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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

She saw the Titanic sink and the end of World War I. Now, the oldest American just turned 115

www.independent.co.uk

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She saw the Titanic sink and the end of World War I. Now, the oldest American just turned 115

www.independent.co.uk

jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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She saw the Titanic sink and World War I end. Now, the oldest American has turned 115
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  • ladicius@lemmy.world
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    Headline is bullshit - she was no eye witness of the Titanic desaster.

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      I bet she wasn’t in the rail car for the armistice either.

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      I bet she didn’t literally see the signing of the Treaty of Versailles either. /s

      You can be witness to world events without literally being there and looking at them with your eyes.

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      Prove she wasn’t there!

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      And here for he to live long enough to vote in the first black female president and out live Trump.

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      deleted by creator

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    Not going to lie. 115 years as a black woman in the deep south sounds like Hell

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      On the other hand, think of how many racist pieces of shit that treated her badly in her life that she outlived.

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    She puts my teeth to shame. How do I get a smile like that? 😁

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      Dentures

    • Bocky@lemmy.world
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      Have as much excess wealth as this lady does

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        Owned a coffee shop, took the bus to work. What a fat cat. She’s probably not even rocking $500, base model dentures like the rest of us centenarians.

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          I thought they were expensive based on how nice they look

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        When did you get a look at her bank balance?

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    Title made me think she was on one of the life boats and saw the titanic sank.

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    One of the last things my grandfather told me before he died at 101 was “People aren’t supposed to live this long, why won’t God let me die?”

    It made it easier to see him go. He was beyond ready.

    I don’t ever want to be this old…

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