Her picture.. I think she is starting to show her age..
Posted on 03/03/2005 10:41:20 PM PST by Dan from Michigan
Brazilian, 125, May Be the Oldest Woman
Thu Mar 3,10:25 PM ET Strange News - AP
By STAN LEHMAN, Associated Press Writer
SAO PAULO, Brazil - An elderly woman living in a small, wooden shack in rural southern Brazil could be the world's oldest living woman, according to a Brazilian record-keeping organization.
Maria Olivia da Silva, who recently celebrated her 125th birthday, "is definitely the oldest living woman in Brazil and possibly in the entire world," said Iolete Cadari, administrative director of RankBrasil, this country's equivalent to the Guinness World Records.
Da Silva's birth certificate shows that she was born Feb. 28, 1880 in the city of Itapetininga, Sao Paulo state, Cadari said by telephone. She currently lives in the small town of Astorga, some 370 miles west of Sao Paulo in the state of Parana.
Laura McTurk, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records in London said by e-mail that the organization was researching its records for any information on da Silva. She said Guinness may have an official statement on Friday.
According to the Guinness World Records Web site, the world's oldest woman is 113-year-old Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, who was born June 29, 1890.
Da Silva, whom Cadari described as "mentally sound and rational," was married twice and has outlived all but three of her 14 children — four of them adopted.
"Her memory is impressive and she loves to talk," Cadari said, adding that Da Silva lives with her 58-year-old adopted son, Aparecido H. Silva.
The fact that she was almost as old as I am now during WWI is more than a bit freaky.
You're right; why read the article when you can make assumptions instead :-) You are, however, correct. Your math stands; just avoid the story problems.
"You're right; why read the article when you can make assumptions instead :-) You are, however, correct. Your math stands; just avoid the story problems."
Well, since we are on a roll here, perhaps your sentence structure would be clearer if it were written as follows:
"You are right. Why read the article when you can make assumptions instead? You are correct. Your math stands. However, in the future, you may wish to avoid the story problems."
Now, your written english is of the same high standard you have come to expect from my math.(Forgive the last sentence if the meaning is off. It was hard to determine the direction since its structure was ambiguous) :)
BTTT!!!!
ROFL. Jenny, you are cool.
;-)
LOL. I'm waiting to hear that she attributes her longevity to a couple of slugs of whiskey every day for the past 100 or so years.
;-)
She never had to watch Jerry Springer........
She was born in Feb. 28, 1880, the 1890 was the pervious record.
I guess so. It was not impervious to being beaten.
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