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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1619782" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>I don't know where to start. She was born in Australia. Her mother was Scots from Glasgow and emigrated to Sydney when her husband, who was from Manchester, took a good job as a traveling salesman in Australia. She was a nurse and keeled over of a heart attack in fairly ripe old age. She was still working as a nurse at the time and it turned out that there were no accurate records of her age! (That is the family story. I have my doubts!!)</p><p></p><p>My mother fell in love with Maurice Chevalier from the movies and songs, and emigrated to Paris in her early 20s. That is where she met my father, an Englishman who was born in London. My mother had three brothers, two of whom are still alive (and also in their 90s), the third one died in an accident. All of those uncles of mine are taller than I am (I am 6-foot-4) and thin. The eldest is approaching 100 years old and still goes hiking in China with his much younger Chinese spouse (they met during a hiking thing in China).</p><p></p><p>My mother is extremely thin and has probably not been much more than 50 kilos for most of her life. She eats like a horse and woe betide if lunch is ever late! She is an excellent cook and everything was always made from scratch (although in her extreme old age she is now fond of a French frozen-foods chain called Picard). She was diagnosed with heart arrhythmia and high blood pressure in her 70s and takes meds for that. She suffers from the various aches and pains and other issues typical for a person in fairly extreme old age but otherwise seems indestructible. She drinks in moderation with meals, and enjoys a daily whiskey. Until very recently she was extremely physically active: long daily walks, and impossible to "pin down" for more than a couple of minutes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1619782, member: 438800"] I don't know where to start. She was born in Australia. Her mother was Scots from Glasgow and emigrated to Sydney when her husband, who was from Manchester, took a good job as a traveling salesman in Australia. She was a nurse and keeled over of a heart attack in fairly ripe old age. She was still working as a nurse at the time and it turned out that there were no accurate records of her age! (That is the family story. I have my doubts!!) My mother fell in love with Maurice Chevalier from the movies and songs, and emigrated to Paris in her early 20s. That is where she met my father, an Englishman who was born in London. My mother had three brothers, two of whom are still alive (and also in their 90s), the third one died in an accident. All of those uncles of mine are taller than I am (I am 6-foot-4) and thin. The eldest is approaching 100 years old and still goes hiking in China with his much younger Chinese spouse (they met during a hiking thing in China). My mother is extremely thin and has probably not been much more than 50 kilos for most of her life. She eats like a horse and woe betide if lunch is ever late! She is an excellent cook and everything was always made from scratch (although in her extreme old age she is now fond of a French frozen-foods chain called Picard). She was diagnosed with heart arrhythmia and high blood pressure in her 70s and takes meds for that. She suffers from the various aches and pains and other issues typical for a person in fairly extreme old age but otherwise seems indestructible. She drinks in moderation with meals, and enjoys a daily whiskey. Until very recently she was extremely physically active: long daily walks, and impossible to "pin down" for more than a couple of minutes. [/QUOTE]
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