Oh, well

[Jonathan Lighter]

Even living backwards would only get them to 1926.

JL
On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> "A person born in the US at the turn of the 20th century could expect
> to live 49.2 years. _Their ancestor born in 2003_ could reasonably
> expect to see their 77th birthday.
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
> to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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