@sidereal @autolycos @RickiTarr Life was physical and hard. My grandmother lived to 105. She survived childhood famine in the 1880s. She survived 11 or 12 pregnancies with 7 live births while working as a washerwoman. A simple cut could kill you by infection. She lived to 105 by seeing a doctor, getting the polio & small pox vax, taking antibiotics, eating simply, never drinking or smoking, and going to bed tired at night. Everyone who yearns for life in the past never imagines starvation, gangrene, or being a washerwoman.
@pattykimura @sidereal @RickiTarr my great great aunt who lived to 102 swore by poker, 3 camel unfiltereds, and 2 shots of whiskey a day
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