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106-year-old woman stays young with positivity, Fireball whiskey
UPI ^ | December 18, 2001 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 12/18/2024 9:02:23 AM PST by Red Badger

Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A woman who celebrated her 106th birthday at her retirement home in Ohio credited her long life to a positive attitude -- and a love of Fireball whiskey.

Florence Hackman, who was nicknamed "Fireball Flo" after her love of the liquor led to the manufacturer sending her complimentary bottles and merchandise for her 105th birthday, turned 106 Monday at the Traditions of Deerfield senior living facility in Loveland.

"I just try to be nice to people and try to go one day at a time -- that's all," Hackman said in a post on the Traditions of Deerfield Facebook page. "If you get that one day in, then you can go on to the next one. So that's what you've got to do -- one day at a time -- think what I've got to do today. You've got to keep moving as long as you can."

The retirement home said Hackman still attends daily happy hours with her friends and closely follows her favorite sports team, the Cincinnati Bengals.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: rotgut
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To: Red Badger

I love that stuff! But I don’t drink it enough. Just once in a while.


21 posted on 12/18/2024 9:51:25 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: rlmorel

I’ve never had it with Coke. I don’t drink soda anymore. However, if you drink a shot straight up, it works pretty quickly to get things going. Chase it with your favorite beverage (non-alcoholic drinks work fine, even water). A little goes a long way.


22 posted on 12/18/2024 9:59:36 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Red Badger

Fireball is pretty tasty. 😏


23 posted on 12/18/2024 10:14:20 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve never tried the stuff, and now I’m curious. Mostly bourbon for me. Always said, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy”.


24 posted on 12/18/2024 10:27:47 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

It has a cinnamon flavor.........


25 posted on 12/18/2024 10:33:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

As long as it’s not too sweet, I’d give it a try. Does it come in glass bottles?


26 posted on 12/18/2024 10:40:43 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

I don’t think much liquor comes in glass any more. All the bottles I find in my yard are plastic............................


27 posted on 12/18/2024 10:43:33 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Oh, sure. The good stuff does, but you have to buy a larger bottle. “ All the bottles I find in my yard are plastic”. Damn, I hate that. We have about 600 ft. frontage on a rural road, no sidewalks, but steep ditches. Always picking trash out of the ditches and on our lawn. Pigs everywhere. Tequila, Corona and Modesto bottles and cans. Tell you something?


28 posted on 12/18/2024 10:59:29 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: Omnivore-Dan

Si.......................


29 posted on 12/18/2024 11:12:17 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Omnivore-Dan

“I’ve never tried the stuff,”

You don’t have to if you remember Red Hots.

It is a fairly decent throat medicine.


30 posted on 12/18/2024 11:13:32 AM PST by odawg
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To: FamiliarFace

LOL, even by itself, IIRC, it is a pretty sweet liquor!


31 posted on 12/18/2024 12:49:13 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: rlmorel

Yes, it is pretty sweet. Carries a punch at 100 proof. We keep a bottle on hand most of the time.

We first discovered it after we could no longer find Jeremiah Weed Bourbon liqueur, also 100 proof. I think they stopped making that, and anyway, I couldn’t find it anymore.

It was commonly found near USAF bases. Fighter pilot lore as I understand it. When we wanted to celebrate something special, we would have a small shot of JW as a toast to whatever the event was.


32 posted on 12/18/2024 1:46:25 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: odawg

The candy Red Hots? I used to love those when I was a kid.


33 posted on 12/18/2024 4:11:09 PM PST by Omnivore-Dan
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To: FamiliarFace

Hahahaha...I drink so rarely now-I kind of miss it! It does provide social lubrication when everyone is drinking.

Now, I don’t have the energy for it!


34 posted on 12/18/2024 6:05:22 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: rlmorel

Well, the 106 year old woman still has a nip every evening. Maybe we could learn something from her! (Though, personally, I think genetics has a lot to do with her longevity.) ;)


35 posted on 12/18/2024 6:33:48 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: Omnivore-Dan; Red Badger

I can get it in glass bottles where I live (Indiana), if I wanted it.


36 posted on 12/18/2024 6:47:21 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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