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Will I live to see 80-something?
« on: September 22, 2017, 03:14:26 PM »
>        I  recently picked a new primary
> care doctor.
> >         
>       After two visits and  exhaustive
> Lab tests, he said
>         
>         I was doing  'fairly well'
> for my  age.
>       
> >         
>        A little concerned about that comment,
> I
> >         
>        couldn't resist asking him, 'Do you
> think
>         
>          I'll live to be  80?'
>
> >         
>        He  asked, 'Do you smoke tobacco,
> or drink
> >         
>        beer, wine or hard  liquor?
> >         
>     
> >         
>        'Oh no,' I replied. 'I'm not doing
> drugs either!'
>     
> >         
>        Then  he asked, 'Do you eat
> rib-eye steaks and
> >         
>        barbecued  Ribs?
>
> >         
>        'I  said, 'Not much... My former
> doctor said
> >         
>        that all red meat is very unhealthy!'
>         

> >         
>        'Do you spend a lot of time in the
> sun, like
> >         
>        playing golf, boating,  sailing,
> hiking, or
> >         
>        bicycling?'
>       
> >         
>        'No,  I don't,' I said.
>
> >         
>        He  asked, 'Do you gamble, drive
> fast cars,
> >         
>        or have a lot of sex?'
>
> >         
>        'No,' I said...
>
> >         
>        He  looked at me and said,..
> 'Then, why do
> >         
>       you even give a  shit?

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