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Post by gailkate on Aug 1, 2011 8:55:01 GMT -5
I'm curious about how the rest of you do on this little assessment. I smoke and once had cancer, but my life expectancy is 95! I'm guessing all of you will pass the century mark easily. This is a calculator that estimates your life expectancy, developed by Northwestern Mutual Life. There are only 13 questions. media.nmfn.com/tnetwork/lifespan
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 1, 2011 9:01:08 GMT -5
Hmmmmm . . . 78.
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Post by brutus on Aug 1, 2011 12:02:02 GMT -5
79 for me. I plan on making a liar out of the calculator. Gonna make at least 80.
~B~
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Post by liriodendron on Aug 1, 2011 13:39:26 GMT -5
90. Gosh, imagine if I exercised and lost a few pounds!
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Post by Jane on Aug 1, 2011 14:25:49 GMT -5
91. I doubt it. And I don't know that I'd want to be around that long when I look at how my parents ended up. My dad was 90 and spent the last year pretty much out of it, and my mom is now 91 and doesn't know which way is up.
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Post by doctork on Aug 1, 2011 20:27:54 GMT -5
94 for me, which I know is preposterous. While the questions asked might be valid over the population as a whole, the questions not asked are the ones that make it highly unlikely I'll live until age 94.
As a clinician, I feel obliged to point out that omission of a question about diabetes is apt to significantly skew the results.
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Post by Nomad-wino on Aug 1, 2011 20:54:20 GMT -5
I'm not doing the survey but I do have a comment.
I heard that one difference between animals and us is that we (humans) dwell on how long we'll live or in other words when we'll die, and animals just live from day-to-day without any concern at all for when they'll die.
If you knew from birth when you'd die what a strange world we'd live in. Like having expiration date on your forehead just like an expiration date on a can of Spam. And, everyone that looked at your face would also know when you'd die. I bet head bands that hid the date would be in fashion.
When you get married the vow might be changed to something like "you may now remove your head bands and see how long your marriage is good for".
Mike
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Post by BoatBabe on Aug 1, 2011 21:42:43 GMT -5
I'm not doing the survey but I do have a comment. I heard that one difference between animals and us is that we (humans) dwell on how long we'll live or in other words when we'll die, and animals just live from day-to-day without any concern at all for when they'll die. If you knew from birth when you'd die what a strange world we'd live in. Like having expiration date on your forehead just like an expiration date on a can of Spam. And, everyone that looked at your face would also know when you'd die. I bet head bands that hid the date would be in fashion. When you get married the vow might be changed to something like "you may now remove your head bands and see how long your marriage is good for". Mike Excellent, Mike!
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Post by rogesgallery on Aug 1, 2011 22:40:04 GMT -5
I'm scared Gail What if I find out that I'm already dead
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Post by rogesgallery on Aug 1, 2011 23:11:52 GMT -5
Ok so 76 But I think if I were to increase my alcohol consumption I could easily cut 6 years off that and 70 sounds reasonable to me.
Words of philosophical wit from the most honorable Mike
You always make me laugh Mike. And that laughter, though it wasn't on the lifespan calculator, will probably add another 5 years to my life— I may also have to find a recreational drug that is agreeable to me if I want to leave this world with my head on straight.
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Post by gailkate on Aug 1, 2011 23:58:41 GMT -5
I'm with Jane, not sure I want to live till 95. I don't think my brain can hold another 30 years' worth of life's sorrows, despite the joys. Maybe reincarnation is the way we get wiped clean, like a really messy, dusty blackboard getting scrubbed at the end of the school year. Then we get another try at learning all we should have learned in the previous life. A lot of things seem left out of that assessment, as K said, and I wonder if there really are only 13 questions. Besides diabetes, shouldn't there be a general question about family history? I know families where everyone lives into their 90s unless they get killed in an accident or war. For now, though, it's obvious y'all need to do more dogwalking. Drink more red wine and grape juice. I guess if you want to cut off a few years, rog, you have to quit drinking, not the other way around.
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Post by doctork on Aug 2, 2011 8:32:45 GMT -5
Consider that the sponsor of the calculator is Northwestern Mutual, an insurance/financial services company that earns a good portion of its business through insurance, annuities and instruments designed to provide retirement income.
It is in their best interest (and possibly yours as well) to encourage you to see a long life ahead and the need to set up extensive resources (which they sell) to fund your retirement.
These firms never inquire what you expect from social security (could be the maximum, could be nothing) or a pension you have earned, or if you like your work and have the type of job that you would continue doing after "retirement." Or less delicately, if you already have some ailment that makes long survival unlikely.
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Post by jspnrvr on Aug 21, 2011 6:29:46 GMT -5
Hey, folks. Here's a similar website/calculator I came across in my early A.M. meanderings. There is a lot more detail in the survey and then you get suggestions. Whether it opens you up to SPAM or not, we'll see. But it's pretty good nevertheless. No cheating! www.livingto100.com/
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Post by jspnrvr on Aug 21, 2011 6:37:50 GMT -5
Yup. At the end of the survey you are asked to put in you e-address. I just went back to my mail and there was the message, asking to go to the link and activate your account, get a password, etc. I guess you'd start getting all sorts of little daily items, more reasons to keep one sitting on their foundation in front of the computer! Needless to say, I didn't "open the account."
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Post by gailkate on Aug 21, 2011 7:57:45 GMT -5
Bummer. I was all set to see if the longest runnning summer virus had taken a decade out of my life expectancy. But tons of spam would do that for sure!
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