I'd say it gives you a decent shot barring stupidity on your part or a bolt out of the blue. I was noticing that on my mother's side all the women lived to be at least 80 whereas the men died early of heart problems. My 87-yo great aunt attributes this to smoking.
They are still working out what they learned from the human genome project. Dana On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:00:17 -0500, Erika L. Walker-Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of Grandparents ... And health and all that ... > > It just occurred to me that my Grandparents, even after decades of > smoking and eating poorly and virtually no exercise -- are almost 80. > My Grandfather is 79 this year, and going strong after bypass surgery a > couple years ago. > My Grandmother is 76 I think. > > This is my maternal side. > > On my paternal side, my grandmother lived into her 90's and my > great-grandmother was 98. > My Grandfather was in his 80's when he passed. > > Does this mean if I continue to eat well and live well and barring any > other unforseen incidents, I might actually be one of those little old > ladies sitting in their rockers on the dock waving to all the boats go > by? Since I'm retiring at the lake ;) :D > > Perhaps I should book a new year's eve party for 2060 :D > > Cheers, > Erika > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145577 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
