Do you want to live to 100 ?

joanlawson
joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
edited 18. Jan 2011, 19:27 in Community Chit-chat archive
Hi

Government figures suggest that more than 10 million people alive today will live long enough to celebrate their 100th birthday – meaning they will spend a third of their lives in ­retirement.
And by 2066 about 500,000 people a year will be celebrating their 100th birthday, compared to about 10,000 now.

Longevity runs in my family, so maybe I will be one of the 10 million, but how will the country be able to afford it with pensions/ healthcare etc. :?:

Would you like to live to 100 :?:

Joan :grin:
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  • PamieAFC1903
    PamieAFC1903 Member Posts: 899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That depends if 2012 is true or not coz if it is then I will only be living till im 27 :|

    If not and I can still fend for myself why not, but if I cant then no way!
    I ♥ Runrig.

    I live, sleep, eat and breathe Runrig!!!!!.
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Of course, I cannot wait to be really old, I am really going to be a miserable old fart :shock: :lol: Looking forward to winding up the youngsters, might have a mohican again, if I have hair left, haha..
    Think for my 100th I will get another tattoo :eek: :grin:
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    That depends if 2012 is true or not coz if it is then I will only be living till im 27 :|

    If not and I can still fend for myself why not, but if I cant then no way!

    You don't believe all that rubbish about the end of the world, do you :?: As you are young now, you probably will live to 100 or longer because it's likely that there will be life-prolonging drugs in the future.
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tjt6768 wrote:
    Of course, I cannot wait to be really old, I am really going to be a miserable old fart :shock: :lol: Looking forward to winding up the youngsters, might have a mohican again, if I have hair left, haha..
    Think for my 100th I will get another tattoo :eek: :grin:

    A kind of punk centenarian, Tony :lol::lol: I love that idea :!: What would your tattoo be :?:
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It would have to be something rude to shock the great grandkids... Lol :shock:
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • PamieAFC1903
    PamieAFC1903 Member Posts: 899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Well. My Granda that died in 2000 was 76 when he died, my granny was 87 and my granda there was 79... My great granny was months off her 90th when she died, so my lot do live a long while so who knows.....

    And no I dont beleive it, if I did, I would be having panic attacks every day as the end of the world is a fear of mine (and probs everyone else, but me its HUGE)
    I ♥ Runrig.

    I live, sleep, eat and breathe Runrig!!!!!.
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tjt6768 wrote:

    Can't get the link to work, Tony
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  • PamieAFC1903
    PamieAFC1903 Member Posts: 899
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tjt6768 wrote:
    It would have to be something rude to shock the great grandkids... Lol :shock:

    Naked self portrait
    I ♥ Runrig.

    I live, sleep, eat and breathe Runrig!!!!!.
  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    tjt6768 wrote:
    It would have to be something rude to shock the great grandkids... Lol :shock:

    Naked self portrait

    Nah, that might scare them, but not shock them :!: :lol::lol:
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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 12. Jan 2011, 20:16
    I am so in love...................you do make me laugh :lol::lol::lol:

    Congratulations, Tinks. Who are you in love with :?:
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  • tjt6768
    tjt6768 Member Posts: 12,170
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    joanlawson wrote:
    tjt6768 wrote:
    It would have to be something rude to shock the great grandkids... Lol :shock:

    Naked self portrait

    Nah, that might scare them, but not shock them :!: :lol::lol:

    Would scare myself let alone them :shock: :lol:
    e050.gifMe-Tony
    n035.gifRa-1996 -2013 RIP...
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    Cleo - 1996 to 2011. RIP
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Good grief no. My heart leapt with joy when that report came out that those with RA tend to die ten years earlier than those without. I have PA (similar to RA) so on that basis I have only about 22 years left of this rubbish. Hoo-bloody-rah! Living to 100 is no doubt lovely for those in rude good health, who keep their faculties and who can be financially and physically independent, but for a physical wreck like me, no thank you. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • robertls
    robertls Member Posts: 2,304
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    100.....of course.....

    So little time......

    So much to kill.......
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    been giving this some thought years back if you got to 45 you were doing well 100 no i do not think i would like that have enough pain and stiffness now not sure could cope with more :sad: :sad: :sad: if they find a cure and was fit and well then yes if had my family around me
    val
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    as long as i still have mi marbles and a sense of humor i would love to live to a hundred .
    all my grand parents lived into late 80s and 90 but then they were not on medication.
    juliepf x
  • seamonkey
    seamonkey Member Posts: 323
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Live to 100! heavens no. Ive known from an early age what i want when i do go and have told partner and kids. I certainly dont want to be 100 though. Id imagine by then they need a crane to lift me out of bed!! :lol:
    seamonkey
  • skezier
    skezier Member Posts: 11,333
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Ho Joan,

    What a horrible thought! Hey not even sure I want to live to 53 just now :lol::lol::lol:

    ((()))'s to you and purrs to Tommy. Love Cris xx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You gotta do 53 skezier, so you can tell me what it's like. I hit 52 quite soon and the day after Mr DD hits 53, but he never tells me nuffink. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    skezier and dd you both made me smile :lol::lol:
  • mirabella
    mirabella Member Posts: 272
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    OH MY WORD!! dELLBOY those bugs are everywhere,did you import them or breed them??
    Anyhow,I absoutly do not want to live to be a hundred,my goodness,the thought makes me feel sick,watching this country and the rest of the world going to pot.Who ever wants some one else to take you to the loo,or even worse have to wear large nappies,feed you as you can't do yourself,it's a no,no,no :?: :?: :?: :?: If I can't do stuff myself, have had a taste of that already and did'nt like it one bit(not the nappy bit).My mum is so dependant on my Dad,she is happy with her life,but not for me! Mirabella
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dependent on others nappies no space or time to your self no do not want that go mad if do not get half hour to myself
    val
  • lupin15
    lupin15 Member Posts: 2,182
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Umm now that would depend on how much pain i was in...or if they have sorted out a cure for arthur....To be honest my chance going by statistics i have upto 15 years to live if i am lucky. Had cancer twice so odds are not good but not hopeless. It will be good to prove the buggers wrong... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
  • fayrose
    fayrose Member Posts: 241
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    In answer to the original question, NO

    Arthritis and old age are not good companions in my experience.