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Old January 12th 17, 01:07 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Doug Landau
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Default 105-year old sets new record

On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 4:02:09 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:01:19 +0700, John B
wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2017 10:01:27 -0500, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per Phil Lee:
The fit ones tend to go downhill fast, once they drop off the fitness
level they are accustomed to maintaining. My grandfather went from
running a minimum of 5 miles every morning, rain, shine, sleet, snow
or fog, to his grave in about 18 months after breaking his hip badly.

A book on aging that I read a bunch of years ago described "Normal
Death" as being pretty much that: good functionality right up to a few
months from the end, then rapid deterioration and death.

The book said that it has become more-and-more common and will
increase in frequency as people learn to and are able to take proper
care of themselves.


both my grandfathers died that way. Got up in the morning, ate a good
lunch, laid down for a bit of a nap after lunch and never woke up.

I'm not eager to join them but it is probably as good a way to go as
any.


Better than many ways to go.

Bumper sticker wisdom: "I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather,
not screaming in terror like his passengers."


Okay. Now tell me what you think about Ronnie Lang
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