>>>>>>>the people will react in unpredictable ways
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>>>>>>try changing that statement to 'the people will react in ways which we cannot predict'
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>>>>>I tried. I got a sentence. The sentence doesn't contain "25 to life" and I am happy.
>>>>
>>>>You deserve much, much more for the puns alone.
>>>>
>>>>I always smile when I see some felon was sentenced to multiple counts of 99 to life. Every time I think he won't serve the time.
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>>>I wonder if I could get sentenced to live that long !
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>>I have seen speculation that medical advances will increase life expectancy to 140 or 150. My question is will it be proportional or will people just stay 80 for 70 years?
>
>Since I just turned 70 I would settle for 80 more years.

Happy birthday! I think ;-)

My 56th birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks. In one way I feel like that's impossible, because I still feel the way I did at 22. My thoughts and outlook seem unchanged. Yet the moving finger writes. My body sure isn't what it was at 22, playing serious basketball and running. And I recognize that 55 is on the downside of life, not the climb. My intention is to make the most of what I have left. I really wish I had your religious faith but I have not been favored with that.

PS --

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it

-- Omar Khayyam