[old moe]

Originally Posted by asianthree

I'm not sure but if you read the paper they conveniently die in alphabetical order.

Good answer, And I always wonder WHY THAT IS?

[rubicon]

IMHO two assumptions have been made in this thread First that it is likely that healthy people move here because....... and secondly that since this is an active community people live longer. And while i do work out on a regular basis I do not believe it will allow me to live longer. I told believe it will allow me to live better why I live

Given the demographics of this community there are those who will hold onto anyrhing they view as a possible longevity edge.

I beleive the ratio of emergency calls to fire calls is at least 90% but since fire trucks are a huge investment the Fire Dept uses them as oftn as they can. i just hope if i am having heart attack thy come by ambulance rather than fire truck b ecause i don't cherish riding to the hospital on a ladder

[Bizdoc]

Also remember that quite a few people choose to move "back home" if they know that the end is near. There are also a shortage of nursing home beds here, so a sizable number move to other towns around here for skilled nursing care.

[Greg Nelson]

Why? Inquiring minds...etc. So far we've met some very active seniors here. But I'd imagine there are those folks here that their main activity is taking out the garbage. Thanks for all the responses! What impressed me was the EMT response time..excellent!

[romanpaula]

There is an undertaker in my neighborhood, who said 2 die per day here in TV.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by romanpaula

There is an undertaker in my neighborhood, who said 2 die per day here in TV.

Thats a different answer than I got from a guy planting flower's.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by romanpaula

There is an undertaker in my neighborhood, who said 2 die per day here in TV.

There are at least three funerals a week during daily Mass at St. Timothy's. Every week, every month, all year. I know on Eagles Wings, all verses and I can sing it by heart.

I know this because my neighbor goes every morning and sometimes I hitch a ride. I am not pious or anything, but I do love daily Mass the best. The nicest people are there.

[SALYBOW]

When we hear an ambulance we figure that is another tee time open.

[gamby]

Place a small mirror on your night table at bed time , Each morning when you wake hold the mirror to your mouth,
If you see fog on the mirror it's going to be a good day for you

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by Greg Nelson

I hear the ambulance quite often..how many people die here each year?

Probably seems to be a higher number that it actually is!!!

Would these same people have died, if they lived, in another state?

That to me, is to the question.

I agree with Z that all people going to the hospital in an ambulance, don't die. Maybe an accident or some other medical emergency.

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by Greg Nelson

I hear the ambulance quite often..how many people die here each year?

We also experienced a very large amount of ambulance siren noise, unlike anything we had ever experienced anywhere else.

I was told it was due to the fact that we were near the route to the hospital??? Could be heart attacks, not necessarily deaths? But who knows?

Here, we live less than 2 miles from our town's medical center, yet only hear the siren noise once a month, if that. We usually chalk it up to an accident, with the ambulance rushing the patient to the hospital.......especially during the winter on snowy or icy roads.
Sometimes we do NOT hear the ambulance at all during a given month.

However, it was "nerve wracking" to hear them & see them so often in T.V. I understand your questioning that siren noise.

Truthfully, I thought "accidents" at the time. Not death.

A lot of erratic drivers on those roundabouts.

Now........up here, now is the season for the occasional **HELICOPTER noise as they bring the skiiers with the broken legs, etc. or head injuries to our hospital..........now that is NOISE especially when they fly right over our house.........it's usually in the evening.....or about suppertime.........guess they get them stabilized up in the mountains & then transport them to our hospital to see the orthopedic surgeons who patch them up.

**Hospital Medivac

[Cisco Kid]

everytime a siren rings, an angel gets its wings.

[Greg Nelson]

My dad used to say 'the old must die, the young may die'

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Thats a different answer than I got from a guy planting flower's.

[Greg Nelson]

My wife said to ask how many babies are born....she loves kids having been a teacher