1. Another gorgeous day here in New York with temperatures predicted to be in the fifties all week long. the sun is shining. There is no wind and Melody celebrated by going over the fence again this morning. She does it every so often. to keep me on my toes. She likes to come around to the front door and wait for me to let her back in. 2. Jack is beaming from ear to ear cause his team OKLAHOMA is going to the Orange Bowl to knock the socks off USC. My god his team has got Moses and Lance and Antonio and Brown not to mention JASON WHITE. You have to understand it was a family conflict as my cousin Dave is Colorados Assist coach but actually Colorado did well to get to the Big 12 Championship game. Its the toughest league in College Football. Who the hell is USC but some guy named Reggie. 3. Personally I enjoyed watching The Army Navy game. I watch it every year. I am a navy fan so the win was satisfying but i think the all over record is pretty even. Anyway its a really clea n game. No solicited players. No special privileges for athletes. No athletic scholarships. Everyone is on Scholarship there and the players are playing for the honor of the service. Philadelphia hosts two games every year. THE PENN CORNELL game and one week later ARMY NAVY...by the way Harvard was undefeated this year wonder if they will get any Bowl bids. 4.The discussion on longevity is very interesting. I do suspect however that what is living longer is veterinary medicine. in order to truly study longevity in animals one has to go to studying multiple births. the septuplets have two children with health problems. the original dionne quints had two who were weaker then the others.even in twins one twin is usually stronger then the other.In the animal kingdom multiples are there to insure survival.Among people 100 years ago huge families were the norm because they had to work the farms and businesses. some would not survive and children were property and added to the fami lies wealth.In some cultures where polygamy existed some men had up to a hundred wives and several hundred children. in some parts of the world they still do.anyway people are living longer now thanks to advances in medicine. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================