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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:30 PM
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How long would you like to live?
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 12:30 PM by ohiosmith
Me? Forever. Don't be pulling any plugs, removing my feeding tube, or turning anything off that may keep me from dying any sooner than I absolutely have to.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:31 PM
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1. Forever, if I can be healthy...
if I'm on tubes, brain dead, or whatever, then just pull the cord.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:33 PM
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2. If I can be healthy and stop aging, then forever here too.
:P If I could be this age indefinitely, I would. :D
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:36 PM
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3. maybe another week and a half...there's a show i really want to watch
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:50 PM
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4. Considering the asschewing I got from my boss this morning
and the grim prospects of keeping my job after 22 years,
I'd say a week, tops. I want to see my niece get married
this weekend. That's it. The hope of going to Magic Castle
is all that keeps me wanting to live right now. That and
Derby. That's about it.

Sorry, I'm pretty gloomy today.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:02 PM
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9. what a drag. just remember what the boys from Monty Python said...

always look on the bright side of life.

i hope your day gets better.
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:14 PM
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12. Thanks
Unlikely, but thanks. :hug:
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:56 PM
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5. Until I don't know who I am
or who my family and friends are, I can't ever get out of bed, or I need someone to change my diapers for me. Whichever of those things comes first.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:57 PM
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7. You wear diapers?
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:11 PM
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11. Well, no. Not yet.
And I'm counting on the ten years I spent smoking to help me get off this rock before I do have to wear diapers. :D
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 02:57 PM
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6. I think it would be cool to be on the earth when the sun expands
into a red giant and engulfs it, so lemme see...I guess that's about 4 billion years. What do you think the chances are?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:00 PM
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8. My dear ohiosmith.......
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 03:13 PM by CaliforniaPeggy
I'd like to live as long as I can with all my brain cells functional, and at least some ability to take care of myself........

If I get Alzheimer's.......then take me out back, and shoot me......

And no, I'm not kidding.......


:hi:

edited to remove extraneous bracket
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:10 PM
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10. If brain cell functionality determined my longevity, I would have died
in 1967.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:17 PM
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13. Next Wednesday would be okay
Critters
on one of those "I really hate it here" days
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:24 PM
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14. I wouldn't want to outlive my children,
and I don't have enough perspective on old age to suppose how far into it I would want to journey. How's that for a non-answer?:P
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 03:25 PM
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15. Pretty good.
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