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8. Who knows? If she wasn't a smoker, she might have made 1465 months.

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:05 PM

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Posted here because of the incongruity between smoking and longevity [View all] wolfie001 Dec 11 OP

Is she still alive? BOSSHOG Dec 11 #1

she recently produced a PSA: ret5hd Dec 11 #2

She's a dead ringer. BOSSHOG Dec 11 #3

She passed a while ago wolfie001 Dec 11 #4

We were so happy when dad quit smoking at 80. multigraincracker Dec 11 #5

Amazing! Thanks for that info wolfie001 Dec 11 #6

I'm not dead yet, so I can't say with certainty... slightlv Dec 11 #7

Well, keep doing your thing. I need my 3 cups of coffee every am wolfie001 Dec 11 #11

For me, it's a glass of mead every couple of months... ;) slightlv Dec 14 #20

Mead is nice wolfie001 Dec 14 #21

Wow! 83 is about 7 years longer than males' average lifespan today wolfie001 Dec 11 #12

Inspiring! wolfie001 Dec 12 #16

A group of Norwegians were believed to inherited multigraincracker Dec 11 #10

Who knows? If she wasn't a smoker, she might have made 1465 months. 3Hotdogs Dec 11 #8

Curious? wolfie001 Dec 11 #14

IMHO and not even talking about this particular person BootinUp Dec 12 #18

Oh yes! The famous "blue zones" wolfie001 Dec 12 #19