I would like to think I'll never die but hope to live to 100 and on that birthday drop dead that night. Realistically I'd be satisfied to live a healthy life to 90. I would rather live a life of quality than quantity.

Longer than I deserve. With some of the crazy things I've done and experianced it's a wonder I made it this far.

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- Change it back -

I've lived a full life and done and seen most of what i've wanted to do.
I don't really have any hopes other than to die quickly.
Just don't want to be a burden to family/others. I'm only 52 and
hopefully still have a few good years ahead but don't want to
suffer a dibilitating stroke or some affliction where I lose my mental
capacity, like altzheimers or such. I've been blessed and will take
whatever the good lord has planned for me in the end.


chuck

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They hold no Quarter

I'm pretty much with chud333 on this one. I suppose that I've already lived longer than I should as I've never been one for making healthy decisions. Finally quit smoking a dozen years back but COPD is taking it's toll. I still maintain that if it isn't red, it isn't meat. Fish and chicken I really have no use for. My final arrangements have already been made and paid for... instructions are in the gun safe in an envelope marked "for when I'm dead".

How long do I realistically expect to live? I'm 65 now and would really be surprised to see 75. Until then I'm out to the local range at least 4 times a week.

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A closed mouth gathers no foot

I want to die before any of my children-preferably well into my 90's-knock on wood but I've got the genes on my side

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Forum consigliere

I will be 70 the 7th of June but the way I feel I might not make it. My daughter moved in a new to her house in a nice neighborhood and I have been trying to fix up the yard. The inside was fixed up nice but the landscaping was lacking. Well I been pressure washing trimming bushes raking and the like. Monday I rented a chainsaw and cut down a pretty big tree and cut back eight bushes that were way to big. That night I was really tired and sore so I went to bed early. Got up the next mourning and was still sore but went over there and worked anyway. Today I felt really bad. Every bone in my body hurt and I wondered if I was going to make it. That tree kicked my tush. Don

PS You guy's that have daughters know what I am talking about.

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"Don't worry be happy"

Hmmm. I have no idea. Nearly died 2 years ago, but with some plumbing help I'm getting pretty good flow to my heart now. Not all that great to my brain..... My dad died at 69. I'm hoping to get that far, but its just 5 more years so maybe. With modern medical science, might even make it to 74. But with Obamacare, I'll be doing it on my own dime.

I hope to live long enough to make it to the next gun show or two in June.

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Dick Burg

I hope to die just a few months after the dementia sets in.

Plan to go for as long as you find a enjoyment of life. Some people can find happiness even with very serious physical/health issues; others reach a point where it's just not fun anymore.

I'm aiming for 100 or more. Corporations (employment) have taken so much out of my life that I'm looking forward to hopefully having a few decades to myself -- some might say I could have chosen something other than corporate employment, but in my circumstances, I had no realistic alternative choice unless I chose to be broke.

I never expected to live past 30, here I am at 51.

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Guy-Harold Smith II

I would like to live to age of 85 since i was born in 1985. But when the good lord calls me home i will go.

If I thought I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself , I am 66

My father died at 80, as did his father before him. That's the only guidance I have. My father ate and drank too much, but never smoked. My grandfather chewed his cigars. I smoke my cigars, eat too much, but I never seem to be able to drink enough. A couple of cocktails, a couple of times a week. That's just not enough.

felt much the same way in my 20's ...now I just intend to live till Im dead

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it just needs more voltage

At 54, I feel great. No limitations that matter.
30 years of rotating shift-work behind me, and statistics show that does make a difference in longevity. Guess we'll see.......

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Ret'd LEO
SWCA #2275

Long enough to reign terror on this forum!!

Barring natural disasters, catastrophic health events, bad driving and falls, I figure I am probably good until my mid-80s. That's about another 20 years.

Might go longer if I got the right genes from both parents. My mother's mother made it to 100, and there is a documented super-centenarian on my father's side in the 1850 census. He was 118 when he died that year. Family tradition says he was 123, but it is probably wiser to trust the contemporary records (his children have advanced ages, too).

