On 12/10/2013 7:11 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:48:33 AM UTC-6, wrote:
>
>>> That's a crock - I am well over 55+ - I walk every day usually a
>>>
>>> couple of miles - in the snow too this a.m. - it's a question of how
>>>
>>> you mentally regard your age. If you want to think 55 is old, IT
>>>
>>> WILL BE !!
>>
>> Chronologically, you are well over halfway between birth and DEATH.
>
> Means nothing. I've known more people of all ages who died suddenly,
> unexpectedly with no warning, (from a cardiac event, stroke, fall,
> crash, accident) than from terminal illness.
>
I worked with a man who was only about 50. He slipped, fell, hit his
head. He was dazed momentarily, but up and walking around, talking,
working. A couple of days later he went into a coma. He was rushed to
the hospital. He never regained consciousness. Apparently he had an
undetected aneurysm as a result of the fall.
> Death is too arbitrary and random for anyone to guess the midway
> point of life. The older I get the more I appreciate the sheer luck of
> being alive.
>
> Janet UK
>
Absolutely. You never know.
Jill