Hmmm.
My oldest Triumph is 43 this month and the youngest is 40 in the spring. Both
are still going strong though. :)
Looking forward to getting back in the garage this winter.
> On Nov 2, 2015, at 00:48, Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> The biggest problem with retirement is that we were all
>> supposed to die at 62.7.That was the average life expectancy
>> in 1935 when social security started.
>
> "All supposed to die" is overstating the case, IMO. One of the main reasons
> life expectancy at birth was lower back then was
> because so many people died before joining the workforce. Infant and even
> teen mortality was much higher then, due to lack of
> things like antibiotics and vaccines. Even in 1930, someone who had lived to
> age 65 had a better than 50/50 chance of making it to
> 75.
>
> But 'average life expectancy' has never meant that we are "all supposed to
> die" by any age. "The world's oldest man" that died a
> few months back was already 32 in 1935!
>
> And I'll bet there are quite a few on this list that were born before 1935.
> <g>
>
> Randall
>
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