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To: Original Mad Dog who wrote (3068)	3/10/2004 7:01:11 PM
From: The Philosopher	of 7936

How did anyone live past, say, 60 or 65, BEFORE SS? You think no one did? Few did. The average American life span when SS started was in the 50's; now it's in the 70's and rising. That's a bit misleading. Childhood diseases were much more prevalent back then, and also accidents since we didn't have a government mandating all sorts of safety things -- for example, I bicycled around all my youth including bike trips in the summer and a bike tour around England and never even know such a thing as a bicycle helmet existed. Not to mention the loss of young men in wars. All those tended to lower the average age. Once a person got to the age of 50, they were generally pretty healthy, and often lived to ripe old ages.

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