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Old 17-05-2021, 10:22 PM   #1
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Exclamation Dexter Kruger - Australia's oldest male

Today a new record in longevity was achieved. He passed the record held by Jack Lockett

111 years and 124 days and still counting!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-...alia/100141158
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Old 18-05-2021, 06:46 AM   #2
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They obviously haven't met Gaso.....................
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Old 18-05-2021, 07:52 AM   #3
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good on him, i agree with him in that , life was more relaxed before computers.
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Old 18-05-2021, 08:05 AM   #4
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He's very 'with it' for someone of that age.
He speaks well and seems to have all his marbles.
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Old 23-07-2021, 04:21 PM   #5
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And that is all she wrote

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-...-111/100308610
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Old 23-07-2021, 11:36 PM   #6
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He must have gone down quickly as he looked and sounded very well a couple of months ago.
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Old 24-07-2021, 11:05 AM   #7
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With the elderly, it can be a slow lingering death or very sudden. I've seen both.
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