― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Every. Second. Post. (ipsofacto), Wednesday, 21 July 2004 23:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 21 July 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Thursday, 22 July 2004 00:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 22 July 2004 00:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 22 July 2004 01:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Thursday, 22 July 2004 01:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 22 July 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 22 July 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 22 July 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 22 July 2004 12:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 22 July 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 22 July 2004 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Truckdrivin' Buddha (Rock Hardy), Friday, 22 July 2005 12:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― geyser muffler and a quarter (Dave225), Friday, 22 July 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Happy birthday!
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy Birthday!!!!!
― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― estela (estela), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:35 (seventeen years ago) link
has grandma been through a metal dectector lately? my brother gets bleeps every time he does and they finally worked out it was from all the milk hes drunk over the years doing something to his bones that sets the detector off. last time he went through US airport security they called him 'milk boy'.
― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link
(Financial situation much improved the last few months, btw)
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:44 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 12:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 19:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 21 July 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 21 July 2006 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 21 July 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Nunca Llueve (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― luna (luna.c), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link
Thank you all! For maximum comedy laffs, imagine me telling her at lunch today that a bunch of people I know from the internet wished her a happy birthday.
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Friday, 21 July 2006 21:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 21 July 2006 23:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 22 July 2006 01:10 (seventeen years ago) link
― emilys. (emilys.), Saturday, 22 July 2006 05:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Saturday, 22 July 2006 05:08 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 22 July 2006 11:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― killy (baby lenin pin), Saturday, 22 July 2006 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:34 (seventeen years ago) link
By one account she is 111 years old: an uncle gave her birth year as 1895 in the 1900 census, but everybody's pretty sure he just misspoke. All other accounts have her born on 23 July 1896. She doesn't have a birth certificate, so the best document on hand is her marriage license.
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 23 July 2006 13:51 (seventeen years ago) link
you know, i feel all old turning 30 later this year but your grandmother was 30 in 1926. and she's lived through everything that's happened since 1926. that makes me feel very young.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 23 July 2006 13:58 (seventeen years ago) link
sucks to be a jai alai playing cruise ship director with a passion for flying experimental aircraft. my main passions are ice cream, old records, and staring at party pictures in old town & country magazines. i'm good to go! as long as my motor skills, hearing, and eyesight hold out.
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 23 July 2006 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 23 July 2006 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link
gah! my most hated number = 111 but, still, WOW.
― sunny successor, Monday, 23 July 2007 15:32 (sixteen years ago) link
!!!
Happy Birthday!
― Michael White, Monday, 23 July 2007 15:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Happy birthday!! x
― luna, Monday, 23 July 2007 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
DV, you may be thinking of my Aunt Katie, who went to Alaska in the summer and came back and said "they got mosquitoes up there big enough to fuck a turkey." I think I've mentioned her in the secret club newsletter.
Thank you all! They're having cake and ice cream for her today at the nursing home, and I'm so buried in work I may not be able to go. All three of her children are still alive -- my mother is her youngest, and will turn 75 in two months.
― Rock Hardy, Monday, 23 July 2007 15:55 (sixteen years ago) link
WOW!
According to this she is the 61st oldest person in the entire world! http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM
Happy birthday!!!
― onimo, Monday, 23 July 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Yep, after I contacted them, the GRG people did the legwork in confirming her age so we didn't have to. I looked at the site a couple of weeks ago and she was #62 -- no surprises at all when names drop off the list...
It's weird, she's been really old all my life, and I'm into freakin' middle age! It's going to be very weird when she passes.
― Rock Hardy, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Best birthday wishes to your grandma, Rock! Getting to 111 and *still* enjoying cake and ice cream - surely an example to us all.
― rener, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
rock hardy's grandmother's birthday >>>>>>>>> ghost rider's birthday
― max, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to post on her facebook wall
That is amazing. 1896! She'd remember a time before email even... Congratulations to her!
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh my LORD! Hats off you your Gram! Rock Hardy, you 43-year-old, you are a green twig on your family tree.
― Beth Parker, Monday, 23 July 2007 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Remember how we used to think that there were all these super-centenarians living in Soviet Georgia? It turned out to be a scam perpetuated by Stalin. He had people use their grandparents' birth certificates. Why? To bolster the nonexistent Soviet tourism industry? COME SEE ALL THE REALLY OLD PEOPLE DRINKING VODKA BEFORE BREAKFAST!!!!!
