Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2769793)

My maternal Grandmother was 99 when she died. Her mother was 102, her one uncle was 104 (and still worked every day at his hardware store right up to the day he died) and the other 106. They were all raised on a farm but then went off and lived radically different lives so variables were introduced.


In summery: Genetics.

Originally Posted by wbradley (Post 2769911)

You are related to the Cruikshanks?

Originally Posted by Boomerang (Post 2769838)

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2769955)

Not that I know of.

Originally Posted by wbradley (Post 2769973)

Reason I asked is when I was a kid there was a hardware store at the corner of Yonge and Sheppard in North York that was in the same location since the late 1800's called Cruikshanks. I remember hearing the old man was still there past age 100 minding the store. Your description matched up!

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2769976)

No this one is in London in a very old section of town. Maybe it has something to do with working in hardware stores?

Originally Posted by Tcoat (Post 2769824)

I am 57 years old, drink beer and eat crap. I already have mutated some pretty awesome comic book babe boobs.