Average life expectancy does not tell anything about normal life expectancy. You said before modern medicine no-lived in to their 90s, but people regularly did prior to the 20th century. Heck many of my ancestors did and they were neither rich nor white. In 1800 the average life expectancy in the US was around 38 that…

Let's look at the member of the Constitution Convention about that life expectancy thing. They died at an average age of 67. Charles Thompson lived to 94, William Johnson 92, and John Adams 90. Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, Williamson and Wythe all lived into their eighties. Sixteen of the delegates lived into their…

This guy sounds either arrogantly stupid, a fool, or delusional. A normal human life span is about 8 to 9 decades and has bee this way as far back as recorded history. Nothing modern medicine has done up to now has extended this and nothing in the works looks like it will extend this. What you have seen and will…

Well this does explain a couple of things. First, my daughter has long term relationships with good looking jerks and never stays with nice guys for very long. Second, my eldest son who is not particularly handsome but is a jerk has girls throwing themselves at him all the time.

I was thinking of the poo flinging chimps they had on their board of directors.

Quite simply they didn't wait long enough. I had a 90 year old jar of peanut butter that spontaneously created new life. After it ate my dog and took over my house I had to destroy it with a flame thrower before it got too big. That was the scariest hour and a half of my life.

At the time of this article the most powerful nuclear weapon detonated was Yoke on Aomon Island at 49kt, a little over twice the yield of the Nagasaki bomb. Our current "Tactical" nuclear weapon the W-80 has a yield of 170-200kt and is design to be mounted in cruise missiles. Our current strategic weapon, the…

There are 3 very important star ships missing from this list. The ships that set the standards for every TV and movie star ship since.

Actually we should be swimming in helium right now with the natural gas glut the US is currently in. The trouble is private companies don't want to get involved in helium production right now as there isn't enough money in it. So right now helium is not being extracted from high concentration source, instead it is…

OK then why do I have clear memories from when I was two? I fact I have a few memories that may date back to before my second birthday. But my clear memories begin when I was 27 months old.

Hmm, $600 a week is more than any of my sons make.

I've been with the same woman since I was 16, I'm 52 now. She even occupies my daydreams and flights of fancy.

A piece of machinery designed with slide rules 60 years ago.

I worked in DMVs for nearly ten years. Have everything you need before you go. If need be make a pre-trip to just pop in and pick up the free list of required items. For an existing license you will need your old license, for an address change you need proof of address. If you lost your license you will need 2 forms…

For those of you wondering about her weight. Muscle is denser than fat.

Spoken turn by turn directions. So I can ask it to navigate and put it down in the front seat of my car and not have to look at it. Google maps on an Android.

My eight year old granddaughter is getting a pair of nunchuks and a new pair of boxing pads from me. Other than that I am kinda at a loss because she says she doesn't know what she wants. I least I know she will appreciate the new nunchuks as they are flashier than her old set.

Excellent movie more people should see. I don't think it was the other uses didn't occur to the writers, it was the short sightedness of the characters being highlighted. The idea that new technology could transform businesses and jobs and the resistance to progress was illustrated in a humorous way. Interesting…

The channel never lived up to its original promise to bring classic science fiction movies and TV along with quality new productions.

I would like to know your sources for this. Yes he was an asthma suffer from a wealthy New York Family, but he worked hard to overcome his earlier difficulties. As for his ranches (plural) is the Dakotas he bought the first as an investment in 1883. He moved to North Dakota in 1884 after the death of his wife and his…