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  • From: Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] We're all gonna die
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:14:09 -0400


On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:



Why, shucks, I remember when I was 55, I . . .

The story is told of one of the British statesmen who was still in office at
the age of 100. ... "Ah .. to be
seventy again!"

A similar thing is reported on this side of the pond:

At:
www.lawandeverythingelse.com/id55.htm

"...I've read a number of biographies of Justice Holmes and four or five volumes of his letters. It was never a secret that he liked burlesque, pretty women, and racy French novels. When he was eighty and spotted a pretty woman, he said, "Ah, to be seventy again!" ... "

Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky AT earthlink.net
Lovettsville, VA 20180







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