How long will you live?

[Julia]

I was given a prediction of 95 years, although I suspect it would have been less if the quiz included questions such as "Do you handle deadly snakes on a daily basis?" and "Do you have a history of being in life-threatening situations such as skydiving mishaps, getting caught in rips, ending up stranded and unprepared in the wilderness etc?" and "Do you have a history of doing stupid things like going SCUBA diving and skydiving on the same day, getting zapped by 240volts and getting severely lost while bushbashing, and does this history include far too many trips to hospital without many of which you would be dead?"

Then again, maybe that would be balanced if it included questions such as "Have you escaped against the odds from situations like being caught in a rip, being in the middle of the black Saturday fires, that incident in Texas you shouldn't mention on ASF, etc?"

I'm a bit sus about the accuracy of questionaires at the best of times.

Of course, you're right. I just posted it up in the face of not much interesting discussion on a long weekend.

Hit the nail on the head there Julia.
I think the world is a **** place and hope I don't live to 90 or 100!

I'm glad someone picked up on my comment about the dubious value of living to an old age. Fine if you're still healthy and independent, but the idea of shuffling round some horrible nursing home is less than attractive.

Julia, unfortunately, this is a new type of marketing gimmick to obtain your name and addy. Now that these people have your information, you may well recieve promotion for health products and the like.

It's one big 'con' job. They are not a bit interested how long you live, all they are interested in is selling you some useless products you probably do not need.

I did a similar one last week on whether you look younger than you are.

So mark my words, it won't be long.

Actually, noco, although I treat the questionnaire and its results as just a bit of amusement, I've been receiving the newsletter from this site for a couple of years. No marketing of anything that I've noticed, just the newsletter every two or three months. I get a lot more spam from financial websites.

 

[noco]

Of course, you're right. I just posted it up in the face of not much interesting discussion on a long weekend.


I'm glad someone picked up on my comment about the dubious value of living to an old age. Fine if you're still healthy and independent, but the idea of shuffling round some horrible nursing home is less than attractive.



Actually, noco, although I treat the questionnaire and its results as just a bit of amusement, I've been receiving the newsletter from this site for a couple of years. No marketing of anything that I've noticed, just the newsletter every two or three months. I get a lot more spam from financial websites.

Julia, a David Williams is the founder of MY LONGEVITY PTY LTD and is a personal retirement and financial planner as well as being responsible for marketing his services and has been in the business for some 20 years. It is a good marketing ploy, but is not as bad as some. He is also tied up, I believe, with insurance.

He engages a company known as IT Worx Consulting Pty Ltd to set up his web site, which, as you well know are not cheap.

I did read his Newsletter No. 14 March 2010 and noted one pargraph in particular which quoted, " Talk to your professional advisers such as your Doctor, your Dentist and your FINANCIAL ADVISER about your plans".

He could not possibly afford to pay a web site specialist and publish a news letter without some monetary gain and I guess that would come from his financial planning services, which I agree, is your choice to use or leave it alone.

There is some shonky marketing going on and as I stated previously, they are out to get your name and addy.

Food for thought.

 

[Happy]

until i die.

Answer looks like perfect one and takes into account even unexpected events like sudden death independent of how good the food, blood or poo is.

 

[Julia]

J

I did read his Newsletter No. 14 March 2010 and noted one pargraph in particular which quoted, " Talk to your professional advisers such as your Doctor, your Dentist and your FINANCIAL ADVISER about your plans".

Well, that seems like pretty good advice to me. The last time I saw the stats, about 40% of Australians over 25 do not have a valid Will.
And only about 10% have an Enduring Power of Attorney, and fewer again have an Advance Health Directive. So I'd say some advice about estate and personal planning is absolutely in order.
He's not saying "talk to ME" about this stuff, simply that you need to have the appropriate discussions with your own advisers, medical and financial.

He could not possibly afford to pay a web site specialist and publish a news letter without some monetary gain and I guess that would come from his financial planning services, which I agree, is your choice to use or leave it alone.

The web is full of people seeking to market their services. Nothing wrong with that. He has simply found a quite cute gimmick in terms of the "How long will you live" questionnaire to draw attention to his website.

As I said before, I've never received any spamming from him at all.

 

[RamonR]

Prompted by this thread I have been thinking about getting a container and filling it with marbles to represent how many weeks I have to live. Removing one each week.

But it is too expensive to buy that many marbles.
Thinking about ball bearing.
Can anybody suggest a good place to buy bulk ball bearing or some otherthing I can use to keep reminding myself my time is running out.

 

[nunthewiser]

Prompted by this thread I have been thinking about getting a container and filling it with marbles to represent how many weeks I have to live. Removing one each week.

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LOL sounds like you already lost them marbles

 

[RamonR]

LOL sounds like you already lost them marbles

definitely have lost lots of marbles hence the thoughts about making the most of the ones I have left

 

[IrishDigger]

For as long as I can -- maybe I should give up the drink?

:drink::drink::drink::drink:

 

[RamonR]

For as long as I can -- maybe I should give up the drink?

:drink::drink::drink::drink:

drinking small amounts helps you live longer