Old 05-10-13 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Carbonfiberboy
Neither of your first two sentences are correct. I was perhaps too subtle, since your comment was almost humorous in its disregard. When you get older, you will realize that if you are doing something that is working for you, indeed working better than what 99.999% of other people are doing, you will be disinclined to stop it to see if you become damaged, just to see if you can then reverse what may well be irreversible damage, or not to start it just to see if the damage gets worse. You may not know this now, but you may come to realize it. Or not.

Best not to question too closely the choices of those who are doing better than most of us could ever hope to do. Looking on in awe would be more appropriate.
I'm sure I'll know more when I'm older. I'm only 60 now. Here's another anecdotal story, a 105 year old woman who attributes her longevity to eating bacon:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/09/...e/?hpt=hp_bn18
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