How to live to be a 100

[NoJo]

"New Scientist" magazine carried a feature on the latest research into longevity. Among the pieces of advice were: Have plenty of sex, don't have sex, stay out of the sun, expose yourself to lots of UV light, starve, eat, etc.

It really seems as though science is currently coming up with a mass of highly conflicting evidence.

So I guess , the jury is still pretty much open. Based on my maternal grandmother, I'd say that watching about 15 ours of TV a day seems to prolong life.

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

 

[oggbashan]

We have a fair number of centarians in our town.

Their collective wisdom from interviews over the last few years seems to be:

Drink frequently in moderation.

Smoke ditto.

Continue chasing women (or men if centarian is female) even if catching them is difficult.

Have a sense of humour and many friends of all ages.

Enjoy life.

Og (Hic!)

 

[neonlyte]

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

In my case, another 43 years... leaving that aside, get rid of the stress. Spend your days doing the things from which you derive energy and the will to accomplish.

 

[impressive]

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

Forget to die.

 

[kendo1]

Wait for Joe to turn up.
Good to see you.

Ken

 

[rgraham666]

If it's anything like my paternal grandmother, simply be too nasty to die.

I'm sure every day for the twenty years before she passed on, Death looked at his list, saw her name and said "No fucking way! I am not dealing with that bitch today."

She lived to 104. If you could call the last fifteen years of her life living.

 

[R. Richard]

I watched a live TV show where the camera was interviewing people on the street about how to live to good old age. The answers were much like the "New Scientist" magazine advice.

Suddenly an incedibly ancient man hobbled down the street and was interviewed as to how to live to a good old age. The man thought for a second and then saud, "Well, I drink a couple of quarts of cheap booze every day. I smoke six packs of cigarettes every day, I hang out in bars and chase women every night."

The TV interviewer said, "Amazing! And, exactly how old are you sir?"

The man said, "Next Wednesday I'll be 28."

 

[SeaCat]

I have absolutely no idea on how to live to the century mark. However I love the advice my Great Grandfather gave my father roughly a year before he died. (At the ripe old age of 94. More on that later.)

His advice?

Live life to it's fullest. If you think that something will make you happy, then do it. You want to drink? Have at it, but do so in moderation. (Being drunk is no fun.) You want to bed a willing woman, go for it and enjoy it as though it was your last time. Who gives a flying shit what other people think?

My Great Grandfather was hit by a bus as he was returning home from his grilfriends house . (He was 94 and she was 56. I have met her and was amazed at how happy she was with her life.)

Cat

 

[FallingToFly]

"New Scientist" magazine carried a feature on the latest research into longevity. Among the pieces of advice were: Have plenty of sex, don't have sex, stay out of the sun, expose yourself to lots of UV light, starve, eat, etc.

It really seems as though science is currently coming up with a mass of highly conflicting evidence.

So I guess , the jury is still pretty much open. Based on my maternal grandmother, I'd say that watching about 15 ours of TV a day seems to prolong life.

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

Pure fucking evilness.

Which is why I will outlive everyone

 

[CharleyH]

"New Scientist" magazine carried a feature on the latest research into longevity. Among the pieces of advice were: Have plenty of sex, don't have sex, stay out of the sun, expose yourself to lots of UV light, starve, eat, etc.

It really seems as though science is currently coming up with a mass of highly conflicting evidence.

So I guess , the jury is still pretty much open. Based on my maternal grandmother, I'd say that watching about 15 ours of TV a day seems to prolong life.

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

LOL- your Gran is wrong - SEX - that's what makes the world go round to 100.

 

[cantdog]

Do you soppose this would help?

 

[shereads]

Eee!

What a fabulous thread this is. I've hardly glanced at the topic yet, but I adore the host and the guest list.

I have a bottle of Bailey's. Who has straws?

[/threadjack]

 

[scheherazade_79]

My nan's heading towards the century mark, and she's spent most of her life starving herself. If that's the secret of living to be old, I'll be lucky to see 40.

 

[Guest]

Eat lots of raw meaty bones





Oh, sorry, that's dogs. I'm well into natural feeding, and there's nothing like watching a pair of dogs feasting on a raw rack of lamb ribs, or raw chicken carcass.

I'm obsessed, I can't help it!

If it works for dogs, then why not humans? Ok, so we're not biologically identical, and don't have 50% of our stomach contents made of up hydrochloric acid - thus making dogs virtually immune to salmonella, e-coli and many other bugs and germs, but hey, we used to chew on whatever we could pick up.

BANISH JUNK!

DETOX!

Ok, ok, I went into one then; I just got a bit over-excited.

I need a shag...

 

[impressive]

Do you soppose this would help?

Damn!

 

[rgraham666]

A Lou sighting!

That makes me want to live forever.

 

[Guest]

there was also an article in a mag that i read recently that said by the year 2050, the average life span will be approx. 150years.
no spank you.
will people begin to look like walking crypt keepers but have organs like the ever-ready bunny?

 

[SummerMorning]

Look, don't worry Vella, by 2050 we'll just replace our frail soft squishy bodies with digital simulacra enabling us to live until the power fails.

 

[impressive]

there was also an article in a mag that i read recently that said by the year 2050, the average life span will be approx. 150years.
no spank you.
will people begin to look like walking crypt keepers but have organs like the ever-ready bunny?

Hmm ... Depends on whether there are orgasms after death. If not, I'll take my walking crypt keeper bod.

 

[rgraham666]

Hmm ... Depends on whether there are orgasms after death. If not, I'll take my walking crypt keeper bod.

Only one way to find out.

And as far as becoming Borg goes, no fucking way.

 

[zeb1094]

"New Scientist" magazine carried a feature on the latest research into longevity. Among the pieces of advice were: Have plenty of sex, don't have sex, stay out of the sun, expose yourself to lots of UV light, starve, eat, etc.

It really seems as though science is currently coming up with a mass of highly conflicting evidence.

So I guess , the jury is still pretty much open. Based on my maternal grandmother, I'd say that watching about 15 ours of TV a day seems to prolong life.

Anybody here have any theories on what it takes to live to be 100?

To be born around June 1906...and still be alive today?

 

[shereads]

there was also an article in a mag that i read recently that said by the year 2050, the average life span will be approx. 150years.
no spank you.

That puts a new wrinkle on things.

Regarding the role of sex in longevity: according to local news, medical clinics at Florida's 'active retirement' communities report a high incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. A nurse said, "They're shocked when they get a diagnosis of herpes. Since pregnancy isn't an issue, nobody gives a thought to safe sex."

Question: Why do elderly men always refer to their sex lives as "chasing women?" Is it the wheelchairs and walkers that give the impression of a chase, or are the women really trying to get away?

 

[robsknickers]

give up

give up smoking
give up drinking
give up sex
you wont live any longer but it will seem like it

 

[zeb1094]

there was also an article in a mag that i read recently that said by the year 2050, the average life span will be approx. 150years.
no spank you.
will people begin to look like walking crypt keepers but have organs like the ever-ready bunny?

As long as I'm not dooling on myself and don't have to have someone else feed me!

 

[Aurora Black]

I don't care if I live to be 100 as long as I've lived my life well.