Do you think you will live till 100?

sxt

Life expectancy continues to increase in the western world . This trend is constant and always increasing. It is more than definite that there will be bigger medical discoveries in the coming years and decades in combating the disease of aging.

Pumpkinseeds

I hope not.

DEFTLEFTHAND

No and I don't think I'd want to.

anncoates

Hopefully not.

r93kaey5p2izun

Not a hope!

efb

No

sxt

anncoates wrote: »

Hopefully not.

What if you were healthy at 100 as a 40 year old is today?

PizzamanIRL

Nope. I don't see the Earth lasting past 2050

Old Perry

Cant see it happenin chief but ill bookmark this and let ya know.

The Backwards Man

If I had all my faculties about me, could still go to the bog for turf, and could still enjoy the odd pint, then yes. Otherwise, no.

tomwaterford

Nope
Mother had an uncle to live to around 108 (died in mid 80s sometime) and said he hated it...as all his friends/family his own age were long dead

anncoates

sxt wrote: »

What if you were healthy at 100 as a 40 year old is today?

My lifetime of unfairly ridiculing eco hippies was predicated on me not being around to see the eventual destruction of the earth.

RayM

I'd like to, but I haven't done any form of physical exercise since the early 1990s (when I finally perfected the art of forging my parents' signatures for the purpose of excusing myself from PE), so I suspect it's unlikely.

efb

If I see 70 I'll be doing well

Señor Fancy Pants

I'm sponsored by a radio station. If I die before I get to the age of their frequency, they get my soul.

looksee

Its only another 32 years, doesn't seem all that long...

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Probably not. A lot of my lifestyle is not the sort of stuff that results in a long life, to say the least. On the other hand, advances in medical science blah blah blah, also the women on my mam's side of the family live FOREVER. My great granny was in her mid 80s when she died, my grandmother is now in her mid 80s and I'd say she's another few years at least left in her; and these are women who had loads of children, not great nutrition, and lives mostly made up of hard domestic graft. My mam is very clean living, I seriously wouldn't be surprised if she ends up outliving me or one of my siblings

DarkoT

Wow I see that the no-ansewer prevails. I myself want to live 100 years but with my wife together....

the evasion_kid

No....I'd say I'm a very lucky man to be above ground at age 35 with what I've got away with.

rottie 11

I'm exactly 1/4 of the way to 100 since yesterday

The Backwards Man

Can you imagine how crap Saturday evening telly will be by that time?

Diamond Doll

Not a hope! I'm 29 now and my birthday's in two months - if I make it that far, to see 30, I'll be amazed.

AgileMyth

I drink far too much to live to that age. I also have relatively dangerous hobbies.

kneemos

How wrinkly would your lad be at a hundred?

From what I've seen on the telly of one hundred year olds I wouldn't really aspire to it in fairness.

Rubberchikken

No bloody way:(

biko

Live fast and die old-ish, that's my motto.

blatantrereg

No. Who knows though I have a healthy lifestyle these days. Question is too speculative. Better question is do you want to live to 100. My answer to that is -yes as long as I function okay and am not just a big burden.

privateBeavis

Sure but I'll be mostly cyborg by then and spending most of my time in VR!

efb

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I'm sponsored by a radio station. If I die before I get to the age of their frequency, they get my soul.

Atlantic 252?

efb

rottie 11 wrote: »

I'm exactly 1/4 of the way to 100 since yesterday

Happy Birthday

wakka12

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I hope not.

Why wouldn't you want to? In 50 years they will have the technology to grow new organs/limbs/cells and battle many major diseases, theres a good chance you'll be as healthy as any middle aged person is now when you're 100!

Peregrine

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

I'm sponsored by a radio station. If I die before I get to the age of their frequency, they get my soul.

Not an AM radio station, I hope. They go up to 1700kHz

Aineoil

tomwaterford wrote: »

Nope
Mother had an uncle to live to around 108 (died in mid 80s sometime) and said he hated it...as all his friends/family his own age were long dead

My grandfather was 97 when he died just about 3 weeks off his 98th birthday.

My granny who was twenty years his junior died five years before him.

Grandad would always talk about young lads that had died. These young lads

were in their 70's and 80's. Everything is relative, I guess.

Grandad didn't hate being old...he just thought, that with more grandchildren,

he'd have more people to drive him to whist, 45 card games and the bumper

cars in Tramore.

