Airport Outlets & 105 Year-Old WWI Vets
Had a good flight back to DC. And my plane curse was broken--no delays! Feels like a festivus miracle :) One airport observation: airports need more outlets and free wi-fi.
Had a fascinating conversation with my seatmate on the plane ride home last night. His father-in-law is 105 years-old and a veteran of The First World War. I guess there are only about a dozen WWI vets still alive. He lied about his age to get into the military at age 16. He also spent 39 months in a prisoner of war camp after the Japanese captured his steamship in the Pacific during WWII.
Here is the amazing thing. I guess the men in their family live long lives--so long that this WWI vet remembers talking to his grandfather, who was born in 1857, who talked with one of his great-great-grandfathers who actually fought in the Revolutionary War. Just marveling at that. May be the only person alive who's actually talked to someone who talked to someone who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Oh yah, this WWI vet does 50 situps before he gets out of bed every day. Maybe that's the key to living to 105. Love my seatmate's description of him: lots of gumption.
Had a fascinating conversation with my seatmate on the plane ride home last night. His father-in-law is 105 years-old and a veteran of The First World War. I guess there are only about a dozen WWI vets still alive. He lied about his age to get into the military at age 16. He also spent 39 months in a prisoner of war camp after the Japanese captured his steamship in the Pacific during WWII.
Here is the amazing thing. I guess the men in their family live long lives--so long that this WWI vet remembers talking to his grandfather, who was born in 1857, who talked with one of his great-great-grandfathers who actually fought in the Revolutionary War. Just marveling at that. May be the only person alive who's actually talked to someone who talked to someone who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Oh yah, this WWI vet does 50 situps before he gets out of bed every day. Maybe that's the key to living to 105. Love my seatmate's description of him: lots of gumption.
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welcome home jet-setter :)
Wouldn't you love to sit down with this vet and get all his stories?
When I worked in a hospital earlier this year I met someone who was 104 years old. She was alert and oriented and quite a talker. She told me that her secret to living so long was to eat a banana a day and not have children. I have been eating more bananas but will probably break the children advice some day :)
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