On Thursday 29 November 2007 6:39:32 pm Rick Stevens wrote:
On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 07:49 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> Rick Stevens wrote:
> > Even one "tens of decades" would make you over 100 years old, John.
> > You sure seem spry for a centarian! ;-)
>
> Whoops. I guess the rest puts it in the right timeframe.
>
>
> My prospects of reaching one centenary aren't bad, my grandmother did
> and my parents are in their late 80s. Don't think I want two though.
"Do you wear boxers or briefs?" "Depends."
I just reached 1/2 of a "tens of decades". Four score and ten. Five
decades. Fifty years. Mom's 78. I may make it...but I'm not betting
on it. ;-)
A minor point, but in this context a score is twenty. Being four score and ten
would make you 12 years older than your mother. Or has she spent a lot of
time traveling at the speed of light?
-- cmg