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David Wilson

I just turned 70 a couple of months back and have found it is much easier on my old body to just write a check to some young guy than it is to try to do the heavy lifting myself.

Had four good chances to go, two accidents and two violently. Made it through all four with the Lords help. When I finish His work for me here He'll take me home. Hoping He keeps me real busy here for a while longer though.

De Oppreso Liber

I will be 71 in a couple days. Dad died at 90. I have a uncle 94, had a aunt or two hit a 100. The fact is I am 300 lbs, had a knee operation last year, still have weak knees, beat cancer but lost my nose doing it. Fat and waaay out of shape. I rode two quad rides in the last few days. Just got home from a nice 40 mile trail ride today, so I am active when it comes to that sort of thing. My wife made me promise I would give her 40 good years when we got married 8 years ago. (She is 17 years my junior). Lets see: Thats 32 years from now--- I will be a 103. Guess I have my work cut out for me.
Seriously, I want to live as long as I can but I thank God for each day as they come. When I was a youth my mother told me numerous times she didnit think I would make 21. I just dont want alzheimers. I figure I already beat death somewhere around 50 times.

I'm planning for mid 60's, but we really don't have a lot of say in it. I barely made it around a dynamite truck in the process or wrecking yesterday, so I'm happy to be here today!

I'm betting all I own that I will live right up to when I die!

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Gerry

I'm 73 and try to put back the pieces as fast as they fall off. I'm in pretty good shape for someone that has had diferticulitus, gall bladder, an aneurysm, diabetes and cancer. My goal is to live long enough that my employer, that pays my pension, has to put a contract out on me.

Long enough to stop Kanewpadle's reign of terror on this forum!!

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Ogy

I'm 41 and my biological father died at 42 after a long time exposed to Agent Orange. My Pop, who raised me, is now 73. No genetics are shared between my Pop and I, he decided to adopt me when I was 6 months old.

I don't think Pop expected to live as long as he did, nor did my biological father expect to die as young as he was. Given these facts, as long as I outlive my biological father, everything else is gravy...

Tough subject. I am 51 so I am way past the half way mark but feeling pretty good. I don't know how much time I have left but I do know the only day I can live is today so I intend to enjoy it!

A clogged up artery caused a near fatal heart attack when I was 54, now I will be 58 soon and I look at each new day as a bonus and hope for many more.

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Stay safe people!

Depends on which genes I have.Maybe mid 60s ,maybe late 80s.

John Wayne said it right in "The Shootist" Said "Not as long as I want to". Can't fault his reasoning. I'll be 81 on June 18th. Quit smoking in 1974 but still pull a cork now & then.

I've always heard that guys should look to their Fathers side of the family for life expectancy. Well, here it is:
Great Grandpa was crazy as a loon, but lived to 92.
Grandpa was 67.
Dad was 55.
I just turned 47.
Ain't lookin' good for me.
Plus I have about $300,000 of life insurance coming to my heirs, and Missus P&R Fan is going through 'The Change" (See my post in the Surviving Menopause thread).
I really hope she tells you all goodbye for me when I take the Dirt Nap.
Jim

Two days after my money runs out..

Sir, after that whole menopause thread, death is starting to sound kinda good.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

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Wishin' don't make it so.

Till tomorrow.
I'll rethink it then.

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Lee Jarrett

I have reached the point where l accept every day that the good Lord gives me as a gift. If I see light when l wake up, l know it's going to be a good day! Both my Mom and Dad's parents lived well into their 80s and 90s. Pap's gonna be 89 in September and l'll be 62 in December. If l'll continue to watch my eatin habits, include some moderate exercise and be mindful of serving others... I figure on at least being here till l'm called home.

