We often read about how to extend our lives but sometimes I wonder whether we're better off living in the moment as we don't know when our flame will extinguish
I'm kind of hoping / expecting both ... I;ve had some excellent role models of men and women who lived well and well into the high numbers!
Even now as I look across the street I see my neighbour a tall upright and unbowed by age gent who's closer to 96 than 95 backing the trailer into his drive after taking it filled with garden waste to the green tip!
Concetrate for an entire moment you must be joking, the world has ADHD. I bet even now you feel like looking away from the screen but here's a quick tip - don't look away, and that is how you read.
Having to watch my father's mind deteriorate over the last few years as he reached and now passed the magic 100 years, there is no way I want to live that long.
rizlared: Having to watch my father's mind deteriorate over the last few years as he reached and now passed the magic 100 years, there is no way I want to live that long.
Bless his soul.
Various readings, internet fodder and the circumstances of a young acquaintance whose life expectancy is apparently shortened due to their illness/medications prompted my posting this poll
mollybaby: I think again that that would change constantly due to circumstances
I think circumstances change all the time and very quickly, so quality of life seems the best option to me, but if coffee was ever banned then I would wish for a shorter life.
Mapmaker: I think circumstances change all the time and very quickly, so quality of life seems the best option to me, but if coffee was ever banned then I would wish for a shorter life.
mollybaby: Coffee with sugar is banned as of tomorrow
I map of an unsound mind and body do hereby bequeath all my worldly possessions to anyone who will take the time to bury me in an organic and sustainable way. I am heading off to dignitas to be put down. My life was good while coffee was available. Goodbye cruel world.
Mapmaker: I map of an unsound mind and body do hereby bequeath all my worldly possessions to anyone who will take the time to bury me in an organic and sustainable way. I am heading off to dignitas to be put down. My life was good while coffee was available. Goodbye cruel world.
I'm thinking body farm, a contribution to forensic science
hi Serene........have him laying on his back.......what protude,s above the ground..can be used as a post, for a climbing rose/or a bowl on top....for a bird bath.......
truheart1941: hi Serene........have him laying on his back.......what protude,s above the ground..can be used as a post, for a climbing rose/or a bowl on top....for a bird bath.......
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Would you like to live longer .. or better?(Vote Below)
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