[Fot] cams and roaches and such

[Bob Bownes -Seiri]

Hmmm. 

My oldest Triumph is 43 this month and the youngest is 40 in the spring. Both are still going strong though. :)

Looking forward to getting back in the garage this winter. 



> On Nov 2, 2015, at 00:48, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>    The biggest problem with retirement is that we were all 
>> supposed to die at 62.7.That was the average life expectancy 
>> in 1935 when social security started.
> 
> "All supposed to die" is overstating the case, IMO.  One of the main reasons life expectancy at birth was lower back then was
> because so many people died before joining the workforce.  Infant and even teen mortality was much higher then, due to lack of
> things like antibiotics and vaccines.  Even in 1930, someone who had lived to age 65 had a better than 50/50 chance of making it to
> 75.
> 
> But 'average life expectancy' has never meant that we are "all supposed to die" by any age.  "The world's oldest man" that died a
> few months back was already 32 in 1935!
> 
> And I'll bet there are quite a few on this list that were born before 1935.  
> <g>
> 
> Randall
> 
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