Helen Granier
Helen Granier, of Palm Harbor, attributes her longevity to a life of drinking, smoking and staying out late.
She celebrated her 105th birthday Friday with close friends at the Coral Oaks Independent Living Facility, where she has lived for nine years.
'I never expected to live this long,' Helen told WTSP. 'No one in my family ever did. I don't know [what the secret is]!'
Helen Granier celebrated her 105th birthday on Friday with her closest friends
Helen spent the day reminiscing about her younger days, telling stories and laughing about the good times.
'I used to drink beer, and I smoked, and everything. I stayed out late, you know, dancing, and then I would go to work,' she said.
The widow recalled her love for gambling and joked that it wasn't until her husband had died that she fulfilled her dream of going to Las Vegas.
'[My husband] wouldn't take me to Vegas, because he knew I liked to gamble. Oh, I loved to play the slot machines. So I went to Las Vegas after he passed,' she said.
Helen has quite the impressive memory and says she even recalls the First World War.
She said: 'I remember the First World War. I guess I was only three or four, but I remember my uncle came home to see my mother, who was sick' with tuberculosis.
Though she may not have the doctor-recommended formula for longevity, we may all be able to take some tips from Helen.
That's another think that our generation was supposedly faulted for - no respect for our elders when we grew our hair long - and it was a BS charge.
Now, however, the wisdom of age is ignored, and "new ideas of fairness" (in true fairness called P.C. discrimination against the people who made this all possible). The respect for the wisdom one gains from life's experiences, as found in most SOTT comments is currently spat at by the MSM-spoon-fed, dumbed down masses of idiots, who are, as intended by the PTB, always wishing for More Government and more laws.
R.C.
*And they're the same idiots who believe that the PTB doesn't exist! That history is a series of accidents. If you note that FDR said "In politics, nothing happens by accident.", they will reply: "Who was FDR?"
RC