03 Mar 2007
							
							WILL I  LIVE TO BE 80?
I recently picked a new primary care doctor. After two  
visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my  age.
 A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't resist asking him,
"Do you think I'll live to be 80?"
 He asked, "Do you smoke tobacco or  drink beer or wine?"
"Oh no," I replied. "I quit smoking a year ago and  haven't drank for 30, not doing drugs,either."
 Then he asked, "Do you eat  rib-eye steaks and barbecued ribs?"
 I said, "No, my former doctor said  that all red meat is very unhealthy!"
"Do you spend a lot of time in the  sun, like playing golf, boating, hiking or bicycling?"
 "No, I don't," I  said.
 He asked, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars or have a lot of sex?"
 "No," I said. "I don't do any of those things."
 He looked at  me and said, "Then, why do you give a s**t?"