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To: sodpoodle

In 1616, one could be healthy today...and dead within a week. 56 was pretty good back then.

As I walked around cemeteries in New England there were lots of folks dead in their thirties. And some that lasted into their eighties. That’s was hard living will do to you.


7 posted on 04/23/2016 1:38:57 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: Vermont Lt

Could have been appendicitis.


8 posted on 04/23/2016 1:40:35 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
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To: Vermont Lt

“In 1616, one could be healthy today...and dead within a week. “


That is also true in 2016, but less often.

We’ve all seen it happen.

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10 posted on 04/23/2016 1:43:26 PM PDT by Mears
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