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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 9:44 am
80, I'm lucky enough to live in Oregon where I could take care of that pain problem.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 10:11 am
80 for me, too
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 10:54 am
55 for SOOOOO many reasons. Why be a burden to my family? Why fill up a much needed hospital bed? Why drain my family's resources on health care, rather than leaving that money to them (via inheritance) for happier things? Why cause my family the emotional strife of seeing me in pain? Why cause myself emotional strife by watching my family struggle with my illness? Why spend 25 years on an already strained pension plan? Why spend so long without my independence and dignity? Bah!! I hope I go quickly, and early. 
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 11:28 am
i lost my mother at 54, and my nonna at 59. there were so many things that they did not get to see of the lives of the people surrounding them. my mother never got to see my daughter past the age of 7, and she loved her dearly. i'm sure she would have rather been alive to shower her with love and affection. i would also like to do that with my grandchildren. 80 it is. better to live those last 6 months in pain, then miss a lifetime and i have my family in pain for missing me when they wish i had been there.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 11:33 am
well said Landi!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 12:03 pm
I wouldn't want to lie there in a hospital bed, while relatives make that obligatory visit, with the grandkids that you love, but the grandkids can't disguise the horror and disgust of the visual of their grandmother lying there looking all scary. Sure I'd love to meet my grandkids, my great grandkids, and even my great great grandkids. But we all die sometime, but despite the YEARS of great memories I have of my grandmother and great grandmother, the first things that come to mind when I picture them in my head were their undignified sick days in the hospital - the last time I saw them. I hate that the first thing that pops into my head is that visual.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 12:49 pm
yeah, but that is only six months worth out of an extra 25 years (or 300 months). YOu could say goodbye and move to another city, state or country for your last six months or just sit in your car with the garage door shut and the car running...
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 1:26 pm
the question didn't say that you would be scary looking~ but even still I would chose to live as long as possible.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 3:48 pm
I'll take the 80. Maybe medical marijuana will have been legalized by then. 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 3:54 pm
It is legal in Oregon.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 4:24 pm
but remember drugs won't help (illegal or not...)
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 5:32 pm
6 months of pain? some people are in pain their entire lives! i'll live to age 80 in pain for the last 6 months, no question about it. i am only 4 years away from 55 and i have to see my kids through college also, pain doesn't scare me. i was in labor for 93 hours with my dd. what's another 5 months and 26 days? LOL....seriously, missing my kids scares me...and i'd rather be in pain than paralyzed or something i consider worse.... oh yeah, the worse would definitely be "dead for 25 years already"!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 5:46 pm
80, easily. I'm already used to the pain and my daughter will still be in grade school when I'm 55. No-brainer here.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Thursday, June 23, 2005 - 8:07 pm
80
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 2:29 am
I guess my not having kids is also a part of my decision. Perhaps if I had them, I'd feel differently.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 6:05 am
Good morning, happy Friday, have a fun, safe weekeend, and tell me... Would you rather- In your teenager's room, find a vial of cocaine, OR a gun? I'd say the cocaine I think.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 6:29 am
A gun. I can take the gun away from him and discuss the reason why he had it. Cocaine addiction is a far greater problem. (IMO)
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 6:53 am
A gun is scarier, but if the coke means the kid is addicted, that could be worse. Dang, not sure on this one....
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 7:21 am
Cocaine is far scarier...Maybe it's because I'm from the south, but it's not unusual for teenage boys (or girls) to have guns in their rooms; most of the time out in the open, hanging on a gun rack, unloaded which they used solely for hunting. When I was a teenager, I had a shot gun that I hunted with in a gun case under my bed...so perhaps it should be: Would you rather find a vial of cocaine or a gun that you didn't know about in your teenager's room? That changes the dynamics of the question. of course, when I was teenager, the world was different
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:17 am
definitely a gun. my daughter would have it clean, unloaded with a gun lock on it. she learned rifle/gun safety when she was 10 through junior NRA, so that she could go with dad to the range. she hit a bullseye on her second shot ever!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:18 am
gun
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:25 am
When I read the question, the gun thing makes me think of Columbine and school shootings. If my kid was into hunting, that would be a different story but I would expect that I would know. Actually though, I think I've changed my mind and would prefer to find a gun, as much as I dislike that idea. I'd rather find a bag of marijuana than a gun, but I guess a gun before the cocaine.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 8:34 am
Hey, I'm going to be gone Saturday until Monday...is there anyone who would like to do the questions over the weekend (I can email some to you to choose from, or make up your own, or whatever you like)- OR (would you rather- heehee) I just post a few at once to cover the weekend???
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 9:04 am
i would rather find cocaine. when i remember how suidical my son was not too long back, a gun would scare me a lot more.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, June 24, 2005 - 11:59 am
I'm with Tabby. Kaili, I think it would be fun if you posted a few at once. 
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