I miss him. He was a great man.

Merrion

I expect Dublin Bus to kill me in the next year or two, so no.

Rikand

90 is a good solid number. I'll take 90

jamesbere

If I can still masterbate at that age I'll be happy to live til then

Sam Kade

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Nope. I don't see the Earth lasting past 2050

Did you change your mind Bob? http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/bob-geldof-the-world-could-end-by-2030-8864186.html

efb

jamesbere wrote: »

If I can still masterbate at that age I'll be happy to live til then

Dust spurt

tastyt

I see a lot of people here are living a rock star sex and drugs lifestyle. Way too mad altogether Ted, sure I'm lucky to be alive !!!!

Riiiight..........

Señor Fancy Pants

efb wrote: »

Atlantic 252?

You know too much! They haven't gone away Y'know

Ken.

I voted no because I'm immortal till someone tells me otherwise.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Being over 71% of the way there, I hope so. Great craic this life thing, so far.

Pumpkinseeds

wakka12 wrote: »

Why wouldn't you want to? In 50 years they will have the technology to grow new organs/limbs/cells and battle many major diseases, theres a good chance you'll be as healthy as any middle aged person is now when you're 100!

It isn't all about replacing parts though. I just wouldn't want to live to be that old. Then again, my body has been through a lot in it's 42 years, so it'd kind of be a relief to be rid of it.:D

Jogathon

I possibly will. My granny lived to 96, was independent and mobile. Died at home after a three week sickness. Hilariously only gave up doing meals on wheels for the ole folk when she was 89 and they were all younger than her!

My lovely granduncle died a month ago. He celebrated his 98th birthday on the Sunday with a lunch out with all our family. He had voted yes in the election on that Friday. On the Monday after his birthday lunch, he drove to the local hotel, had lunch with my uncle, had a good cup of coffee and a nice glass of red wine, and had a heart attack and passed away in the car park in my uncle's arms.

Both long lived, both enjoying life to the very end. That's the perfect ending I think.

efb

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

You know too much! They haven't gone away Y'know

I listen to long wave radio Atlantic 252, for non stop hits and free money- Ka-ching!

FISMA.

sxt wrote: »

This trend is constant and always increasing.

? Eh ?

Perhaps, you meant increasing at a constant rate?

anto9

Westley Breezy Panda wrote: »

Being over 71% of the way there, I hope so. Great craic this life thing, so far.

Glad its been good for you SO FAR !!!:D

anto9

Slightly off topic but Its a good thing ,jimmy Savill did not see 100 .Otherwaise he would still be at it now .No body could touch him while he was alive .

Roger_007

sxt wrote: »

Lif,e expectancy continues to increase in the western world . This trend is constant and always increasing. It is more than definite that there will be bigger medical discoveries in the coming years and decades in combating the disease of aging.

The apparent dramatic increase in life expectancy is a bit of an illusion. It's based on average lifespans. Most of the apparent increase is due to the virtual elimination of infant and child mortality. Maybe the best way to illustrate this is with an example:
10 babies are born In the same year.
One of the babies dies soon after birth from an incurable disease.
The other nine live to be 100.
The average life expectancy for the 10 as a group is 90.

If there had been a cure for the disease that the one baby died from and all 10 lived to be 100, then the average would be 100. Even though 9 of the group had no increase in their lifespan, their life expectancy apparently increased by 10 years.

That is why there is a lot of nonsense talked about constant increases in life expectancy.

ancapailldorcha

We've got a dementia time bomb on our hands. I'd say as time goes on we'll have more and more people living longer but most of them will have very poor quality of life.

_Kaiser_

Nah, I'm 40 in a few weeks and I'd say I will be lucky to get to retirement age without something happening. My diet is influenced too much by my sweet tooth, I spend most of my day at a desk or commuting from it to the couch by car, and exercise is not something I get enough of as a result of the long days and probably laziness.

The only thing I want though is that when the time does come that its quick and painless. I'd hate to linger on suffering, or worse being a burden to my loved ones.. this would extend to say things like ending up paralysed by a stroke or even an accident - Some will no doubt disagree, and I'm not saying that people can't still have enjoyable lives in those circumstances, but it wouldn't be for me and having always been self-sufficient I don't think I'd make the mental adjustment needed.