On Thursday 29 November 2007 6:39:32 pm Rick Stevens wrote: > On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 07:49 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > > Rick Stevens wrote: > > > Even one "tens of decades" would make you over 100 years old, John. > > > You sure seem spry for a centarian! ;-) > > > > Whoops. I guess the rest puts it in the right timeframe. > > > > > > My prospects of reaching one centenary aren't bad, my grandmother did > > and my parents are in their late 80s. Don't think I want two though. > > "Do you wear boxers or briefs?" "Depends." > > I just reached 1/2 of a "tens of decades". Four score and ten. Five > decades. Fifty years. Mom's 78. I may make it...but I'm not betting > on it. ;-) A minor point, but in this context a score is twenty. Being four score and ten would make you 12 years older than your mother. Or has she spent a lot of time traveling at the speed of light? -- cmg
