jpmorgan
jpmorgan
Jul 21, 2017 · 2 min read

Wait just a darn tootin minute! There may be a smattering of truth lying about. As an elder in my community, I look (and read) with eyes that have witnessed much and will continue for years to come now that I have had successful cataract surgery. Satire, flat tire, big fire, good liar. Take your pick. It is perfectly logical to the firing synapses in my brain that the elderly are more likely to die of old age than younger people. Think about it. Or don’t. The result is the same. “According to data compiled by the Social Security Administration: A man reaching age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 84.3. A woman turning age 65 today can expect to live, on average, until age 86.6. And those are just averages. About one out of every four 65-year-olds today will live past age 90, and one out of 10 will live past age 95.” How about those numbers? Old geezers live to be ancient believers … in dying of old age. Very old age. Younger people have to first make it to 65 before they can even consider dying of old age. A 30-year old can expect to live to the ripe young age of about 50. Ergo, I have a darn good chance of dancing on the grave of the 30-year old living with his parents, in the basement, playing video games all day, smoking and joking through the night. Or I could croak tonight. As Willie Nelson says “And I woke up still not dead again today.”

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