[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Well, I'm tolerant of all viewpoints. There isn't only one right way to anything. Anyone who lives long enough can tell you that.

Living "long enough"? How long is that? And what about health? In addition to "life expectancy" there's such a thing as "health expectancy".

In the bigger scheme of things, the healthiest person in the world could get swept up by a tornado spawned by this new tropical storm which will soon hit the Panhandle of Florida..........we just saw on the news how Debby has flooded Sarasota and caused deaths south of Tampa, etc.

Everyone stay safe.

The weird part of it all, is that we saw Ginger Zee (?) on ABC weekend news.......first she said that it was heading towards Texas.........(whereas we saw the radar seemingly going toward the Gulf Coast of Florida).

Then, Sunday evening, she changed her direction and said the tropical storm would hit the panhandle.

I wonder if people in Sarasota, etc.had adequate warning?
Even Cedar Key looks pretty bad and it's not in the direct eye of the storm.

Would you please start a new thread for "weather talk".

Again, stay safe. As my dear old mom would say......"When your number is up, your number is up". She passed at 91. According to her internist who was a close friend and neighbor.......after doing extensive tests on her at the hospital......."Your mom has the heart, lungs, bones, etc. of a much younger woman". She was in perfect health.....ultimately Alzheimers came along....at the end. Now, no one will like to hear this, but even the nurses would say that when the body gets that frail and you no longer can take care of yourself........perhaps death is a blessing.
It's not to be feared. Anyone who has visited skilled nursing homes will agree that living longer isn't always as wonderful as it's cracked up to be.

Death is not to be feared but needless (debilitating) degenerative diseases can be avoided in most cases.

Age sneaks up on everyone.............no matter what we do or don't do.

Aging is a very slow deterioration of one's health and that's what makes it possible for many to continue their addiction to junk foods. If they can't detect the harm in the short run they assume that no harm is done.

By the way, mom NEVER took all those Fosamax and Boniva and she did walk every day on ice and snow.......sometimes fell.....NEVER broke a bone; never ended up in the hospital for any type of surgery.......never got cancer.........never had a heart attack........she always wondered if she'd live to 95 like my grandmother did. That's another lady that ate everything.......obviously in those days, food was not "supersized".

And your point is? We should all trust in "dumb luck"?

I still say it's genetics. Our life path is written out in our D.N.A.

The point of living a healthy livestyle is: To make the most of whatever genes we have. Genes can be turned on or off by lifestyle choices. It must be sad for those who go around thinking we are at the mercy of our genes.

Stay safe in the event of tornados caused by that storm Debby.
Take care.............seriously.

Oh, okay.

p.s. I also think a jolly , accepting personality , not an uptight worrisome over every little morsel of food type, will help one live longer......plus being kind to people.......and meditating or praying every day to still the mind......is the right path.

Yes, people shouldn't get uptight and feel threatened when science indicates that lifestyle does make a difference in health and longevity.

If everyone was exactly the same, how boring would it be?

Translation: Eat junk food in moderation; everyone has a different idea of what moderation means, so everyone will be happy with their different amounts of various junk foods.