My brother had remarkably small feet - size 6. I take size 7, but, then, so does my wife! I am around 5'8", somewhat small by today's standards and I am sure that I am steadily growing a little paunch. My age you already know because you know the year when I was born. Now you know all that there is to know about me. There really isn't much more to say. Very boring really.
Hey, you're 5'8" and so is my dad!! My mom is 5' 10" though, and my brother is now somewhere over 6 feet, but I'm only 5'4" or so, and my husband is 5'3" I heard somewhere that 5'8" was the average height for modern man... not sure if they haven't changed it lately though, like in the past 10 years....
the question of your age would depend on whether you've had your Birthday this year or not!! My dad hasn't yet, so he's still 68!
5th August. I cannot think what happened on that particular day, except that it was very close indeed to the dropping of, I believe, the first nuclear bomb.
Lol Tim!!!! I certainly hope not.. :classic: Nahh maybe you're not that short after all... I don't know all this feets. I count in meters and centimeters. But that would mean about 7 cm longer than me... hmm... 172-173 cm. Well not short, but you're not that tall either Tim. :classic::classic Cuz I'm 5'5'' and tha'ts 165 cm.
I saw a programme recently that said that everyone should be able to live to 200 or 300, and with a decent quality of life. Does that mean that I would be able to get up in the morning?
Lol Philip. That's a really good question. :classic: Another question is: What does they mean by a "decent quality of life"??
I wonder how rich you have to be to AFFORD "decent quality of life"!!! If 5'8" is average, then you're not SHORT Tim!! You're just not TALL! You're taller than me and my hubby!
I am getting taller and taller when compared to my wife. Gradually, and in little tiny bits, admittedly. 'Quality of Life' means, I think, enjoying life. Not sleeping all day - but not tired either. Have a reasonable amount of energy and a bit of good sense so you know what is really pleasant and what is not. My grandson has managed to get into the local Schools Band and he goes to Vienna this year, and to the Royal Albert Hall and/or the Festival Hall. He plays clarinet and saxophone, but not both at once. He is 13. I might just have mentioned him before - in fact I know I have!
I might actually be the tallest one here... I'm 6' 1" (about 185 cm). If you lived to be 200, you would outlive your friends, spouse, children, and some of your grandchildren, would you really want that?
Heh Droz. The new aging would of course be the same for most people. :classic: And so one wouldn't outlive them. :classic:
Only if everyone followed the steps, which would probably mean doing things that most people don't want to do or giving up things that most people don't want to part with.
Heh Droz. Do you have anything special in mind maybe?? Anyway you're probably right (as usual). But I think that many enough would be old enough so you wouldn't be left totally alone. :classic:
There's also the fact that, at any age, you have or WILL probably outlive people you know anyway, AND you can always make new YOUNGER friends too you know! The oldest person I actually knew was 102 when she died, and I got to go to her 101st Birthday party the year before that, it was great! She played the violin in the Symphony Orchestra with my mother, and she played a Violin Solo at her party! I got to visit her house and she had an adorable little dog, she was having a good life all the way through. I was very impressed by her.