Blessings,
Hog

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Isaiah 55:8-9
Phil. 4:13

I worked rotating shifts for close to 30 years. The statisics that I have read says that doing all that time going around the clock can actually take 10 years off your life. I retired at age 50 with a small pension some workmens comp and social security. I have had the honor of being with the same woman since we both go married. Put two daughters through college. And I'm still above ground.I'm not afraid of dying, but what scares the bejesus out of me is getting alzheimers or cancer. The God lord upstairs has it written down somewhere that I'll shuffle off this mortal coil when He wants me to. So I treat each day as a given and try my best. And I sincerely think that is all one could expect. Thanks, Frank

I'm 41 and have what I'm told is a fatal disease. If I listened to "they" then I only have a couple more years. I have never listened to "they." I'm cool with death be it from what ails me or something totally unrelated. I've done what I wanted to do and will keep doing it 'till I can't. It's good that family expects it even if I don't. It will be easier on them IF they outlive me. A blaze of glory? Who knows.

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Hold on. SWAT's at my door.

As long as I can while healthy. Beyond that, evens or odds. I won't burden others and will not have someone changing my diapers. I'll make my own choices as long as he lets me. If my mind goes, I guess it won't matter to me.............................

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Go big or stay home

My maternal grandfather was a pretty funny English immigrant; picture George Burns with a British accent.

He used to tell me he wanted to live to be 100. I was young, and curiously asked him, "Who wants to live to be 100?"

He would reply in all seriousness, "The man who's 99!"

He made it to his mid-90's. His first wife died at 53.

My recent ancestors seemed to either make it into their late 80's-early 90's or die in their 50's or early 60's.

I'm 59 and don't feel so good. I'm worried...

My mother's father died at 55 of a massive heart attack. My father' father died at 71 after being crushed in a logging accident. From what I've read, men take after their mother's side of the family. Since all my mother's family had heart problems, it is likely I'll not live so long. All of her brothers died in their 60's to mid-70's, with serious heart problems. But, my mom lived to be 79... and died eight years after a devastating stroke. And my dad died at 84 of lung cancer. So... maybe there's hope for me. I am currently 55... the same age as my mother's father, when he sat down on the porch after mid-day lunch... then stood up and died. And I am 8 years older than my now deceased identical-twin brother who died of cancer in 2004.

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Never! When I get old enough I think I'll have myself frozen until they can fix me. If not then I will be just like Walt Disney and Lenin! Prior to that I am hoping to terrorize the good looking nurses in the old folks home and I will be organizing wheel chair races and be winning everyone else's denture adhesive at poker.

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Vaya con Dios

God gives me one day at a time, for that I'm grateful.

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Sure you did

God willing, at least till the last Smith-Wesson is produced.

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"....I'll only live till I die...."


Silver Tongued Devil

I figure I'll live as long as God has use for me. When I've accomplished whatever He planned for me, He'll call me home. It's in His hands. I'm ready.

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John 3:16 .

My dad was 78, mom still alive at 95.

I'm trying not to fear the end; we are born, we live and then we "leave the body". A natural progression.

See you in the next world and don't be late.

Every day is a gift from God, make the most of it and don't worry about tomorrow.

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"Life is short, hunt hard"

This is the truth. Our days are numbered by God. When He says it's over, it's over. All I can do is serve Him until then. And get a little target practice in now and then. I look forward to spending eternity with my Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, the one who paid my debt.
The question is, are we ready to leave when He calls us out of this life?
Work like you are going to live forever, act like you only have seconds left.

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Endeavor to persevere. <><

In 2005 the Medical Community gave me 5-7 years.
This year (2012) in the seventh year.
If I can made it to January 1, 2013, I will have made LIERS out of the Doctors!
Jimmy

Dreary subject. I am with the Cajunlawyer. It is selfish to think it, but I definitely do not want anything to happen to the kids before I go. I feel certain that, at my age, they could deal with my loss far better than I could with the loss of either of them.

I haven't seen and done nearly what I would like to - maybe I am a little "greedy" about that. But I am grateful for the many blessings, and for the good folks I have had the pleasure to be around.

I would like to keep on ticking until I cannot enjoy life and take care of myself, then check out quickly. (I know very few of us are that lucky.) Realistically, I would expect/hope that number to be somewhere around 75, maybe 80, but we take what we get.

Jimmyj,
Must be that great Tenn air and scenery.

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