Is poor living habits!
::rimshot::
Ok, sorry. My uncle Neal died today. I took notice of it because he was 57, still quite young, but then I was struck by a numbing realization. My father died at 59, my aunt Judy at 61, my uncle Bob’s dying slowly at 64, and my aunt Mitzi is hanging on to life at something like 58.
My grandfather on that side outlived his siblings by surviving to 67. Grandmother at something like 65.
These are not good numbers…
Yep. Statistics don’t lie. You are definitely gonna die someday.
Waiiiit a minute. My grandparents are all dead! And all of their parents, etc. That means I’m gonna die too someday! :eek:
Gee, thanks for ruining my day … 
But hardly anyone made it to their mid sixties! :eek:
My advice to you: Don’t buy any green bananas!
I am sorry about your loss.
What did all these relatives die from?
First off, very sorry about your Uncle.
Now then, you want a death curse? Tracing back on my mother’s side of the family, every other generation loses their first-born within a few days of birth.
Two of my three brothers lost children under a week old (the third brother has opted not to have kids)…my mother had a brother who died at a few days…the same for her mother, and the same for that woman’s mother as well. After that, the records become understandably sketchy.
Not the most comforting thought as kittenlm and I try to have a baby. :eek:
But come on - there is an upside! I’ve seen the photo thread 
Sorry, ShaolinRabbit…I didn’t mean to sound unfeeling. I originally read your tone to be one of disattached curiosity…I didn’t realize you knew these people well. I can see I misread it. :smack: I apologize.
:: blush ::
That’s alright, I know them all well, but I’m not heartbroken or anything. Where most people have a relative that they joke about because of their peculiarly bad habits, I have an entire side of the family.
They’re the sort of people you figure should get a hollmark card for still being alive. Well, the two that still are.
“Congratulations! You’re breathing.”
I just found it depressing because I’ve smoked for years (Surprise!) and you figure you can make it to 70 or whatever, but 57?! That would make my life half over…
Yes, this is a colorful way of saying we’d all like to help My genes are poison apparently, but hey. 
Maybe I should start a “Who wants to have my baby while I’m still alive?” thread…