>>>>The ancient Greeks, IIRC, paid their doctors at the times when they were healthy. Anyone who gets sick stops paying until OK again.
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>>Smokers often like that idea. ;-)
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>Being married to a doctor solves the dilemma... and she also smokes. Actually longer than I.


I saw the oldest US veteran on the TV news last week. He is 111 or 112 years old. He smokes about a dozen cigars a day and finishes off most days with "My favorite beverage- whisky and coke".