My wife and I just got back from Delray beach where we attended a birthday party for her aunt who was 104 and while she is hard of hearing (the aunt, not the wife) she is still sharp as a tack. Her people come from Eastern Europe (Poland and Hungary) and are Ashkenazy Jews, a people that seem to have good genes. The surprising thing about the party is that the aunt had two of her friends with her, both were also Ashkenazy and both were also 104 years young! I assume that will be the only time in my life that I was in a room with three 104 year old people!
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