Birthday Party
Birthday Party
I have just attended a birthday party for one of my parishoners who is celebrating her 107th birthday today.
Now rather infirm in body she is still fairly sharp in mind.
It was quite an amazing sight to see her and my son ( who is days away from his 7th birthday) sharing a joke. One hundred years seperate them and they both can have a giggle and an illicit jelly baby when no one was looking.
Apparently the secret for longevity is fish and chips twice a week and a drop of gin in the afternoon.
Now rather infirm in body she is still fairly sharp in mind.
It was quite an amazing sight to see her and my son ( who is days away from his 7th birthday) sharing a joke. One hundred years seperate them and they both can have a giggle and an illicit jelly baby when no one was looking.
Apparently the secret for longevity is fish and chips twice a week and a drop of gin in the afternoon.
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It must be the Omega 3 and the juniper (one of her five a day) that does it.
Not quite there yet, but my mum is nearly 98 and still does her own cooking and shopping. Not sure what she puts it down to but she does have a very good sense of humour - she's always laughing at something - Laurel and Hardy are her favourites.
Rik
Not quite there yet, but my mum is nearly 98 and still does her own cooking and shopping. Not sure what she puts it down to but she does have a very good sense of humour - she's always laughing at something - Laurel and Hardy are her favourites.
Rik
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What a wonderful Lady she must be.
A very Happy Birthday to her....
A very Happy Birthday to her....
ROD
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It does make you wonder what makes for healthy old age.
My neighbour is dying and he is only 75 and yet has been as active as you like and never spent a day in hospital up until this year.
My neighbour is dying and he is only 75 and yet has been as active as you like and never spent a day in hospital up until this year.
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I think genetic make up has a lot to do with it.
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Genetics explained- If your Dad can't father children, neither can you.
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Me too!
All 4 of my grandparents, and my mother, were well into their 90's before popping off and my dad was the sole exception at 69. Mind you when I was sorting out the house for mum the day after his death I found 6x 1lb packs of best N.Z butter in the fridge. I said "Why on earth have you got this much?" and her answer was, " Your dad would eat that in a week" To compound that he was known for doing himself a full fry-up at midnight! You might say that he had nobody else to blame....
Philip
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The milkman is rapidly becoming a rare sight in the UK. Does this explain the falling birth rates in some areas?
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That's fantastic how amazing to be 107 .i worked on a house for someone who's mum was 97 .the house was up a long track about 2 and harf miles from where his mum lived one a week she would walk the 2 and a harf miles to see us working on the house .she was as fit as a fiddle ate very well and still enjoyed a drink .
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I fear that might be considered stereotyping by the 'snowflakes'.
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