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Originally Posted by wswartzwel
I had a friend that lived to be 100.. his complaint was he outlived all his pallbearers...
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My wife's grandmother lived to be 98. She finally just gave up on life when all of her friends had dies, and 4 of her 5 children had died.
My former boss did it right. In his words he took "early retirement" at age 92. He was only working because he wanted to. He did not owe anybody for anything, and had more money than he could spend. He kept the business open to provide jobs for his employees that he treated almost like family. He took only one baby aspirin per day. No other medications except vitamins. He made his last flight as pilot in command on his 92nd birthday, and hung up his pilots license with not one emergency, and never a crash or off runway landing.
He kissed his wife good night at age 99 and walked, by himself upstairs to the bedroom to go to bed while she stayed up to watch a movie. He dropped dead from a heart attack. No lingering in a hospital or nursing home.