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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:28 AM Original message |
Ministry of Truth: 66 y/o woman was 5 in 1945 |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, now that's a perspective, I guess... |
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inademv (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. nvm |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. She would be 70 or 71 today (nt) |
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Alamuti Lotus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No, she would be 71 if born in 1940 (5yrs before a-bomb); if she was *born* in 1945, she'd be 66 |
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LadyHawkAZ (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. If she was 5 in 1945, she'd have been born in 1940, correct? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. ok nm |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes that's pretty sloppy reporting. They must have gotten confused by the original |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Thanks for figuring that out and posting a link. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. The radiation made her five years younger. Duh. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 02:57 AM Response to Original message |
9. Math skilz don't seem to be a strong point at the DailyNews - see this story about the potential for |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Um, I'm 66, and I was an infant |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 03:17 AM Response to Original message |
12. While it may just be part of a great conspiracy |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
13. Her age makes sense to me. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Heh - I know someone who, when she turned 39, joked about turning "39 for the first time"! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's the daily news, you can't expect perfume from manure. n/t |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep - Tom Paxton's song "Daily News" sez "Seven little pennies in the newsboy's hand, And you ride |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
17. didn't some man in Japan in his 90's after surviving BOTH bombs? |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. 71 she is |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
19. Typical sloppy reporting from the NY Daily News |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-18-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
20. I was born in Nov 1940 and I am 70 |
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