Your Longevity

[TC]

Valentine wrote

Come on TC, reveal all, what can I drink to give ME these illusions of grandeur. Apart from the cigar I was positively drooling

All I can say is

[laphanphon]

looks like you all are stuck with me for about 30 more yrs, but i did lie on drinking question, but i deducted the amount to be honest here, lost 6 yrs for getting drunk twice a month as opposed to gaining a yr for drinking 2 drinks a day, i guess they assume all month drunks drive drunk and die. 86 - 6 = 80, which would be nice, although i was hope to tie Val at 100. actually fairly accurate, as my parents made it to 69 and 74, both heavy drinkers and smokers, which i fairly avoid except our month therapy session and usually one other non forum therapy session. maybe i should change my pension plan, as if i live past 73, i lose money by taking it early at 55 instead of 65.

[TC]

Beer Monkey wrote

www.jjfox.ie i do love a lardy-dar. so i am surprised i got the big 4-0

One thing I do have is a beautiful cherry wood humidor

and I do inhale

regards
TC

[beer monkey]

sounds like you certainly live the high life there in udon TC. rabbits for dinner,fine cigars from a cherry wood humidor dipped in remy martin, a fine luncheon by the sounds of it.

[beer monkey]

TC, i don't suppose you have a fine bit of pate with the gourmet meals. Hope you clicked on the honest and truthful options when you did the longativity test, rich meals,cognac,wines and cigars....how many months you got left.

[Galee]

TC, best steer clear of the "Fois Gras". Don't want you catching Bird Flu!.

[TC]

Beer Monkey wrote

TC, i don't suppose you have a fine bit of pate with the gourmet meals

Funny you should mention pate. I will admit I am not the best chef in our little group (most probably the worst being half English) but I am noted for my variety of pate's

My favourite being my chicken liver pate layered with crushed Pistachios topped with black peppers with a few other secret ingredients and of course a large splash of Remy thrown in naturalment.

As for the longevity test....well I put my age in and before I got to the last question I am already back to my age....so I guess Ishould have been dead years ago.

Just goes to show...dont believe anything on the internet

TC

Insurance companies nightnmare

[beer monkey]

TC,so you produce your own pate's..do you label them with certain initials like say for instance T.C.P, as in TC's pate !!

[Alagrl]

Ohmigod, TC, that pate sounds amazing (sinful, decadent, delicious, et cetera, et cetera). Black pepper is my favorite.

Have you noticed that the longer we talk about "Longevity," the more ideas we give each other on how to shorten it.

SHARA

[beer monkey]

something i read today that might interest fine whisky drinkers, A scotch whisky which is 92 per cent alcohol is to be made by Bruichladdich distillery on the island of Islay.
They will use a 300 year old recipe in which the single malt is distilled 4 times instead of the usual 2.
They will produce 5000 bottles.

will that add a few years or take some off i wonder.

[valentine]

something i read today that might interest fine whisky drinkers, A scotch whisky which is 92 per cent alcohol is to be made by Bruichladdich distillery on the island of Islay.
They will use a 300 year old recipe in which the single malt is distilled 4 times instead of the usual 2.
They will produce 5000 bottles.

will that add a few years or take some off i wonder.

Dunno bout that last bit, but I bet it plays havoc with my bank balance if it ever gets to Thailand.
ps For lovers of single malt. Big C are now keeping on the shelf The Glenlivet. Not the best but beggars can't be choosers

[farang]

eternal life^_^

[Garnet]

Here's another test for you good folks! Part of the introduction that I saw describing it went like this:

"The test was developed by researchers in San Francisco, and their results were published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It's a simple, 12-point questionnaire. To develop the test, the researchers collected data from nearly 12,000 people over the age of 50, and then followed the participants for four years.

"The test is supposed to be 81% accurate, but there's no crystal ball involved. To score high (indicating increased risk of mortality), you are exhibiting poor health to begin with. So don't expect a big surprise. But if you're out of shape, it might be a good wake-up call."

Now, with that goundwork, I'll prepare you by telling you that one of the 12 questions asked was for you categorize your BMI as either being below a numeric level, or else above it--just the two choices. And there was an explanation included describing how to estimate your BMI. It necessitated mastering this equation: (BMI equals your weight in pounds divided by your height in inches squared, multiplied by 703.)

Well, that one had me! I had to quit the quiz and hunt up an easier explanation of how to calculate my BMI--I'm afraid my formal school days ended just about 40 years ago! So if the above formula is a little troublesme for you, too, then use this calculator (you can select English or metric) and have your BM figure ready to supply:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm

Okay, here's the darn test--click the link at tne end of the second paragraph of this article:

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/02/1 ... y.test.ap/

In conclusion, although my original test resulted in a disappointing outcome for me, I'm happy to report that there is less than a 4% chance of my knocking off in the next four years--at least, according to this test!