Master Obit

Crikey, I thought you was much older. Seriously, get yourself out more. Explore the world outside the insulated sphere of your seemingly very bizarre relatives.

How old are you?

There's a considerable overlap between the two groups.

There were also 8 Scottish births of Robert Bruce (no middle name) in 1928. At least the vast majority of these are deceased, and possibly all are, but Scotland's death index isn't quite as easy to deduce from when it comes to things like this.

I don't wish to bandy rash and offensive accusations, but are you a Daily Mail reader?

@Octopus of Odstock A Robert Bruce born 14/10/1928 died in Q1/2023 in West Sussex if you think that might be Bobby Bruce. A James Adam born 22/04/1931 died in Q2/2023 in North Northamptonshire, which might be Jimmy Adam. Richard John Pearson born 14/06/1931 died Q3/2023 in Surrey. Leo Francis Burns born 03/08/1932 died Q2/2023 in Trafford. Frank Core born 05/09/1932 died Q1/2023 in Bromley.

Randomly had a dream last night that he finally died. It's by far the most inventive storyline that my subconscious has even concocted.

My condolences to you - what a fabulously long life! Long enough to get her card from the Queen (if she resided in an eligible country). May she rest in peace.

Doesn't seem to have been given to him in abundance.

At this stage, I think it's more appropriate to say that cancer is suffering from Jimmy Carter.

I assume she'll still choose her birthday to be when she hits 104, though. Obviously this is provisional because, as we know, not everyone who gets to 103 reaches 104.

I'm glad she's turning 104 on her birthday, and not some random other date. Much more mathematically pleasing.

Normally, stiffness is confined to just one particular area of the body in such circumstances.

I'm not really fussed about what happens at mine. I also don't see the need for pallbearers - no point in being handled by muscular young men if I'm not alive to enjoy it.

My cat is getting fairly high up in age now (he's not quite that level, but he's nearer to 20 than 10). He's always been very agile and healthy, but even he is starting to show his age a little. You just don't get to a really extreme age without there being some signs of it. Also, if he ever even got remotely close to being the oldest in the world, I'd be seeking recognition for it. I wouldn't wait several years, like the owners of Bobi apparently did (if he had been 31, he would have been the oldest known dog in the world for a long time beforehand) - there's simply too much risk that death would occur before recognition.

Shigechiyo yes. Calment I maintain is genuine (and that's my own independent viewpoint having actually looked at documentation). It's amazing how many people are willing to trust quack Zak.

It was pretty obvious that the claim was nonsense to anyone who did even surface-level inspection. It was supposedly double the life expectancy for the breed, had no real signs of extreme age, was morbidly obese, and "pictures from when it was young" were clearly of a different dog. GWR has always been extremely inaccurate for longevity - both human and animal. It's a joke organisation that cares only about profit and publicity, not factual accuracy. The GRG is rather similar (though they swap profit for ego). Appropriately, it's the GRG that supplies GWR with their human data.

Hardly "tens of millions", especially towards the end as more and more scandals came out. My grandad had voted tory in every election since the 60s, but in the last local election he voted in he said he felt "forced to vote Green" because "I couldn't vote for Labour, but I cannot support Boris Johnson either".

Yeah me too. I'd say we should bring back flogging specifically for him. If your dad wants him punished, then he should be punished!

Can't think of the guy without remembering this song.

On the contrary, it is not useless if it causes someone to reflect on their extremely unhealthy lifestyle. It's very useful, in that case. I'll happily take a few personal insults and a page more drivel if it means someone gets help they badly need. You can't help people that don't wish to be helped of course, and it's not worth wasting time if not. Nobody is here to babysit juveniles and the block function exists for a reason.

If you can provide screenshots that back your claims about talking to Dejan/GRG, and also answer if you're a frequent user of one of these longevity forums, I will happily retract my idea that you're a troll because I can well believe you if that's the case. In fact, I'll even say I now think it's reasonably plausible given how obsessed you seem with longevity claimants. I won't retract some of what I've said, because that's fact. It's not even from a deliberately negative point of view - it's definitely extremely unhealthy to spend 16 hours a day doing this, and is a level of devotion that I would say eclipses even the most ardent wikipedia editor. If that is genuinely true, then I beg you to try and wean yourself off it. It's not healthy. You're obsessed to the point of psychosis and even the mere suggestion that you're fake is inducing a high level of anger. People on here like to trade insults and you surely need a thick skin to tolerate it, but at the core there's a duty on here (and on all forums) to identify people who are clearly in need of help, and implore them to get it.

I was entertaining the possibility (he mentioned he gets stuff from Dejan occasionally, and he leaks like a sieve with anything supposedly confidential), but wanted to believe that nobody could spend 16 hours a day researching this (which he apparently does, as I asked him about his provenance). It would fit that they were a user called Aquanaut chalk on another forum, as they are similarly obsessed with cases such as these. If they're willing to confirm that they are indeed that user, then I might trust that they are legitimately spending an inordinate amount of time on this.

Because he doesn't actually know any more himself, and has copied all of this from gerontology wiki (or invented it himself for some of them).

Damn, I was really hoping he'd reach 110. I doubt if I'll sleep tonight after learning this.