> >In episode #40,you can see the galactic story until they separated. >There,you see a man called Nguyen Kim Hua(Hoa) who was the best >friend of Ale Heinessen. Ale and Nguyen escaped from the empire for >another world and Ale Heinessen died by accident on the way. >"When they finally found the new world,it had already been more >than half a century "it said. Nguyen Kim Hua got old and was almost >blind. So,they were travelling more than 50 years! >And Nguyen looked very old. Then,how old was he when he left the >empire with Ale and other people? As he was Ale's best friend that >his age must have been similar to Ale(not sure though). >Then,he must have been around 30 year-old when he left the empire. >50 years later,he was around 80 year-old. >I don't say his life was common pattern. He kept on fighting and >he was really tired when he finished his journey. He might have looked >older than his age. But,still,he looked old enough at 80 years old. >As someone pointed,in LoGH,you don't see old looking people much, >(probably,they look young.) at least, they normally didn't live more >than 80 year-old if you say Gnuyen is the sample of 80 year-old man in >LoGH. Other people look much younger than he. >What do you think? > > Rikako > > > > > The life expectancy of Ancient Greece was 30-35, right? > > > > It's not uncommon to find people living until their 80's-90's today. My > > grandparents all made it to their 80's, I think my grandmother was 84 when > > she passed away. > > > > If I told someone in Ancient Greece that my grandmother lived until she was > > 84, they'd think I was crazy. > > > > Considering the medical and technological advances in LoGH, I think it > > wouldn't be uncommon to find eldery folks in the 120-130 range. > > > > > > Momopi > > > > ------Original Message------ > > From: jolan@home.com > > To: logh@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU > > Sent: December 13, 2000 11:35:38 PM GMT > > Subject: Re: [LoGH] Life expectancy > > > > > > According to the LoGH novels, the life expectancy should be 100. I forgot > > where in the novels I got this piece of information, but I am rather > > positive > > about this. > > > > "'Vejita' S. Cousin" wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Victor Xing wrote: > >> > > What do you think is the average life expectancy in LoGH universe? > >> > > >> > Should be around 50, due to constant warfare, poverty in outlying > > planets > >> > and high crime rate. > >> > >> But look at the technology they have (eg. replacement limbs), that > >> most of the population isn't actually fighting and the outlying planets > >> didn't look poor so much as rural. > >> I mean the world is pretty screwed up now and (in the USA) the life > >> expectancy is ~74. So I'm going to go with 90-100yrs old. > >> > >> Mind you, you almost never see any old people in LoGH :) > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com > > Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
While that is useful information, it is partially useful on life expectancy. 80 was/is considered old. Also, his group only had the emdical supplies avail;able when they left in their ships. And came from a barren effectively penal colony too.
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