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femmocrat

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23. No, I'll be long gone by then.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2016, 02:41 PM

Jan 2016

Unless my relatives send my ashes into outer space!

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Do you expect to see Halley's Comet when it returns in mid-2061? [View all] raccoon Jan 2016 OP

I would be 102 so doubt it liberal N proud Jan 2016 #1

I'd be 111 hobbit709 Jan 2016 #2

If I do it will be from somewhere else in space. jalan48 Jan 2016 #3

Not unless I live to see 112! And then my eyesight wouldn't be good enough, haha! WinkyDink Jan 2016 #4

Nope. n/t Tom_Foolery Jan 2016 #5

118. Hope not. n/t sarge43 Jan 2016 #6

I might. In_The_Wind Jan 2016 #7

Is that a relative? nt Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #36

I'll be a spy 136 MosheFeingold Jan 2016 #8

Fairly certain I won't live to be anwhere near a hundred. Iggo Jan 2016 #9

Nope--I expect to be dead by then! n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2016 #10

89? hmmm probably not... nt uriel1972 Jan 2016 #11

I'll be but a distant memory by then. nt Fla Dem Jan 2016 #12

I'll be 95 NewJeffCT Jan 2016 #13

No. I hope I will not be alive since I'd be 110. mnhtnbb Jan 2016 #14

Nope. I'll be fertilizer before then or too old to care. I'll be 106. I saw it in 1986, too. catbyte Jan 2016 #15

Any whippersnappers want to respond to this? nt raccoon Jan 2016 #16

I'll be there at 104 lunatica Jan 2016 #17

If it weren't for Alzheimer's, I might remember to do it in my 80's/nt jakeXT Jan 2016 #18

Yes, I think so. I will only be in my early 80s. IrishEyes Jan 2016 #19

I would be 110. 3catwoman3 Jan 2016 #20

Sure it's possible, but 110 would be a super-centurion Reter Jan 2016 #28

Centurion... 3catwoman3 Jan 2016 #31

Hey if you live to be 110, Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2016 #33

Can Halley schedule his comet for a few decades earlier? pinboy3niner Jan 2016 #21

I'd be 75, so I've got a good shot. cemaphonic Jan 2016 #22

No, I'll be long gone by then. femmocrat Jan 2016 #23

I'd be 116 -- so no comet for me. HeiressofBickworth Jan 2016 #24

I'd be 99 MrScorpio Jan 2016 #25

Not likely unless reincarnated. Hoyt Jan 2016 #26

One way of the other. bikebloke Jan 2016 #27

The ony comet I will see in my remaining years is that on my bathroom drain. kairos12 Jan 2016 #29

I expect not. I anticipate that avebury Jan 2016 #30

No way in hell I'm making 90 Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2016 #32

I would be 104 TexasBushwhacker Jan 2016 #34

I acquired a kitty in 1986 and named her Halley in it's honor. Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #35

I'm 35 now. In 2061 I will be a spry 91 years old if I live that long. Initech Jan 2016 #37

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