i chose D2 wrote:
Surely someone was born in December.
Nope. They cancelled December that year. Too cold.
i chose D2 wrote:
Surely someone was born in December.
Nope. They cancelled December that year. Too cold.
doesn't add up wrote:
bowbridge wrote:The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".
From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.
If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.
Your timeline only makes sense if you assume that the mother had the daughter as she was dying, and that the two did not coexist for any period of time. This would be very atypical.
It was more common for women or babies to die in childbirth in the 1800s.
doesn't add up wrote:
bowbridge wrote:The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".
From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.
If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.
Your timeline only makes sense if you assume that the mother had the daughter as she was dying, and that the two did not coexist for any period of time. This would be very atypical.
Well, he even assumes the daughter talked to her mother about Beethoven and Napoleon. So the mother gave birth at 91, discussed a bit with the new born daughter Beethoven, then died.
Meteoroid wrote:
HardLoper wrote:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937RIP 1800's
Don't worry, some 85 yr. old black dude in SC or wherever will pop up, claiming to be 122 and the media will go along with it, in order to bring up stories of the slavery his parents had to endure.
Or some 90 year old woman in Japan will claim to be 129 while telling us that moderation and a daily swig of Saki will keep you going.
THIS IS THE TRUTH. You know our media are ridiculous, and dishonest, and go with stories (i.e. Fake news) that fit their pre-conceived social agenda.
It's amazing the Raging Bull Jake Lamotta is still alive at 96
un-atypical wrote:
Your timeline only makes sense if you assume that the mother had the daughter as she was dying, and that the two did not coexist for any period of time. This would be very atypical.
It was more common for women or babies to die in childbirth in the 1800s.[/quote]
Wow, great understatement and then a very witty reply. This exchange made my day guys. Thanks.
But what about her 100m dash video?
I'm still enjoying the response of the oldest person ever (lived to 122+)--on her 120th birthday an interviewer asked her what kind of future she expected.
"A very short one."
un-atypical wrote:
doesn't add up wrote:Your timeline only makes sense if you assume that the mother had the daughter as she was dying, and that the two did not coexist for any period of time. This would be very atypical.
It was more common for women or babies to die in childbirth in the 1800s.
But it would have still been "quite rare" for a 91 year old to give birth.
My mistake. The mother died at 91 years old, but was probably born about 1869, making her about 30 when the daughter was born.
Yes but 1800's women's names live on in Kenya. Gladys, Jemima, Edna etc. WTF?
bowbridge wrote:
The mother died at 91 years old, but was probably born about 1869, making her about 30 when the daughter was born.
That in and of itself is a pretty crazy lifetime. You're born shortly after the end of the Civil War, before electric power, light bulbs, and the telephone, and you live to see nuclear bombs, stuff launched into space, and televisions/phones/cars in every home.
live forever wrote:
It's amazing the Raging Bull Jake Lamotta is still alive at 96
And Charlie Sheen too !
bowbridge wrote:
The article said that her mother lived to be 91 years old, so the mother was born in 1808. Napolean died in 1821, Thomas Jefferson in 1826, Beethoven in 1827. It's an odd thing that the daughter may have talked to her mother about one of these people while the mother was still a teenager. Imagine talking to your mother and her saying "Yes, I remember when Beethoven came out with the Ninth Symphony. I had a ticket, but couldn't go." or "Never liked that Napolean guy, too short." "Thomas Jefferson? Saw him once in Paris, just after Benjamin Franklin died".
From 1808 to 2017 is 209 years, and two people (the mother and the daughter) experienced that whole period. The changes in the world that these two people saw is incredible.
If someone were born today and lived to be 91 years old, and had a child that lived to be 117, the year would be 2226.
Are they having a kid at 91?
I'd hit it.
HardLoper wrote:
At age 117 she was born closer to the year 1783, i.e. the Treaty of Paris and the end of the Revolutionary War, than the present day. Half of our country's history basically.
She could have met someone alive who fought in the War of 1812 or Napoleonic battles.
I would not be surprised if someone in Okinawa or the Caucasus region is older just not documented
reer wrote:
bowbridge wrote:The mother died at 91 years old, but was probably born about 1869, making her about 30 when the daughter was born.
That in and of itself is a pretty crazy lifetime. You're born shortly after the end of the Civil War, before electric power, light bulbs, and the telephone, and you live to see nuclear bombs, stuff launched into space, and televisions/phones/cars in every home.
Yes amazing, imagine the communication changes she has lived through.
I'm pretty sure the oldest person alive today is one of the guys on the Kenyan U20 team
I'm not that old wrote:
I'm pretty sure the oldest person alive today is one of the guys on the Kenyan U20 team
Remarkable! The oldest joke in the world has been found in a thread discussing the oldest person in the world.