Have you ever known anyone

[Miss Chicken]

who has lived to be 100?

I was shopping in a department store for a birthday card for a friend (she was turning 45) and I notice that the store had 100th birthday cards. Out of curiousity I counted them and there was 8, all the same. I wondered how long it would take this one store to sell those 8 cards.

I have never known anyone who has reached 100 years of age. I have known some people who have made it to their high 90s.

Looking at statistics (if anyone is interested)

France has 1 centenarian for 3,076 people. The rate is 1 per 3,522 in Japanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian#cite_note-4 (but much higher in Okinawa), and 1 per 3,300 in the United States.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

No, I haven't known anyone who made it to 100. The women on my mother's side of the family usually hit 90, but don't get more than a few years into their tenth decade. And I don't know many elderly people outside of family.

 

[auntiehill]

No one in my family has made it past 83, and the oldest person in hubby's family is his mother, who is 84. I think his grandmother made it to 90, but she was in such bad shape by then, it wasn't pleasant.

 

[Miss Chicken]

We recently learnt that my great-great grandmother lived to be 99. I think she is the only family member I know of who lived passed 90. However she might not have actually been 99 as her death certificate and shipping records don't quite match. She was however at least 95.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I see the occasional such person in my line of work. It's quite remarkable to see them.

 

[Sky]

My auntie Ida lived to be 105.

 

[Mr. B]

Nope. My great grandmother on my mom's side made it to 95, though.

 

[Finn]

Miss Chicken...Your avatar is something else. Nice

As for your question, I don't believe so. I know someone who's 94 right now.

 

[Starbreaker]

I met a woman who was 102. She was still cooking big family dinners.

 

[Amaris]

The oldest member of my family that I am aware of was my Great Uncle Terry who lived to be 98.

 

[RJDiogenes]

I had a couple of relatives that I know of who made it into their 90s. But living to 100 or beyond is becoming more and more common. I plan to do it myself.

 

[Miss Chicken]

Miss Chicken...Your avatar is something else. Nice

As for your question, I don't believe so. I know someone who's 94 right now.

trekkiedane made the avatar for me. The idea was completely his. He snet it too me before Christmas so I have had quite a wait to use it.

 

[nevermore]

My great-grandmother died at 101 or 102. In her kitchen, cooking up her weekly batch of tamales for the "kids" at the old folks home.

She lived primarily on tequilla, beer, cheese-based foods and cigars.

 

[Sky]

I have plenty of relatives who lived until their late nineties. Which means that we have to have awesome genes, since people in my family drink and smoke and eat whatever they want.

 

[TrekkieMonster]

My Great Aunt Blanche, with whom I was very close from a young age, turned 100 in October 2009. She passed away a couple of months ago but, as sad as a passing always is, she had such a wonderfully full and amazing life that we all - all her family - really were able to truly celebrate her life. The cool thing is that she was totally "with it" until about the last year, when she had a very few mental lapses. If I could be guaranteed I'd be like her, I'd want to live to 100, too.

Love ya, Auntie B!

 

[tharpdevenport]

I sort of know somebody who is approaching that age. He could make the Guiness World Book of Records for his country, as I recall.

 

[RandyS]

My grandma claimed we have longevity in our family because her grandma lived to be 101, but, starting with her mother, every generation died a little earlier.

My great-great grandma died at 101 (so I heard, this was before I was born)
My great-grandma died at 83 (I was 13)
My grandma died at 66 (I was 22)
My mom died at 55 (I was 33)

I intend to break this cycle at live until 150.

 

[Defiant]

I met a woman in CostCo today who is 99, so if she makes it to next year, yes.

My grandfather is 94, and in great shape. My grandmother is 91 and hanging in there.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

Not quite, but my mom had three aunts and an uncle who all lived to their late 90's.

 

[Shaytan]

I have some patients (when I say some it's 2 or 3) who reached 100.
My grandmother died at 98 years old. I remember her telling us that she didn't know what is physical pain