in the hat to assemble a future test disc. Edited September 12, 2009 by DrJ Quote
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