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Old 05-05-2014, 03:11 PM
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If a person really does not want to reach 90 all he has to do is smoke cigarettes. A man I had known since we were both 18 was a heavy smoker, even back in college. He only reached 65 and died a terrible death from lung cancer whereas his father who, to my knowledge never smoked, died at age 95.
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