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FLPanhandle

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6. One nice thing about being in my mid 50's is that I don't worry about this stuff anymore.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 02:31 PM

Jun 2016

My "time to tumor" for most carcinogens is probably longer than my planned lifespan.

So, forget the sunscreen, char me a steak on the grill, I'll pass on mask and gloves when handling chemicals, etc.

It's quite liberating.

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Study Shows Americans' Bodies Are Filled With Carcinogens [View all] marmar Jun 2016 OP

I wonder, if we had single-payer health insurance, ... surrealAmerican Jun 2016 #1

Good thought. Delmette Jun 2016 #2

And in other news - We're all dying. GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #3

A hundred years from now every single person who is now a DU member will be dead! Binkie The Clown Jun 2016 #4

Thus health and medicine are irrelevant. LanternWaste Jun 2016 #5

That's not what I said or meant. GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #7

One nice thing about being in my mid 50's is that I don't worry about this stuff anymore. FLPanhandle Jun 2016 #6

^This^ GoneOffShore Jun 2016 #8