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Belarus Woman Celebrates 116th Birthday
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| 4 May 04
| YURAS KARMANAU
Posted on 05/05/2004 9:48:43 AM PDT by churchillbuff
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Am I imagining things, or do these "oldest people" always turn out to be women?
To: churchillbuff
As to diet, Barysevich prefers simple village food: homemade sausages, pork fat, milk and bread.
That's it -- No more swearing off pork fat.
To: churchillbuff
As to diet, Barysevich prefers simple village food: homemade sausages, pork fat, milk and bread. Sure hope PETA reads this...they'll issue a press release claiming she's shortening her life.
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:52:11 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(My posts are full of ironic sarcasm. Or sarcastic irony. Whatever'll keep you from gettin' PO'd.)
To: churchillbuff
No, not always. But they do on average live longer.
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:52:29 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Freedom isn't free)
To: TheBigB
Barysevich lived through the Bolshevik Revolution, two world wars and the collapse of the Soviet Union. The worst period for her was the reign of dictator Josef Stalin: Her husband Ippolit was declared an "enemy of the people" for allegedly harming the collective farm, arrested and taken to Siberia. He was never heard from again.
She survived Stalin and communism. Unfortunately, her husband didn't.
To: Coop
Her husband Ippolit was declared an "enemy of the people" for allegedly harming the collective farm, arrested and taken to Siberia. He was never heard from again.
We need a "Schindler's List" movie that reminds the world about Stalin's victims.
To: churchillbuff
Am I imagining things, or do these "oldest people" always turn out to be women? Consider that men her age would have had to survive at least one world war, plus local revolutions that happen all over the world.
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:55:10 AM PDT
by
Preachin'
(Democrats are liars...)
To: churchillbuff
She's had an eventful life, hasn't she? She saw Lenin set up the Soviet Union and she saw that country come down 74 years later. Here's to another 116.;)
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:55:26 AM PDT
by
WinOne4TheGipper
(DUers are God's warning to the rest of us.)
To: churchillbuff
For her birthday, she hoped for a raise in her monthly pension, equal to about $50, and a chance to go to a Catholic church for confession.
Confession at 116? Holy Hanna!
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:55:29 AM PDT
by
eastsider
To: churchillbuff
If pork fat and sausages are the fuel that keeps her going, I'm headed off to Bob Evans.
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posted on
05/05/2004 9:59:53 AM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: eastsider
Confession at 116? Holy Hanna!
You do wonder what a 116-year-old woman would need to confess.
To: WinOne4TheGipper
She saw Lenin set up the Soviet Union and she saw that country come down 74 years later.
That's the neatest thing about this article - - she outlived Lenin, Stalin and the other power-mad people who took over her country and thought they were gods.
To: churchillbuff
Too bad GOP policies are designed to kill her...
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:10:03 AM PDT
by
Guillermo
("Oh yeah? Well if you do it again, I'm gonna have only one word for you: 'Outta here.'" - Paul Sr.)
To: churchillbuff
:) That is sort of nice to know.
To: churchillbuff
Am I imagining things, or do these "oldest people" always turn out to be women?Women live longer because their nagging drives men to early graves. ;^)
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:11:57 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(...victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be...)
To: churchillbuff
Helen Thomas' younger sister?
To: churchillbuff
You do wonder what a 116-year-old woman would need to confess.
Kinda gives me hope : )
To: churchillbuff
As to diet, Barysevich prefers simple village food: homemade sausages, pork fat, milk and bread. I figured she would have ate Dannon Yogurt.
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:16:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: churchillbuff
wow, i am going to be old too!! same diet if pork fat equals pork rinds.
To: churchillbuff
I wonder why a 116-year old woman would WANT to confess!
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posted on
05/05/2004 10:31:29 AM PDT
by
NCPAC
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