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Camden lady is the oldest living American, and 2nd oldest in the world currently

Posted on 7/5/14 at 1:48 pm
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 1:48 pm
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But the hell with living that long. I didn't think I'd see 30, not sure I care to see 50.
Posted by ocelot4ark
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Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 3:51 pm to
I hope I live forever. Life is fun.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 6:39 pm to
quote:

not sure I care to see 50.

yuawt to be ashamed..
50 was a pretty good age..



from what little I can remember?

tick, tock, tick, tock
Posted by Litigator
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Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 7:49 pm to
All of which raises a good question: "Ole" Geauxt, hold old is ole?

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live forever

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This post was edited on 7/5/14 at 7:52 pm
Posted by trillhog
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 9:05 pm to
It's funny how I used to think 50 was so old, now I know 50 year olds in better shape than me and a couple with newborns.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 7/5/14 at 10:57 pm to
[quote "Ole" Geauxt, hold old is ole? [/quote]

if yer axin' how old I am,,,,I've been told I don't look a day over 75..


Posted by Kilgore Snout
Ilium, NY
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 7/6/14 at 10:13 am to
A few things amazing about that woman. She was 71 when we first landed on the moon. So she would have been "old" to most of us way back then.

She was born closer to the Revolutionary War than today.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 7/6/14 at 11:24 am to
I kinda hit home with me that her only remaining child is 93, which is how old my gramma is.
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Posted on 7/7/14 at 5:04 pm to
ok, on a serious note,,, for once..
thinking about this chick is so intriguing!! admittedly, I'm fairly old compared to most of y'all, well, real old, but not in the grand scheme of things. I was visiting with a dear friend about this the other day. I'm pretty countrified and grew up in a very, very rural setting, like carrying my lunch to school in a syrup bucket with a couple biscuits and a sausage or two, 2-3 hour bus rides, partly from distance and partly from getting stuck on the unpaved, muddy arse roads enroute and back from school. So that kind of stuff gave me views back even farther in time, cause we were behind the times.. Ive seen things happen in my life that are amazing, like indoor plumbing for most, air condition, tv's, (yes, black and white tv's), going to the moon (maybe), party line telephones, etc, I could go on for hours.... I am shocked to think of all the inventions and changes that I've been fortunate enough to see, some very good and important, others that we all could do without.
I can't even imagine the mixed feelings that this woman has to have. I only know that I'd give just about anything to be able to sit and talk with her for a couple days.
Her remaining child is 93,,, holy deu deu, unbelievable!!!!
Ok, that's my serious side, guess I'll read the article now..

eta: tried but couldn't,, got a 404 error or sumptin' like dat??
This post was edited on 7/7/14 at 5:07 pm
Posted by Kilgore Snout
Ilium, NY
Member since Jul 2012
844 posts
Posted on 7/8/14 at 8:03 pm to
I mean, this woman can actually remember being an adult discussing the American entry in to World War I. I spend most of my free time studying World War I these days, and that's just incredible to me. She was 18 turning 19 in April 1917 and had turned 20 when the war ended. She was turning 21 when the Treaty of Versailles was signed in Paris in June 1919.

She was an adult worried about the Spanish Flu.

Amazing.
Posted by CtotheVrzrbck
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Posted on 7/8/14 at 10:26 pm to
She probably had a grandkid with Polio
Posted by Kilgore Snout
Ilium, NY
Member since Jul 2012
844 posts
Posted on 7/8/14 at 10:28 pm to
I mean it really is one of the more impressive things I have heard in the past few weeks. She was born closer to the American Revolution than we are to her birth.
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