observer Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 How long is "a normal" life span? Is it - as the bible says - three score and ten; or with modern medical advances, will you feel short changed if you don't make 100 and get that telegram from the Queen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 I'm a long way off me telegram yet mate. If I do get one, It can go in th'outside soil closet where someone can make good use of it. Met the Queen already though, luvelly wench she is, tried to hit me on the napper with a sword, but I was too quick for her and dodged out of the way smartish like, NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT . Slurped tea with Princess Margeret at a garden party, and got a nice friendly smile and a wave from Princess Dianna one day going over the canal bridge on the A56. Charlie boy was just sat next to her in the limo with a face like a smacked ar$e. Long Live The Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 Everyone wants to live a long time, but no-one wants to be old. Good news for you young ones, I'm 77 and don't think I'm old yet. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted February 7, 2010 Report Share Posted February 7, 2010 my father in law goes sequence dancing twice a week, hops the train into liverpool when he gets fed up, has just spent three hours gardening and wants a pushbike to nip down to the shops in the summer because it will be easier for him to get the shopping back and cheaper than driving as his car has an automatic choke and is still on choke when he gets to the shops. he has to go and have cataracts removed in the near future and has a dodgy heart valve but does not look a day over sixty. he is ninety one next birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 So life's a lottery and it's it's quality that counts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted February 8, 2010 Report Share Posted February 8, 2010 We've had several relatives live well into their eighties with horrible physical and/or mental afflictions, so I'd definitely vote for quality over quantity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Well Gordy is going to provide - one to one care in the home for the terminally ill and the infirm elderly - can we really afford it? Would it be cheaper to issue cyanide tablets on prescription? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hitler did, to his side-kicks. At my age I'd take one but on second thoughts I wouldn't - don't want my wife to get her hands on my money. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 What good is your money H, if your demented, silivering at the corner of your mouth and incontinent - other than paying someone to clean you up now and again? Gordy's scheme for a National Care Service will cost tax-payer's an arm and a leg - and it's dead money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Very serious subject but to continue a light hearted look, if wives got their hands on cyanide pills there wouldn.t be many left posting on this forum.(if it mixes with tea) According to what I have heard about Goering and Himmler, it was instantaneous death. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 What good is your money H, if your demented, silivering at the corner of your mouth and incontinent Gets you a better class of care home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Those places frighten me to death. When my mother was in, a well known referee was in there also. He kept ringing the bell but no-body came. Inevitably a puddle appeared and the carers? first words were "you dirty bugger". Frightening. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I reckon if I am lucky enough to get to my 100th birthday, and if I am fortunate to get a birthday card from the Queen, that will make her approximately 135? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Thought you were much older than that SD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 A serious subject indeed H; and unfortunately one we find difficult to address; we seem content tp prolong suffering and indignity; something we wouldn't do to an animal; the cost of dumping the problem out of sight (out of mind) will be astronomical in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Thought you were much older than that SD Meow . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 A very serious subject. Getting rid of pensioners is not really an option and there will be a sight more of us in the future. Who is going to pay? - someone really should grasp the nettle. Pensions for those now working is another ticking time-bomb. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 It's not a question of "getting rid" of pensioners H; I have a 92 year old Dad who's still riding his bike to the bookies; but if he couldn't do that, and was totally reliant on others, I'm sure he'd opt for the tablet. The question for debate is: can we afford a burden of emotion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Durnim Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Dismayed, when did you get your card from the Queen, is it worth receiving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harry hayes Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Two things. won't the queen been 270 when Sue gets her card. think she - the queen that is- has two birthdays a year. Also believe you can get a card for a diamond? wedding. And thirdly (I know), another point on "losing" pensioners - and i know obs sees a problem meant no harm - if it is too easy to despatch yourself, or is seen as acceptable, who amongst us would be here now. We all get depressed at times, particularly some pensioners on a loss or what have you. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Talking of "care" H; believe it's costing (the Council) ?11phr for someone to come round and warm up a ready meal on a micro-wave; they are allocated half an hour per client - so not exactly a proper cooked meal eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 They said we didn't plan for the aftermath of the Iraq war. Similarly there has been little forward thinking in the case of care, which is quite possibly what Obs was getting at. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Well Gordy's latest option, suggests a ?20,000 compulsory scheme to pay for it - not sure how it will work - but if you don't plan on living to an infirm old age, sounds like a waste of money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted February 11, 2010 Report Share Posted February 11, 2010 Well Gordy's latest option, suggests a ?20,000 compulsory scheme to pay for it - not sure how it will work - but if you don't plan on living to an infirm old age, sounds like a waste of money! Perhaps you can get a refund on your death-bed and give it to your kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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