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GR: Ripe Old Age Written by Valerie Mc. (8/10/2003 10:49 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, GR:Ripe old age of 55?, penned by Barbara

] It seems that 55 was thought to be a 'ripe old age' by the younger set...

I just saw a statistic that the average life expectancy in the United States 100 years ago was only 49. While some folks lived to their 70s and 80s, a lot didn't.

Those lines had always impressed me with how short an adult life could be expected. And even if Mrs. Dashwood lived past 55, she would be a lot "older" than an Englishwoman of the same age today. No real dentistry, bifocals, arthritis meds, prosthetics, cosmetic surgery...

I'm also reminded of a line from Little Women in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, that a spinster of 30 might have 20 more "useful, happy years" in which to grow old gracefully.

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GR: John Dashwood needs a SUTH Dagmar (8/10/2003 12:54 p.m.)

GR: Wonderful Villians Lynn Maureen (8/10/2003 9:23 p.m.)
GR: What is an SUTH, by the by? (nfm) Cass (8/10/2003 5:17 p.m.)
- SUTH Golda (8/10/2003 5:26 p.m.)
What do the neighbours think? KateL (8/10/2003 4:43 p.m.)
- Resigned sigh... KateL (8/11/2003 1:02 p.m.)
- Just So Happens... BarbaraB (8/10/2003 6:25 p.m.)
- The neighbours Ingrid Linnéa (8/10/2003 5:44 p.m.)
  - GR: Not surprising at all Line (8/10/2003 8:08 p.m.)
GR: Fanny, Regan and Goneril Barbara (8/10/2003 3:21 p.m.)
- King Lear Catherine Mary (8/10/2003 4:52 p.m.)
GR chapter 2 - annuity discussion LaurieC (8/10/2003 1:19 p.m.)
- GR-Pure Genius (Comedy,Tragedy) BarbaraB (8/10/2003 6:46 p.m.)
- GR: Master Manipulator Cheryl (8/10/2003 3:07 p.m.)
  - GR Chaper 2 Fanny & John Hypocrites Nicole L (8/12/2003 12:17 p.m.)
  - GR: The manipulator and the manipulated MiriB (8/11/2003 3:20 a.m.)
  - GR: Master Manipulator - a different take Annette J. (8/10/2003 7:28 p.m.)
  - no SUTH to Fanny Dagmar (8/10/2003 3:36 p.m.)
    - GR: Fanny is NOT mainly to blame here Candice Michelle (8/11/2003 2:58 p.m.)
      - GR: Agreed joe m (8/11/2003 3:26 p.m.)
- GR:Ripe old age of 55? Barbara (8/10/2003 2:34 p.m.)
  - GR: Whoda thunk? (-; joe m (8/11/2003 11:17 a.m.)
  - A dear purchase - not Vianne (8/11/2003 8:12 a.m.)
  - GR: Ripe Old Age Valerie Mc. (8/10/2003 10:49 p.m.)
    - GR: Life Expectancy kathleen (elder) (8/11/2003 6:45 a.m.)
  - GR: Maybe it's John's last feeble protest... Mary Joanna (8/10/2003 7:12 p.m.)
  - GR: Age and the consequenses of an annuity Ingrid Linnéa (8/10/2003 3:23 p.m.)
- GR: half that purchase Cass (8/10/2003 1:50 p.m.)
  - GR another LOL Barbara (8/10/2003 3:27 p.m.)

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