Wow.....just had a shocking thought (? inside)

There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

Think about this...there were Civil War veterans who lived to see the beginning of the Cold War.

I don't think I would like to go over 85... and thats already a stretch. After that I won't have the energy or strength to yell at all those damn kids to get off my lawn... so what would be the point? :|

There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

Oonga

There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

Oonga

I don't think I'd want to live that long unless I was very happy with my life the entire time and always had a reason to want to keep on trucking.

Yeah, I want to be 116. :)

But I'm probably only going to be 60. :(

I would hate to live past 100

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There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

Elann2008

There are 111 year old people who were born in the 1800s, anybody older than 111 was born in the 1800s also.

My mind is blown.

There are people alive that are 210 years old?Treflis

200 years is only three or four generations.

you have changed the way I look at the world.

There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

i would't like to pass my 50s or 60s, i hate old ppl and i don't like to join their community.

As soon as i can't get it up anymore i would like to drop dead

My opinion will probably be different when it comes to it, but I don't really want to go past 80, although even that is unlikely for me

There are people alive in 2010 that were born in the 1800s. That alone is suprising but then i thought of something else. It means that its highly possible these people saw someone born in the 1700s. So someone alive in 2010 have seen someone from the 1700s. Coupled with the amount of history it just really shocked me as things such as Slavery, Cival War, Industrial Revolution etc. really werent that long ago. Reading it from textbooks, i always imagined them as far off events.

Now my question is, would you like to live past 100 years old? Dont relate it to just being old, im talking the big 1 00. I personally would love to. Sure id be helpless but i'd really like to stand between 2 eras.

Oonga

I'd only want to live past 100 if I got a genetic modification at a young age to be immortal. Or at least extend my lifespan by a couple hundred years.

If I was in a ok condition then I wouldn't be bothered then it comes to the point I cant see, hear etc its time for me to go

There is no one alive from the 1800s :|Solid_Tango

Yes there is and here's proof of one of them

http://www.ibtimes.com/contents/20100820/faith-keeps-oldest-australian-alive-age-111.htm

born August 20th 1899 so she was born in the 1800's

Yeah I'd probably want to live to be past 100, but only if I've lived a meaningful life up til then. I wouldn't want to live the next 80 years or so in a pointless "go nowhere" life. Either that or die an honorable death, and not one worthy of a TV movie, I mean full motion picture Movie of the Year award quality -- in 3D. Heh.

This thread is great :lol:. On topic, I would like to make 70, I'll probably make 50. I have this sneaking feeling though that I'm going to die young. Luckily, I suck with interpreting feelings so I could live past 80 :P. Most of my relatives lived extremely full lives.

There were several civil war veterans who lived long enough to see the start of the cold war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_surviving_United_States_war_veterans

:| I was born in 1892 8)

I actually witnessed the signing of the Declaration of Independence, so. :PBourbons3

i know a 104 year old guy.... hes a little hard of hearing but he is perfectly fine other than that. its funny cause he calls people who are like 80 years old kids still....

There is no one alive from the 1800s :|Solid_Tango

Last i heard, theres around 39 people left who were born in the 1800s

There were several civil war veterans who lived long enough to see the start of the cold war.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_surviving_United_States_war_veterans

UnknownSniper65

Wow....that link blew my mind. I even saw a photograph of a Revolutionary War veteran. I didnt even think any made it. Check the link out guys.

Everything is so.....recent. It just amazes me how so much has happened in such little time.

Being born in 1990, i have my fingers crossed ill make it to 2100s.

There is no one alive from the 1800s :|Solid_Tango

I hope I die well before I hit 100 :lol:

My ideal age to pass away changes over time, depending on my mood. It's usually between 50-60.

I wouldn't mind living to 100. It would be interesting to see how much the world changed form when I was a teenager to then.

I doubt there is anyone alive today with any significant recollection of life in the 1800's nor of anyone born in the century prior to that.

No. I don't want to live that long. 90 yrs. old is enough for me.