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Originally posted by Rightwire:
Rumor has it that ageing can kill you. I'm skeptical so far..

It's not so much the aging as it is the sudden stop...

I will be 61 in February, still an active Motor cop and work street. Firearms instructor for dept and on regional MOP team.
13 orthopedic surgeries over the years, knees, shoulders and elbow, fairly big guy, 6’1” 275, I was 260 when I graduated Acadamy years back.
I got married for the first time four years ago, she has kept me eating much healthier, take our dogs for woods runs as often as possible

Aside from normal aging shit like eye surgery coming up doing fairly well. God willingly be doing this for a few more years now. I don’t know why, but still like my job and try to instill Old School values in the youngsters coming on
SPG

It’s interesting to ponder reaching really advanced ages. The other thread about the veteran who died at 112 brought that to mind. At age 72 I’m definitely considering my mortality, but I’d have to live another 40 years to reach that age; to make it to 122, the age of the longest-lived person known, that would be another 50 for me. The veteran was almost 40, when many people start complaining about age, at the end of World War II. And yet I’ve read in a science journal that some believe the first person to reach 150 is already alive today. If that ever becomes common, and we manage to avoid mass deaths due to wars and pandemics, the world will be a far different place.

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I saw that article, too. I wonder if when he was my age (mid-50s) he thought he was only half way through his life. I doubt it.

I also wondered if he was on Keto or Paleo with his 12 cigars and whiskey each day.