[Oldsarge]

I was going to try and find a polite way of pointing that out. Before we get all drippily nostalgic over "the good old days" perhaps a quiet look at the actuarial tables of past generations might be educational. In spite of the media's hysteria over every little problem they can blow out of proportion, we live longer than ever before . . . in spite of the "obesity epidemic", Mad Cow Disease, SARS, Avian flu or (fill in the blank here). Now eat your vegetables, drink your red wine and go outside and play.