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Old 02-12-2009, 06:45 PM   #1
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How Long Do You Expect To Live?

I spent yesterday in and out of a crawlspace, an attic and up on a roof, then home to shower and pop some ibuprofen. My dad did the same type of work, claimed all his life he'd live to 100 but kicked the bucket at 69 from leukemia. I won't let my kids follow me into the business, hard life this construction stuff.

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Old 02-12-2009, 06:51 PM   #2
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Just finished a new dettached garage today. The electrical supply line that runs to the home is now laying on the new garage roof. It hasn't been relocated yet. It got caught on my nail bags as I was going down the ladder. I'm lucky to be typing this right now.
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Old 02-12-2009, 06:56 PM   #3
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I downscaled in 2004 when I had a full-on heart attack, emergency angioplasty and two stents stuck in my arteries.

$50,000 worth of cardiac plumbing. Lucky I had health insurance.

I take it day by day and hope I don't have another zots out, or need a damn bypass.
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My family genes on both side of my family. My mom,dad and their relatives are war horses

I did not grow up as good as they did but I figure 70-80 easily. My grandmother had cancer twice, you would have thought it was a cold.
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Old 02-12-2009, 07:22 PM   #5
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Dang Bodger! sorry to hear that...

I KNOW I have asbestos in my lungs, when I was a Cub my then Boss (who died of leukemia) used to be like "C'mon you big pussy, get up there and scrap all that "Monokote" (fire proofing) off those beams!" "you don't need NO stupid masks we used to EAT that Sh!!T fer dinner!" and I believed him even though the Building Engineer warned us kids about Asbestos in that building...What Schmucks we were!

But I don't smoke, drink or do any drugs, so I'm still around...I'll probably be dead at CT probably around the time I get into P&R which unless the rules "mysteriously" change again should be soon...

Just...promise me... you'll .. do a "best of" ...Simplejack...thread...and that you WILL fight the New World Order...*

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I downscaled in 2004 when I had a full-on heart attack, emergency angioplasty and two stents stuck in my arteries.

$50,000 worth of cardiac plumbing. Lucky I had health insurance.

I take it day by day and hope I don't have another zots out, or need a damn bypass.
Quit snorting lines of Viagra off the thighs of virgins and you may live a bit longer.
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But if you stop why would you want to keep livin'!!
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Re: How Long Do You Expect To Live?

Don't guess. Find out at: http://www.deathclock.com/
I have never done it myself. A little creepy.
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Don't guess. Find out at: http://www.deathclock.com/
I have never done it myself. A little creepy.
Says I have another 32 years to live I could deal with that
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How long do I expect to live?

With my luck, about 30 minutes after I win the lottery.
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Old 02-12-2009, 07:35 PM   #12
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Simplejack accepts his fate...
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Hopefully till I cash my first Social Security check.
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Don't guess. Find out at: http://www.deathclock.com/
I have never done it myself. A little creepy.

Hey I got 28 years and 1 month to go. For some reason I'm dissapointed that it's going to take that long.

...and Bodger don't say, "me too!"
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The first time I told the Clock that I was a Pessimist and it gave me until 2023 I did the exact same info but marked an Optimist and I get this...

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How the HELL am I to remain Optimistic when they can just add 43 years at will!!!
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This makes me a little uncomfortable. He snorts a little to close to the pee wee
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Ha! I'm already dead. So much for writing that will
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Quit snorting lines of Viagra off the thighs of virgins and you may live a bit longer.
Oh, how I wish that was something I had to consider quitting.

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But if you stop why would you want to keep livin'!!
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There. All fixed. I would hate to offend...
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This makes me a little uncomfortable. He snorts a little to close to the pee wee
I thought that was a pink dinosaur!
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