Peyote celebrated its 50th birthday in 2009. We had a party for him (yes,
itâ??s a he) with the theme â??Pissing off people with nicer cars since 1959.â??
> On Nov 2, 2015, at 2:32 AM, Bob Bownes -Seiri <bownes@seiri.com> wrote:
>
> 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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