He was an infant when the Wright Brothers first flew at Kittyhawk.
He was in junior high when World War I started.
He was in his early 40s when the first atomic bombs were used in war.
He was in his mid-50s when the Russians put Sputnik into orbit.
He was in his late 50s when the Rolling Stones played their first gig.
He was in his mid-60s when the first humans walked on the moon.
He was in his late 60s when the last humans walked on the moon.
He was 78 when the first Space Shuttle flew into orbit.
He was in his late 80s when the Berlin Wall fell.
He was in his late 90s when 9/11 happened.
He was 100 when the U.S. invaded Iraq for the second time.
He was 105 when the U.S. elected its first black President (he was actually only half black and had been raised by a white family, but he looked black).
He was 108 when the last Space Shuttle flew into orbit.
He was 112 when Mick Jagger turned 70.
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If that guy had known he was going to live that long he could have figured out a way to go to work for a U.S. governmental entity that provided full retirement benefits after 20 years of service. If he had done it that way, out of 113 years walking the earth, he could have gotten away with only working 20 of those years. If he went to work at age 18 and retired at age 38, he could have spent the last 75 years more or less living a life of leisure.
That would be pretty cool.
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MachineGhost
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People make an assumption these very creaky old people actually pay attention to the world around them to be impressed by all the changes as we are. That's not usually how it works.
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Yeah, most of the Israel's I've met have been Latino. I'm not sure why that is.Desert wrote: I also like that his name is "Israel."
I think the only Jewish Israel I'd heard of before this (well, and the Biblical one), is Israel Horovitz, playwright and father of one of the Beastie Boys.
By the way, Mr Kristal was probably 83 when 'Licensed to Ill' came out. And pay no attention to MG's cynical remark above. Kristal loved that album.
Whistling tunes / We hide in the dunes by the seaside
Whistling tunes / We're kissing baboons in the jungle
Whistling tunes / We're kissing baboons in the jungle