----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Whaley"
Subject: Re: OT - English Summer
That was back when the male life span was something between 38 and 45?
A forty year enlistment? What did Mom do, drop him off on the Legion's doorstep, umbilical cord and all, and head off into the fields?
Boy. I'm going to have to read up on that!
I heard a peice on CBC a while ago on this very subject.
This is, apparently, one of those areas where the statistics mislead.
If you take away the very high infant mortality rates, things look a lot better for ancient man.
Anyway, it's just something I heard on the radio. I don't know if it's true or not.
William Robb
