How long do you expect to live?

A old friend I had would see me doing something stupid and tell me, "Your shakeing hands with the devil"!
 
Well, according to my late father, he never expected me to see my 21st birthday. If he didn't kill me, he was pretty sure someone else was going to.:rolleyes:
 
Died on the operating table in 2004 during heart operation. Was dead for 6 minutes (heart stopped). Wife was told at best if I did survive the recusitation, I would be a vegetable. Woke up two days later asking for her and my daughter. Doctors and nurses jaws dropped. Everyday is a gift for me now. Changed my whole outlook on life.
 
As a priest once told me when our fourteen year old daughter was killed in a wreck by a drunk driver, "the old must and the young sometimes do." I see young and old die every day at work and I've come to realize age doesn't matter in the scheme of things. I'm 57 right now and really could care less if another day comes or not - days on this earth are relative when thinking about infinite time. I'm ready to go at any time I'm called but my one hope is that my daughter meets me and says - "Hi dad, its good to see you. Come with me, I want you to meet Someone that's really great. He's the One that made you and He's the boss here!!"
 
Shot twice, stabbed once, smoked for the past 61 years, have congestive heart failure and still going at 79. Add to that 24 years in the Army and Air Force - served in Korea during the war and also in Vietnam. Live and enjoy each day - none of us will get out of here alive.
 
Well, I'm hopeing at least till Sunday. Thats when I'm invited to a B-B-Q at my sisters. My BIL can sloooow cook ribs that "are to die for".
 
I am now 87 so I figure each additional year that i live is a gift from God and i am going to enjoy them to the best of my ability.
 
About 10 years ago the old guy I worked for was 93. He died at 97 and wanted to live to 100. But back when he was 93 he had an emergency. His stair climber next to his bedroom had failed. I'm not an expert stair lift technician, I worked with computers. It didn't matter to him, he was stranded (because he didn't want to walk to the other end of the upstairs and take the other one down.) So I drove to his home and the maid let me in. He was bellowing from up the stairs. So when I got to the stairs he was at the top. In his undershorts. If there is one thing no one should be forced to view, its a 93 year old man in his undershorts!

At that moment I realized I didn't want to live that long. And I surely didn't want to subject anyone else to the view.

Just my opinion of course. But its well reasoned.
 
About 6 years we went back to wisconsin to see relatives. My uncle frank about 90 at the time was telling he was going to wait for the price to come down on those new flat screen tv`s. My aunt says frank, just how long do you think your going to live?
 
I'm 66 and retiring in July.

Figure I'll make it to Dec 21, when all of us die according to the Mayans.

I've got a whole lot of money to spend before then.
 
I don't have any plans on dying. That doesn't mean I haven't made plans in case I die. I know we all die, that doesn't mean I have to like it, or make it easy for anybody. In fact, I hope I outlive everyone on the S&W forum. Well, maybe everyone on the Colt forum.
 
Long enough to shoot up all that surplus 7.62 ammo.

I'd hate for my wife to have to clean that up.
 
Made it to age 66, it doesn't matter to me when the invitation arrives. Being a christian, it's going to be nice to reunite with that Old Gang Of Mine.
 
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