A Different Perspective: 8/28/2024

I last talked about my reunion with a college classmate from sixty years ago. I’ve kept in touch with several others, including a couple from grade school, through all these years and the many changes we have each been through. I was just reading an interesting article about the current state of life expectancy and found I am nearly two years past my expiration date.

Statistically, the average American male in my pre-Baby Boomer class will last 77 years and five months. The ladies, generally more cautious and not doing most stupid things guys are prone to, live 81 years and two months. Average...