In 2050 I’ll be 80. All 4 of my grandparents were 84+ when they died, and my parents are currently 80 and in fairly good shape, so my chances are pretty good that I’ll be around.
In 2050 I’d be 99. I very much doubt that I’m going to make it.
2040 is a maybe. I didn’t vote in that one, because there’s no ‘maybe’ choice.
Right at the moment 26% of people voting in the relevant poll don’t follow instructions about ticking boxes.
A nail gets hammered – but not during most of its existence. A hammer has to do a lot of hammering. The nail’s more likely to get damaged in any given interaction, but the hammer might be. I didn’t vote in that one.
My creatures don’t exactly interfere with my cooking, and I didn’t choose that one – but it is true that they affect what I dare leave out in the kitchen if I’m not going to be in there for a few minutes. One cat in particular is in no way safe around unguarded butter. (Well, he’s safe enough. It’s the butter that isn’t.)
As to the Soup Nazi, I’d go for jambalaya, but mostly because Newman (Newman!) said it with such gusto. A friend of mine actually met the actor who played the Soup Nazi when he came through Boston awhile back, and got her picture taken with him (she’s smiling; he’s got his iconic scowl). He’s built a whole second career out of being that guy.
I don’t carry matches or a lighter, and wouldn’t want to help you get cancer, anyway.
Almost always have a pen with me. I’ve even given my pens to people who didn’t have one right at that moment, when I knew I could get another one soon anyway,
I’ve never owned a car that had a lockable glovebox, and have never actually put gloves into a glovebox (which I was raised to call a “glove compartment”).
I don’t use straws in drinks unless it’s a milkshake.
On the rare occasion when I need to go to a hardware store, there’s a Home Depot that’s not too far away.
I’ll be 86 in 2050. Despite my generally healthy lifestyle, odds are I won’t make it that far. But it’s possible; both my parents made it to their mid-80s.
Neither of my parents had siblings. The cousin poll lacks zero as a response. That’s harsh.
It also lacks a “I haven’t a clue” option as well.
Dad’s family were…not close. I didn’t know I had aunts on that side until I was an adult. Not a clue about how many cousins.
I’m waaay below median for the cousins. My mother has one sibling, who never had children. My father had one sibling, who had three children. My family tree is very linear after my grandparents got out of Europe prior to the Nazis. Apparently prior to that, lots more branches on both sides.
My niece and nephew by my younger brother are in a similar boat though. My wife and I chose not to have kids, and my half-brother (shared mother) looks to be going the same route although he and his wife are just young enough to still be thinking about it (mid 30s).
In a normal world, I likely could easily make 90 or even 100 (I’m 61 now)-all primary older relatives lived to ripe ages (or are there right now and still kicking, tho most have been female), and for my age I am in excellent shape and health, so normally I would have voted yes for all 3…
In THIS world all bets are off, esp. since that GW conference going on right now turned out to be a total pointless clusterfuck of time and effort. If I were to try to hang on I may be part of some huge horde of starving people wandering the highways in search of any sort of sustenance by 2040. So 2030 maybe-past then all bets are off.
Just noticed the cousin poll. Since I am adopted, have lived far away from my adoptive paternal relatives for decades (haven’t seen any in that time either), none of my maternal ones came to my adoptive mother’s funeral in May despite it being held in her hometown, AND I only know my maternal birth side of things, I wouldn’t even know which number to use assuming I even had a decent clue about the adoptive side.
I’m not sure exactly how many cousins I have. I know there’s a number of them – my mother had five siblings, four of whom reproduced; but most of them I only saw rarely, as none of them lived anywhere near us or for that matter near each other, and for a couple of those siblings I’m not sure of the exact number of children. And do you mean surviving? Because not all of them are.
I answered “38” to the cousins poll:
- My mom had 10 siblings, of which nine had kids (and most had several); I had 30 cousins on that side of the family, plus or minus.
- My dad only had one sibling, but that uncle of mine had eight kids.
I’m with Paul Simon on all of the El Cóndor Pasa questions, and I’d rather be him than Garfunkel just based on royalties. Also, I’d be married to Edie Brickell!
My cats interfere with as many chores as possible - a human doing chores is not petting a cat - but bed-making is an extra-special fun interactive treat! They wouldn’t technically interfere with vacuuming, but they do, since I know how much it upsets them and I try to work around their napping schedules.
Realistically, I’m not going to be alive in 2050. I’d be 89, and although I like to think I’ll be like the one grandparent who lived to 92, given that all the others and my dad died in their 60’s and my mom made it to 79, the odds aren’t good. I don’t have the cardiac issues and diabetes they had, though, so I’m moderately hopeful I’ll see 2040.
I have/had seven cousins on each side. In a weird coincidence, the ages are the same on each side. Six are older, one younger than I am.
I have (or have had, since I know three of them have died and I’m not in touch with five of the others) sixteen cousins, nine on my dad’s side and seven on my mom’s. I grew up seeing all the ones on my mom’s side regularly, but I only really knew my dad’s younger brother’s kids well. My own kids have no first cousins at all, but they grew up in regular contact with some of their second cousins (my cousins’ kids).
And now I feel bad for not counting the cousin who was my uncle’s stepdaughter. She may not have counted in the poll, but she sure did when I was a kid and she was in charge of babysitting all eight of the younger cousins!
Hey what you do with your money and your fish tank is your business, and I kind of want to see it now.
But as long as I’m here too, give me the same order, and I’m going to take it home and start boiling some water…
Utterly indifferent.
I put the pills in my mouth, then liquid, but it’s juice or soda pop more often than water.
The ginger cookies should have orange frosting.
Aspirin is the only pain reliever that works for me, and when I take it, I chew the pills to dust first, then chase with a beverage. I figure chewing them up gets it into my system faster. Been doing it since at least 8 y/o. Rarely take any other pills.
The thing is- mostly they wont live. Oh, maybe a smallish lobster OR a crab, but saltwater fish require rather specific stuff.
Yeah, I didn’t vote because there wasn’t a “Don’t give a s**t” selection.
I decided “approve” was closer than “disapprove” for “I’m pretty indifferent”.
I usually put the pill on my mouth then take a swallow of water. But if i only have a water fountain, i may get some water in my mouth first. And if i have no water, i sometimes take pills dry.