Ride lots, outlive your savings .... twice :o
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...03861.html?g=0
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Ride lots, outlive your savings .... twice :o
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...03861.html?g=0
Amazing. He's very lucky to have some non-family folks who care enough to raise money. He has good spirits.
Hard to understand a state (Virgina) that doesn't even offer Medicaid to low-income folks. Are there other states like that???:confused: What is the mortality rate of Virginia as a result, if such folks don't receive Medicaid?
you misread.
"Virginia is one of eight states that do not allow Medicaid -- a program to help low-income people obtain health care -- to be used for assisted living services, according to the Assisted Living Federation of America. "
Understandable. Shooting's Canadian, a country where you don't have to have a fundraiser to raise money for a 107 year olds health care.
Ooops, I'd better not politicize this thread. ;)
I'm going to go off and see if I can try to do his workout, lift an 8 kilogram ball in a basket over his head 20 times a day. Something to strive for at half his age ;)
"Ask Larry Haubner for the secret to living 107 years, and the Fredericksburg man flexes his biceps, flashes a mostly toothless smile and growls. "Nutrition!" he bellows. "Exercise! I think we should all exercise more than we do.""
uh..there is fundraising at times since not everything health care here, is funded by tax dollars.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Maybe cycling lots is not necessarily live up to age 107 (good grief, hard to imagine) but suffer less when we get old/naturally frail.
But always good to read about someone really old ..and not suffering so deeply health-wise. :)
That was such a great read! What a great guy- 107 and still going strong. Who plans to live to 107 or longer? Not me, that's for sure. :)
I liked this statement:
"Well, I ate the cake," he said of his latest birthday celebration. "But I don't believe cake is a good food."
I hope they can help him stay there until he passes on. I know I'd hate to be stuck in a nursing home, and I'm sure he would too.