William Robb mused: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Whaley" > Subject: Re: OT - English Summer > > > > > > > That was back when the male life span was something between 38 and > > 45? > > A forty year enlistment? What did Mom do, drop him off on the > > Legion's doorstep, umbilical cord and all, and head off into the > > fields? > > Boy. I'm going to have to read up on that! > > I heard a peice on CBC a while ago on this very subject. > This is, apparently, one of those areas where the statistics mislead. > If you take away the very high infant mortality rates, things look a > lot better for ancient man. > Anyway, it's just something I heard on the radio. I don't know if > it's true or not.
Oh, it's true. If you got to be old enough to join up, you could expect that (as long as you avoided work-related injuries :-) you'd make it close to your alotted three score years and ten.
