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Day: July 21, 2015

Some Thoughts on Longevity

July 21, 2015 Curmudgeon

Watching this report on a woman reaching her 109th birthday got me thinking. Whenever someone gets up there in years they ask to what they attribute long life. In this case it was God and basketball. My favorite answer to this question, and sorry I can’t remember who first said it, maybe George Burns, was just not dying. […]

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