The forums at SkyscraperPage.com have some great old photos of downtown pre-Arch. You wouldn’t think it would look that foreign, but it does.
This is like looking at a clean-shaven KFC’s Colonel Sanders or watching a Brendan Ryan that can play baseball.
Missouri’s oldest resident has finally kicked the bucket. 112 year old Florence Poe, died on Tuesday from complications of a stroke she had experienced a few days prior. Born on August 24th, 1897, Florence lived on her own until her 90′s when she moved in with her daughter and then later at the Ratliff Care Center.
Michael Ratliff, the center’s administrator, said Poe remained active in her last months. He once asked her the secret to a long life.
…ok let me pause this right there. I hate when people ask really old people how they got so old because the answer is always…always…complete crap. You get non-sensical answers ranging from “I just take it one day at a time.” to “Well, I’ll tell ya. Drink a 6 pack every day, eat steak and eggs for every meal, smoke like a chimney and beat your wife every time she acts up to keep your heart strong.” and then people just go “Awww…you are something else grandpa!” Seriously, have you ever heard a legit answer from an old person from that question? Answer: No.
Let’s hear Flo’s shall we?
“She said, ‘Well, honey, you just got to keep breathing,’” he said.
…and there you go. Completely retarded. Apparently when you get old enough that people ask you that question you can get away with and dumb-ass answer and people not only take it, they print it like it actually means something. Frankly eating the woman’s still beating heart to gain her strength probably gives you a better chance to live longer than taking advice like that.
Pictured above: Evangeline Lilly from Lost because no one wants to see a picture of some old broad.
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So a long time ago this guy quits High School to get a job and then ends up in the military, bravely serving his country in World War II. After that he gets married twice, has no kids, is described as “colorful” and spends his time watching TV all day. All this 70 year old guy really needs is an occasional dusting, but instead he’s being given an honorary High School diploma. Well that will come in handy…
“I don’t want to be in the spotlight or the limelight. I want to be what I am and that’s it,” says Ervin Himmighoefer, an 87-year-old World War IIveteran from Germantown, Illinois.
If you ask Himmighoefer what he likes to do for fun he’ll tell you, “nothing.”
“I just sit here and watch TV,” he says.
Himmighoefer joined the Marine Corps during World War II and fought in one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific campaign: the Battle of Iwo Jima. Some 7,000 Americans were killed there and he was awarded a Purple Heart.
Honorary or not, its pretty hard not to get GED these days. The guy that breaking in to your car right now has a damn High School education! Tell us about how you got that Purple Heart gramps!
“Well, I got blowed up and landed down on my head,” he says with emphasis.
I swear to you I did not make that quote up.
Frankly this guy sounds freaking awesome and as far as I’m concerned he’s living the dream, there is one little nagging question. Explain to me what an honorary HS degree will do for a old “colorful”, which we all know is a euphemism for cussing a lot and slapping broad’s asses, that does nothing but watch TV? Will this make him feel better about himself? I betcha it won’t! Will it help this guy get a job? Not a chance.
Hell, even the honorary Harvard degrees are useless but at least you get to make a speech. All this guy wants is a second pudding cup for dinner and to make sure the reporter leaves before “The Wheel” comes on.
