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I suppose that is pretty much up to me. I do not eat as well as I should. If I continue on this path, I will probably make 85. But if I change and eat a more healthy diet, I am certain I will live well into my 90s and possibly over 100. The question being, I guess, whether or not I want to live that long, even if I am healthy and have all my mental faculties, I don't know how it will be to live in a world that is so foreign to me, with everyone I know dead or nearly so.
I think that when the time comes, most older folks are ready to go. It's nature's way.
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I concur with what you said and have thought the same thing for a long time. Working with terminally ill seniors for a few years I never once met one who actually felt up to 'resisting' their fate. They were all 'ready to go'. They were tired, they didn't want to be bothered with the "problems of living", they just wanted to rest even if they knew it would be permanent.
The one I knew who went out kicking all the way was one of my own aunts. She had a horrible fear of death and I believe it's because she was passionately involved with the occult and paranormal her whole life. She sincerely believed that there was 'NOTHING good on the other side' and she was thoroughly frightened of it.
Most of my family have always been very religious so their ideas of dying were related to that. They were more than willing to leave this earth for a heavenly home. I don't know how many times my dad told us he was "ready to go" and wished it would "hurry up". He was sick, he was tired and he just KNEW he'd be better off afterward. My mom believes the same way. She'll be 85 soon, is in good health and I expect her to be around a good long time to come but she's still "ready".
I once heard a person on the radio put it like this. " I had no comprehension of anything before I was born so why would I expect to comprehend anything at death"? I was like hmmmmmmmm. I don't fear death what I have a problem with is the how.
I didn't realize that Nebraska was such a rowdy, hard partying kind of place! The few times I've been through Nebraska (and wasn't flying over) all I saw was farm land with houses about 5 miles apart, and tiny little towns near railroad tracks with a couple dozen houses. Maybe I should have stopped and partied-down with you people!
LOL I only moved to Nebraska 4 years ago...
before that, I traveled all over the country, am originally from SC - hence the moniker.
But, um, yeah, people do party around here; looks can be deceiving! I'm just not a part of that crowd any more...
I'm not afraid of death; I'm afraid of pain. The old joke "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror and agony like the people riding in his car" - pretty much sums it up for me.
My paternal grandmother lived to be 87, and I have an uncle who's turning 90 this year. My chances of making it to my mid-80s are pretty good. My dad is going to be 80 this year. However, I did lose an aunt and a cousin to colon cancer; they were both in their 50s. Maybe I'll split the difference and live to be 65 or 70!
What is the procedure on this forum, for keeping track of who has croaked and when? Maybe it should be a sticky on the top . . . but when people just disappear . . .my dog's typing skills are not that great. I just hope he doesn't chomp on the toes of my corpse out of desperation if no one finds me for awhile . . .
Meaning? All those people you encounter in your life, who had/have a negative, stressful impact on your life, you shoot them along the way just so you can reach 100?
Oh, indeed. And, in the process, shorten the lives of those around them. I've known a few.
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The few times I've been through Nebraska (and wasn't flying over) all I saw was farm land with houses about 5 miles apart, and tiny little towns near railroad tracks with a couple dozen houses. Maybe I should have stopped and partied-down with you people! 
My dad is going to be 80 this year. However, I did lose an aunt and a cousin to colon cancer; they were both in their 50s. Maybe I'll split the difference and live to be 65 or 70! 
