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Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by Ronsenshi »

She must have had so many interesting stories to tell. Such an amazing experiences - born in the early 1920s, being a young adult at the beginning of the Second World War, seeing mass commercialization of air travel, flight to space, miniaturization and age of information. And she even caught beginnings of AI (or pseudo-AI).

She "picked" a good place to live and observe the flow of time and events where she directly wouldn't be affected by various negative events throughout the century of her life.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by inglor_cz »

I wonder if there is a lobster that survived her.

Lobsters are long-lived, they don't age (in the sense of slowly losing their fitness - senescence) and they only die when they grow too big and suffocate during moulting, or possibly catch some infection, or get killed by other animals/people.

A 105 y.o. lobster is plausible.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by ulf-77723 »

The article states that a raising amount of people in the US still work, albeit their age and it feels a little strange to me. Ginny, probably got so old because she was working and had a purpose every day. Being 100 and still capable of working is a blessing

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by avadodin »

somenameforme wrote: post #7
havaloc wrote: post #2

It always seems it's a fall that ends it, I wonder if she could have made 100 years on the water if she hadn't fell. What an inspiring life!

It's the senescence that makes the fall, more or less, inevitable. Warren Buffet wrote about it in his final letter to shareholders [1] : "When balance, sight, hearing and memory are all on a persistently downward slope, you know Father Time is in the neighborhood." [1] - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.pdf

had to check. glad he's still among us as far as i can tell.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by julian_t »

Ronsenshi wrote: post #11

She must have had so many interesting stories to tell. Such an amazing experiences - born in the early 1920s, being a young adult at the beginning of the Second World War, seeing mass commercialization of air travel, flight to space, miniaturization and age of information. And she even caught beginnings of AI (or pseudo-AI). She "picked" a good place to live and observe the flow of time and events where she directly…

Some people lived through amazing change. My grandmother was born in the late 1890s in rural Wales, and died at 95. She remembered electricity coming to her village and the visit of the first motor car, the arrival of radio and telephones. She saw men land on the moon and towards the end of her life went to the USA on a 747. Yet when she was a girl she lived with older farm workers who had never been more than ten miles from where they were born.

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Post by pepy »

avadodin wrote: post #14
somenameforme wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the senescence that makes the fall, more or less, inevitable. Warren Buffet wrote about it in his final letter to shareholders [1] : "When balance, sight, hearing and memory are all on a persistently downward slope, you know Father Time is in the neighborhood." [1] - https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/news/nov1025.pdf

had to check. glad he's still among us as far as i can tell.

I think the Universe Management wants him to see one more recession.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by bell-cot »

ulf-77723 wrote: post #13

The article states that a raising amount of people in the US still work, albeit their age and it feels a little strange to me. Ginny, probably got so old because she was working and had a purpose every day. Being 100 and still capable of working is a blessing

> Being 100 and still capable of working is a blessing

A much under-appreciated blessing. At any age.

Over the past half-ish century, I've visited any number of elderly relatives and friends who were living in the US's long-term care facilities. However bright the decor, or kind the care staff - there is a very bleak "people whose ability to do anything useful has died, waiting for the rest of death" aura to them.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by frereubu »

julian_t wrote: post #15
Ronsenshi wrote: post #11

She must have had so many interesting stories to tell. Such an amazing experiences - born in the early 1920s, being a young adult at the beginning of the Second World War, seeing mass commercialization of air travel, flight to space, miniaturization and age of information. And she even caught beginnings of AI (or pseudo-AI). She "picked" a good place to live and observe the flow of time and events where she directly…

Some people lived through amazing change. My grandmother was born in the late 1890s in rural Wales, and died at 95. She remembered electricity coming to her village and the visit of the first motor car, the arrival of radio and telephones. She saw men land on the moon and towards the end of her life went to the USA on a 747. Yet when she was a girl she lived with older farm workers who had never been more than ten mi…

When my family moved to Somerset from London in the 1970s our elderly next-door neighbour, after hearing we'd moved from London, said "I went to Bristol [25 miles away] once. Didn't like it much." Apart from that he'd stayed in the town we'd moved to. I think about that a lot and sometimes envy his contentment in staying where he was - he had everything he needed.

Re: Maine’s ‘Lobster Lady’ who fished for nearly a century dies aged 105

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Post by delichon »

julian_t wrote: post #15
Ronsenshi wrote: post #11

She must have had so many interesting stories to tell. Such an amazing experiences - born in the early 1920s, being a young adult at the beginning of the Second World War, seeing mass commercialization of air travel, flight to space, miniaturization and age of information. And she even caught beginnings of AI (or pseudo-AI). She "picked" a good place to live and observe the flow of time and events where she directly…

Some people lived through amazing change. My grandmother was born in the late 1890s in rural Wales, and died at 95. She remembered electricity coming to her village and the visit of the first motor car, the arrival of radio and telephones. She saw men land on the moon and towards the end of her life went to the USA on a 747. Yet when she was a girl she lived with older farm workers who had never been more than ten mi…

My grandfather was born in the 1890s. He watched the first moon landing with us. He had tears in his eyes and said "when I was a boy I carried flint and steel to start a fire".
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