shootingstar Posted January 18, 2020 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2020 I calculated @90 yrs. https://www.cbc.ca/life/wellness/quiz-how-long-will-you-live-1.3793814 Based on certain known basic things outlined. Of course, none addresses one's own current health. Not sure whether to be impressed, slightly scared (must plan for this financially) /freaked out. I suddenly realized there are 2 family members...but 2 steps removed....a cousin's mother and a great aunt who are 92 and 90 respectively. They each live in Metro Toronto, hence same access as I to same air, food sources/quality, health care system. Frankly, these 2 family folks are the first I know living in 90's. All others died in their 60's-80's. Some in China, rest in North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted January 18, 2020 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2020 No. I won't like the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted January 18, 2020 Share #3 Posted January 18, 2020 Sweet, I'm basically already dead. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted January 18, 2020 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2020 In my 80s. I’m ok with that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted January 18, 2020 Share #5 Posted January 18, 2020 Oh shit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 18, 2020 Share #6 Posted January 18, 2020 50 but I am still here. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted January 18, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 18, 2020 4 minutes ago, groupw said: In my 80s. I’m ok with that. So for men to get into the 90s, we need to be at the right weight, have long living relatives, no alcohol binging, and exercise regularly. And being perfect only gets you to 93? That doesn’t sound right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kzoo Posted January 18, 2020 Popular Post Share #8 Posted January 18, 2020 And DeathJim laughs in the face of these calculators. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 18, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 18, 2020 85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheep_herder Posted January 18, 2020 Share #10 Posted January 18, 2020 No need to know, and knowing would probably not change a thing. Don't want my wife counting the chickens before the eggs hatch. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted January 18, 2020 Share #11 Posted January 18, 2020 92 for me... and I have had numerous aunts and uncles well into their 90s and one full functioning at 100. Myvparents are 85 and my mom still curls and golfs competitively. I am holing for more than 92 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 18, 2020 Share #12 Posted January 18, 2020 52. I’m living on borrowed time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted January 18, 2020 12 minutes ago, Zephyr said: 92 for me... and I have had numerous aunts and uncles well into their 90s and one full functioning at 100. Myvparents are 85 and my mom still curls and golfs competitively. I am holing for more than 92 Your mom is amazing. My mother is completely opposite at 85. She moves real slow down staircase at home. One day she might fall ...by herself at home. Aren't your relatives out in the Maritimes...it must be their social relationships that help too. A good friend of mine in my city, her mother is 80. She's on the stationary bike....and doing Zumba. My friend really has no clue what her mother does, when she drives mother to fitness centr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal Posted January 18, 2020 Share #14 Posted January 18, 2020 This test stressed me out there go a couple more years 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Square Wheels Posted January 18, 2020 Popular Post Share #15 Posted January 18, 2020 No worries, those are Canadian years. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted January 18, 2020 Share #16 Posted January 18, 2020 Well I made 64. So I'm pretty happy about that. I remember when the song came out, thinking no way would I ever be that old 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie Posted January 18, 2020 Share #17 Posted January 18, 2020 41 minutes ago, Further said: Well I made 64. So I'm pretty happy about that. I remember when the song came out, thinking no way would I ever be that old I just made 64 too! Mid-60s is a scary threshold! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted January 18, 2020 Share #18 Posted January 18, 2020 I'm not good at math, or being honest with myself, but I got in the 90s. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted January 18, 2020 I miscalculated for self...it's actually 92 yrs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted January 18, 2020 4 hours ago, Airehead said: 50 but I am still here. You are a survivor...hope being on forum here is extending your life with idiotic sheninagans. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD Posted January 18, 2020 Share #21 Posted January 18, 2020 I got 86. If my weight loss continues (I've lost 10 lbs in the past 3 months) and I start flossing regularly, I'll get 90. Of course, that's a very incomplete test and it doesn't address how much of those years you'll need home assistance or other care. Of my 9 biological uncles, father, and grandfather - almost all diabetics - those who didn't smoke were independently active until around age 84 and died around age 88. Only one regularly exercised past age 70. He had a low golf handicap at age 85, though he only shot 9 holes at a time at 85. He deteriorated relatively quickly afterward. I think only one of the other 8 could, at age 69, take a 3 mile walk while a 100 lb dog strained on its leash as I do a few times a week in good weather. If I can add a few years to the active life of my non-smoking relatives, due to advancing medicine, etc. and taking better care of myself than they did, I'll be satisfied. If fate takes me away today, I'll feel like I had a full life with more accomplishments than most and a legacy of published research, trained students, civic service, and having achieved a level of education and knowledge I believed impossible when I was a teenager. BUT...I sure hope I get a couple more active decades! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx Posted January 19, 2020 Share #22 Posted January 19, 2020 I'd be happy with a couple more active decades too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL Posted January 19, 2020 Share #23 Posted January 19, 2020 79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR46 Posted January 19, 2020 Share #24 Posted January 19, 2020 I'm going to live a long time if these dam motorcycles don't kill me first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted January 19, 2020 Share #25 Posted January 19, 2020 85 rock and roll lifestyle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted January 19, 2020 Share #26 Posted January 19, 2020 13 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: 85 rock and roll lifestyle How would Keith Richards do on this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team scooter Posted January 19, 2020 Share #27 Posted January 19, 2020 My wife and I both took the test. And according to the results, and taking into account both our family's life histories, I will die ten years before my wife, about the same time my wife wont remember who I am anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead Posted January 19, 2020 Share #28 Posted January 19, 2020 I'm dead now. Why take it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share #29 Posted January 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Dottie said: I'm dead now. Why take it? You're are too young to shirk your duty to participate in this great test of life predictions, Dottie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted January 20, 2020 Share #30 Posted January 20, 2020 What if one of your relatives lived to 90 but all others died in their 60's? What if you don't mimic the lifestyle of your long living relatives? What if that long living relative was an obese, smoking, alcoholic? What if you trip and fall under a bus? What if you work in a high risk job? What if you are exposed to chemicals and such? What if other conditions require extensive and aggressive drugs? What if you have Type 2 diabeetus? What about Canadians living longer than Americans? What if you are caught spying on the girl across the street parading around in her panties and bra? All this makes me question the simplicity of the quiz... Hmm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share #31 Posted January 20, 2020 Sorta how certain provinces rank against....other countries. based on 2011 trend. https://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/provincial/health/life.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ltdskilz Posted January 21, 2020 Share #32 Posted January 21, 2020 Apparently regular binge drinking is bad for you. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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