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If medical science could predict, with accuracy, the probable date of your death would you want to know?

Len do you wear a sandwich board when you go out for a walk........ ????? :-))))))))))))))))))))))))

What a funny question. Maybe as Didder says if we knew we could take out loans, but other wise I am not sure. I shall have to think about that one. It would be good to be able to sort everything out in advance.

YESSSSS!!! i'd have time of my life,running up hotel bills,living the high life all in a fake name!!! LOL!!

I agree with Christine, Too much stress involved! Who would cook the meals and take care of the family? I would rather not know! Lindy ;-))))))))))

No way. That would just make you think too much about everything you did from that moment on. No it happens when it happens.

Diddler and Hays What if they got it wrong lol scientist are ony human after all....

Lady lib,then i'd be up s... creek..LOL!

Well you can find out the likely life expectancy, but that means nothing. I read The Time Travellers Wife recently, although it was fiction, I think it shows quite clearly its best not to know what lies in the future. nell

Esmeralda - I've just had a chance of watching Esther Rantzen's documentary 'How to have a good death' which I recorded a week or two ago. Very thought-provoking, particularly as my 'use by' date is long gone. len

Len - I really believe we all have a 'use by' date stamped on us on the day we are born and its up to us whether we reach it or not by what sort of lives we lead!! I am defo not going to reach mine but I'll have had fun getting to it!! xx

Personally, I wouldn,t want to know but lets think about this for a moment. Wouldn,t it make the world a nicer place to live in? People would live life to the fullest, not wasting precious time on silly quarrels or hatreds. Also, would there be any senseless murders or wars? All we,d have to do is check on peoples 'sell by date' and know when we,d be shut of them.

Going off on a tangent slightly ............ Our Home Library Service, that delivers to the elderly in residential homes, has just had a lot of new large print books delivered ............. amongst them was a novel called 'A Well Pressed Shroud' ..............???????? Now that's well prepared!!!!!!! :-)))))))))))))))) ps. that won't apply to me ............ don't do ironing!!!!!!!!!!

Len, So old you must have heard it before. My dad knew exactly when he was going to die - the judge told him. Happy days

My dad always said that the only sure thing in life is, that one day opticians and undertakers get us all eventually, I’ve had my glasses for the last 6 years, so not long now? Roy

So if I don't go for my eye test will I live forever???????? :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) .............. but then again if I do I will see what's coming!!!!!!!!!

Esmeralda, Sorry the answer is NO, as you will get run over by that BUS that you could not SEE :-(( coming Roy

Bit of a no win situation then ........... :-((((((((((((((((((

I'm not going to die. I am going to be the first of the immortals :0)

Marie .............. I was told by an active person in their nineties that it's too long to live ................ friends and partner gone and younger generations going before them just leaves you sad and lonely (and frustrated coz the brain gives you the will but the body can't keep up!) ............... ............... Basically I was told to live life to the full whilst I'm fit enough to enjoy it! :-)))))))))))))))))))))