Originally Posted by SamOlson
On average, right?



No Sam, they don't.

I'll use my old man for an example. Though I loved him as only a son can love his father, he was the most boring man I've ever known. Only time I am aware that he imbibed a drink in the last 35 years of his life was one time he had a beer with me after a great personal milestone on my part and we celebrated. He gave up his pipe tobacco when he married my mom in the early 70s, and didn't start again until all us kids were grown and gone, and I bought him a pipe for christmas a few years before he died. He never went to parties, or did anything that wasn't boring. Worked a lot, went to church a lot. Died at age 60 from from cancer. I figured if that's what happens when you live so clean a life, I might as well enjoy myself and at least go to my grave having had more fun. Maybe he and I'll compare notes one day on his farm where the milk cows are gentle, and the corn is always high, or maybe not.

To be fair I'm pretty boring these days myself though. smile


MAGA