157 year old woman.

[Jas0n]

JAKARTA - ESTIMATES of the size and composition of Indonesia's booming population may remain just that despite an ongoing census, if the 'discovery' of a 157-year-old woman is anything to go by.

Census officials have said they believe the woman's claims to have been born in 1853, when Giuseppe Verdi's 'La Traviata' debuted in Venice, the Crimean War erupted and San Francisco got its first street signs at intersections.

'There's no authentic data to prove her age but judging from her statements and the age of her adopted daughter, who's now 108 years old, it's difficult to doubt it,' statistics bureau official Jhonny Sardjono said on Monday.

The only person verified to have lived past 120 years of age was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 at the age of 122.

South Sumatran villager Turinah would be fully 25 years older than Calment when she died, according to officials. Even more incredible, she still works around the house and has smoked clove cigarettes all her life, Mr Sardjono said.

'Despite her age she still has an incredible memory, clear sight and has no hearing problems. She speaks Dutch quite fluently,' he added. Indonesia was a Dutch colony for hundreds of years until 1945. He said Turinah burnt all her identification documents to avoid being linked to an alleged communist coup in 1965. -- AFP

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_536755.html

Discuss O.O

 

[Rocker32703]

That doesn't sound... right. I'm calling bull, to be honest.

 

[Rawburt]

Wow, her and her adopted daughter are both past their 100's.

I'd hate to live that old.

 

[kalinn]

That's crazy!

And I agree with Rawb. I would never want to get that old...

 

[Pokeman]

i believe it, a lot of people lived past their hundreds, their could be people older

 

[Ron Ronaldo]

Sounds a little questionable to me (especially the burnt documents), but kudos to her if she actually is that old! 8D

It'd be awesome to live that long if you could stay in such good shape.

 

[Jas0n]

Sounds a little questionable to me (especially the burnt documents), but kudos to her if she actually is that old! 8D

It'd be awesome to live that long if you could stay in such good shape.

I agree, imagine all the things you could have witnessed in 157 years.. it would be amazing.

 

[Fabioisonfire]

Well, there are billions of Indians, one of them is bound to live a long ass time.

 

[Kyel]

I agree, imagine all the things you could have witnessed in 157 years.. it would be amazing.

that just blew my mind xD

 

[Rocketman]

That'd be awesome to live that long. Think of all the things that you could see, all the things that would change from childhood to elderly days. That's double the lifespan on an average human, so middle aged would be 75.

 

[Bacon Boy]

I think it'd suck to personally live that long. The many sleepless nights... @_@.

 

[Rocketman]

I think it'd suck to personally live that long. The many sleepless nights... @_@.

Well, and all your friends would die, but you'd also have your family. Then again, you could live longer than your children. Then you'd also have the ailment of just being old, age.

 

[Kyel]

I would do whatever I want, who is gonna arrest a 157 year old ?

 

[Genji]

WOW!!! Is there a picture of her?

 

[Ricano]

Why would you want to outlive your family members?

 

[Mino]

It's also funny to think about the fact that the coup that the article talks about was when she was well past 100 already.

Also, I've heard that with our rate of advancement in medicine, half of the people alive today will reach 100 years old. Or something like that.

 

[100]

I'm going to pull a Kurt Cobain if I'm not dead by 90.

 

[Jarv156]

That'd be awesome to live that long. Think of all the things that you could see, all the things that would change from childhood to elderly days. That's double the lifespan on an average human, so middle aged would be 75.

Think about the care you're going to need and how you would be unable to do anything. Being REALLY old would IMO suck.

 

[muffun]

I couldn't live that long even if I wanted to... I mean eventually I'd get tired of living. ;c

 

[Nic]

I kill myself before that age.