Wow! Happy 125th birthday to the world's oldest person

[amjucsc]

Maria Olivia de Silva, the world's oldest living woman turned 125 on Feb 28th...

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=817&e=18&u=/ap/20050304/ap_on_fe_st/brazil_oldest_woman>

When this woman was my age (I'm 23 and share her birthday, if not her birth date) the Wright Brothers were flying at Kitty Hawk. I tip my hat to her...

[democrat in Tallahassee]

1. wait, I'm 126; where's my cake?

[InvisibleTouch]

2. Very cool!

I always love to hear about people who have lived to an impressive old age, especially if their mental facilities are intact and they're in reasonably good health for their age. I imagine what they must have seen, endured, and experienced throughout their long lives, and all the history and changes they were witness to, and how fascinating it must be to talk to them. I imagine myself reaching such an age one day. At least one of my great-grandmothers lived to be 99, so it's a distinct possibility.... :)