The Human Lifespan

[Ben]

It really is getting more commonly longer. Which hit me when I read this story and they referred to the living person's 94 year old son and 92 year old daughter. That's almost weird sounding, but likely in another 50 years will be very common. This woman's life has spanned the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Also, it really makes me worry that I'll have enough money for retirement if I live well past 100 and want to retire in my 50s. 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/03/03/sushi-and-sleep-are-secrets-to-longevity-according-to-world-oldest-person/?intcmp=latestnews

[MillCreek]

If I can have a longer lifespan yet still be in good enough shape to enjoy my activities, then sign me up.  A 100 year lifespan with 25 years of increasing decrepitude on the end does not appeal.  In regards to the Japanese woman in the article, I wonder how the Japanese retirement or social welfare system works.  Did she outlive her assets?

[Ben]

If I can have a longer lifespan yet still be in good enough shape to enjoy my activities, then sign me up.  A 100 year lifespan with 25 years of increasing decrepitude on the end does not appeal. 

100% agree. I'd rather die after a healthy 75 years than at 120 years, with my last 30-40 sitting in a chair or laying in a bed.

[Tallpine]

100% agree. I'd rather die after a healthy 75 years than at 120 years, with my last 30-40 sitting in a chair or laying in a bed.

Me too.  I like to kick a pig once in a while.   

[MillCreek]

My goal is to die on a sunny day at 75 degrees and a light breeze while riding one of my road bicycles on a nice bike trail.  87 years old or so should do it.

[Tallpine]

My goal is to die on a sunny day at 75 degrees and a light breeze while riding one of my road bicycles on a nice bike trail.  87 years old or so should do it.

Try Alaska.  They have some nice bike trails complete with grizzly bears.   

[roo_ster]

My goal is to die on a sunny day at 75 degrees and a light breeze while riding one of my road bicycles on a nice bike trail.  87 years old or so should do it.

"I want to go out at age 92, shot by an irate husband."
----Friend of my family

[MillCreek]

Try Alaska.  They have some nice bike trails complete with grizzly bears.   

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

[Fly320s]

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

Yes, for a short distance.

[Ben]

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

When you turn 87 let us know and we'll give it a try. It'll be reminiscent of Secondhand Lions. 

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

i think it would inspire a personal best time for cyclist

[Viking]

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

Bears can apparently reach speeds of 35mph, or even more. What's your top speed on a bicycle? And how long can you maintain this speed?

[TechMan]

I have always wondered if a properly-motivated rider on a bicycle could outrun a charging bear.   

If you try this make sure to setup multiple cameras so we can post the results to Youtube.

[cordex]

Why bother with bears?  A minivan and a distracted driver would be much easier to come by.

[BlueStarLizzard]

Fish and sleep... Makes sense to me.

I'm with Millcreek, though. Quanity without quality sounds pretty sucky.
My Dads Grandmother was in a hospital bed. They put her in a wheelchair for Thanksgiving dinner every year. I never once saw her out on her own steam, and we did Thanksgiving every year from the time I was 7 till I was 13. She was over 100 when she finally kicked it and pretty out of the loop for several years before hand.
My own Grandmother is in her 90's and though she's still moving around on her own, she's mentally pretty out of it. We had to stop doing Christmas at her house a few years back because she gets too confused. I don't even know if she knows she's a great grandma these days.

[Scout26]

Yet GMO's and other non-organic foods are going to kill us,  If Globular Woerming, various prescription and non-prescription drugs, and a whole mess of other things are conspiring to off us earlier. 

[Northwoods]

"I want to go out at age 92, shot by an irate husband."
----Friend of my family

Like.

Alternatively would be die of a massive heatr attack/stroke just after really high quality sex at 92.

[Ron]

Want to live longer and have better health? Many of the things you need to do we already know and understand. It's a lifestyle.

http://www.amazon.com/Younger-Next-Year-Strong-Beyond/dp/076114773X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393897796&sr=8-1&keywords=younger+next+year

[Ben]

Want to live longer and have better health? Many of the things you need to do we already know and understand. It's a lifestyle.

http://www.amazon.com/Younger-Next-Year-Strong-Beyond/dp/076114773X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1393897796&sr=8-1&keywords=younger+next+year

But one of their rules is, "don't eat crap". That goes back to my rule that I'd rather eat donuts every day with a smile on my face and die at 60 than eat rice cakes every day with a grimace and die at 90. 

[Perd Hapley]

"I want to go out at age 92, shot by an irate husband."
----Friend of my family

I think I've heard that in a movie, but I don't recall where.

[RoadKingLarry]

I want to go out peacefully in my sleep like grandpa, not screaming in terror like passengers in his car.

I came into this world screaming and covered in someone else's blood, I'd like to go out the same way.

My family history shows a tendency for a life span in the high 90s accompanied by fairly early onset Alzheimers. 

[AJ Dual]

Everyone ought to know by now I'm hoping to hold on long enough for mind upload to be perfected, and after a successful run as meatlife, spend a few melennia tooling around as a starship or something.

[Scout26]

Okay Sheldon.....

[MillCreek]

Everyone ought to know by now I'm hoping to hold on long enough for mind upload to be perfected, and after a successful run as meatlife, spend a few melennia tooling around as a starship or something.

I am trying to remember what science fiction novel has this premise.  To the Googles!

PS: I think I am remembering The Ship who Sang, by Anne McCaffrey.  I see it was published in 1969, and I probably read it in the early 70's, so this sounds about right.

[RevDisk]

Everyone ought to know by now I'm hoping to hold on long enough for mind upload to be perfected, and after a successful run as meatlife, spend a few melennia tooling around as a starship or something.

Best starship name I've heard is "Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"