Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Hi all.. I just went to a local festival here yesterday. At one point most of the women stood up and danced some local dances for quite a while. Two of the women stood out because they looked to be the oldest there. I wondered how old they were. I asked my mother in law how old did she think they were.. She simply turned around and asked them.. The first woman was ninety one. The second one, who said she was young, was seventy eight. My mother in law looked and me and said quite seriously, "In Okinawa 78 is considered young." Talk about a different outlook on aging.. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2002 Report Share Posted July 28, 2002 Eddie: this incident you relate reminds me of my late mother. At 97 years of age, she was sharp as a tack, had and took care of her own apartment in a senior citizens complex and walked regularly 1/2 mile to the market to do her food shopping. She died a few months short of her 98th birthday after declining for about 7 months prior to her death. Her only problem was painful arthritis (which I'm hoping to avoid with CRON). In my case, I'm not aiming for a triple digit lifespan, but high quality of life until almost the end, and no pain and suffering, are my goals. I have a mixed bag of genes, as my father and one brother died youngish, at 70 and 63 respectively (heart and cancer). Both were overweight and ate badly. on 7/28/2002 7:43 AM, Eddie at vlad_storm@... wrote: > > Hi all.. > > I just went to a local festival here yesterday. At one point most of the > women stood up and danced some local dances for quite a while. > > Two of the women stood out because they looked to be the oldest there. > > I wondered how old they were. I asked my mother in law how old did she think > they were.. She simply turned around and asked them.. > > The first woman was ninety one. The second one, who said she was young, was > seventy eight. > > My mother in law looked and me and said quite seriously, " In Okinawa 78 is > considered young. " > > Talk about a different outlook on aging.. > > Ed > > > > --------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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