tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6737151084426503167..comments2024-03-28T12:50:44.466-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Give up wine; give up meat; avoid chills; sleep only on your right side; take rhubarb pills three times a day."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75130206552636503782012-08-03T16:31:49.682-05:002012-08-03T16:31:49.682-05:00There's a rumor floating about that by curbing...There's a rumor floating about that by curbing your calories down to concentration camp levels you can live longer. And people are doing this. It's called caloric restriction; it has many websites. This is the kind of thing I consider absolute rubbish. But I've read that NIH tried it out as a possible treatment for problems of old age under Obamacare. Luckily everyone died.wildswanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975129877750876072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10366490434478914362012-08-03T16:01:09.902-05:002012-08-03T16:01:09.902-05:00Life expectancy was 30 years until 1900 all aroun...Life expectancy was 30 years until 1900 all around the worldJose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66648857439235726302012-08-03T12:35:08.429-05:002012-08-03T12:35:08.429-05:00Ummmm, live forever? Montaigne is just as dead no...Ummmm, live forever? Montaigne is just as dead now as his contemporaries, and I imagine in 400 years all the long life experts will be just as dead as the rest of us. <br /><br />- Suppose you were told you were going to die either tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. Unless you are an abject coward, you will admit there's no real difference between the two. Now realize there's little real difference between days, years, and even decades. <br /><br />Marcus AureliusDan in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13574977723796957609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63422082533254299122012-08-03T11:05:42.631-05:002012-08-03T11:05:42.631-05:00Reminds me of this joke:
MD: I'm afraid you o...Reminds me of this joke:<br /><br />MD: I'm afraid you only have six months to live.<br />Pt: Is there anything I can do?<br />MD. You could give up drinking, smoking and chasing women.<br />pt: And then I'll live longer?<br />MD: No, but it will seem longer.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520900676193170036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26878324477516707102012-08-03T10:15:01.177-05:002012-08-03T10:15:01.177-05:00Montaigne lived about as long as a healthy person ...Montaigne lived about as long as a healthy person of his time could expect.<br /><br />The life expectancy thing was skewed by all the deaths in childbirth and infancy.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28526866419418633752012-08-03T10:05:22.125-05:002012-08-03T10:05:22.125-05:00Montaigne lived to be 58 or 59 years old. The life...Montaigne lived to be 58 or 59 years old. The life expectancy by then was below 30 years.In the middle of religious wars even lower. He was catholic and was attacked by other catholic that wanted revenge after being attacked by hugonottes They confused him with an hugonotte. His brotheres were. So a simple trip could end with your life <br /><br /><br />Give up wine; give up meat; give up sex... why i would like to live 100 years that way?Jose_Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09719969512996039279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29887291603128241762012-08-03T09:44:27.326-05:002012-08-03T09:44:27.326-05:00Umm. Lets see. Montaigne lived to be 58 or 59 year...Umm. Lets see. Montaigne lived to be 58 or 59 years old. So forget the advice and live it up!<br /><br />Jim BrockJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441717632757683690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73019463951475826582012-08-03T08:55:45.969-05:002012-08-03T08:55:45.969-05:00Saw a cartoon once that showed an old old man wear...Saw a cartoon once that showed an old old man wearing a t-shirt and boxer shorts sitting on the exam table in a doctor's office. The doctor says to him:<br /><br />All those years you added to your life by not drinking, smoking, and fooling around, well, these are them.The Unknown Pundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838520228111669398noreply@blogger.com