Re: new human longevity record?

From: Zero Powers (zero_powers@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Apr 16 2000 - 22:42:25 MDT


>From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net>
>
>Zero Powers wrote:
> >
> > >From: Doug Skrecky <oberon@vcn.bc.ca>
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > > "She's a no-nonsense women," said Dominican broadcaster Alexander
> > >Bruno. "She's aware of everything. She smiles. She laughs. She tells me
> > >everything she's heard on the radio.... She knows who she voted for
>last
> > >month. She knows she's 125."
> >
> > A couple of thoughts:

<snip>

> > Barring that, assuming Alcor is not willing to foot the bill (or that
>she is
> > not interested in being frozen), somebody get this lady to donate her
>body
> > to science. We have *got* to find out what's going on with her! No
>doubt
> > 90 years of hard labor had something to do with it, but there's plenty
>of
> > folks who have had hard lives but who didn't come close to 125! I'll
>have
> > what she's having please.
>
>She did work on a lime plantation. Those limes are good for you...

It was actually a lime *and* coconut plantation. Uh oh, I think a feel a
song coming on...

-Zero

"I like dreams of the future better than the history of the past"
--Thomas Jefferson

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