How long do you want to live?

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I saw in the newspaper this morning that a British man, who is 111, is currently the world’s oldest person.

Do you aspire to the that old? Even if I were fit and healthy (for such an age)…I couldn’t afford to live that long! I have a decent sum to look after myself and my wife in retirement but that assumes that we only last into our eighties or early nineties. There is certainly not enough for us to spend 20 years in an old people’s home (that I would want to stay in!)

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General Price said:

He's the oldest man,there are older women.

As long as I'm healthy and fit enough to get about will do me.

You are right. Typo. I did mean to write oldest man.

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Downward said:

Parents are 84 and 82,
They live in a house with really steep stairs, The toilet is downstairs, Wonder if it’s worth a chat about moving a bed to the spade front room ?
They will probably whinge about losing the dining room but surely a bed downstairs is better for them ?

Possibly the opposite. Having to go up and down the stairs is giving them exercise and May help them stay fit

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Kerniki said:

Ive never seen anyone beyond 80 leading a life i’d be happy with, last bastion of downgrade for us is most likely the ability to carry out luxury cruises and their land excursions.

I should perhaps introduce you to my mother, who is 88. She is still globe trotting (just back from a three week tour of Japan). Despite falling and breaking her hip and femur in October she is back playing golf and tennis.

She is working through her bucket list as the fall has shaken her a bit and made her realise she might not have too many good years left.

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996Type said:

What we believe to be everyday existence (the work treadmill etc) is actually an illusion, we are here for the blink of an eye and some of the stories above really illustrate this, thank you for posting them.

That Instagram link is a great piece to meditate on about what’s actually important.

For many, if not most, the true value of something only becomes apparent after you no longer have it.