― Beth Parker, Monday, 23 July 2007 22:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Congrats on your granma's continuing rude health and awesomeness Rock :D I am always pleased when you update us on her, she sounds fab :)
― Trayce, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 09:49 (sixteen years ago) link
World's Oldest Person Dies
Hey Rock Hardy, your grandma just moved up a notch!
― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Dammit Beth, don't make me lol at people's deaths! It's bad karma!
She's up to #58 on the big board, so there must've been several deaths in the last three weeks. She had a checkup a couple of weeks ago and the doctor said her heart's fine, respiration's fine, circulation and BP are fine...she could go to sleep tonight and not wake up, or she could live for years.
The GRG is taking a more active interest in her. They asked my mother to help them conduct a phone interview with her -- the answer to just about every question was "well, I don't remember."
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:39 (sixteen years ago) link
She's sneaking out at night to kill the competition.
― Beth Parker, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:45 (sixteen years ago) link
GRANNY ASSASSIN
"Some skills they don't teach at the home."
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Rue McClanahan will have to play her in the movie version; Estelle Getty couldn't nail the accent.
― Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 02:54 (sixteen years ago) link
To be fair to Stalin (ahem) age overstatement was common in Russia way before he took over. It's all to do with getting the perks of being the elder of the village.
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 06:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Probably not just Russia either. Wasn't there some Japanese island where they claimed to have a disproportionate number of centenarians?
― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 06:55 (sixteen years ago) link
a belated happy birthday to rock hardy's grandmother!!
― Eisbaer, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 07:40 (sixteen years ago) link
I was afraid to scroll down! But no, all is well. Wow.
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 07:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Top 50!
― onimo, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Wow, August and Sept. have been tough on ol' Table E.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 12:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Uh, it's very weird that Onimo revived this today. Later this morning, a little while after I posted, my mom called to tell me that my grandmother has been hospitalized with a slightly irregular heartbeat. She's resting comfortably and cheerfully, but, y'know, y'know?
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Best wishes to her.
― kv_nol, Thursday, 27 September 2007 12:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Seconded, all the best
― Matt, Thursday, 27 September 2007 12:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry to be a jinx RH :(
Yes, best wishes to her.
― onimo, Thursday, 27 September 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Nooo! You didn't jinx anything! It's cool that there are internet pals out there who have my granny in their thoughts even when it's not her birthday.
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 27 September 2007 12:50 (sixteen years ago) link
happy birthday to me! It's my 31st b/day today (it's already the 28th here)
― gem, Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:30 (sixteen years ago) link
props to your gran too of course
― gem, Thursday, 27 September 2007 23:41 (sixteen years ago) link
You guys, after 4,000,000,000+ beats her heart just gave out. She died peacefully in her sleep this morning, age 111 years and 85 days.
― Rock Hardy, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 18:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh no, I'm really sorry to hear this.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:22 (sixteen years ago) link
That's amazing. I don't whether that calls for condolences or applause.
― kenan, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
OTM, that.
― Madchen, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Very sorry to hear the news, R. H. Good to know it was peaceful -- my grandma passed the same way, and I was always thankful for that.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm sorry to hear this, too. I don't visit ilx often, but the last time I did I read about your amazing gran. Take care.
― Zoe Espera, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm so sorry to hear about her passing. She must have been amazing. 111 years old!
― Sara R-C, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I was reading the wikipedia recent deaths page (as I do, I'm a sicko, I know) and I recognised her name. Condolences, and RIP to the former oldest Mississippian.
― Mark C, Thursday, 25 October 2007 16:04 (sixteen years ago) link
My condolences, Rock.
― Michael White, Thursday, 25 October 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks, everybody. As you might imagine, it was the most cheerful funeral I've ever been to.
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 25 October 2007 16:49 (sixteen years ago) link
did she ever tell you stories about growing up?
― and what, Thursday, 25 October 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Not too many, sorry to say. She was already stone deaf by the time I reached my 20s and was interested in old-folks stories; it was a chore to scream an extended conversation with her.
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 25 October 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Aw man so sorry RH :(
4 billion heartbeats though! It's kind of amazing to think on the changes she lived through.
RIP Delphia Spencer Hankins, you earned it.
― onimo, Thursday, 25 October 2007 19:32 (sixteen years ago) link
My mom's older brother (now 95) is in town for a couple of days and I met up for dinner with him, his (retired) daughters, my parents and a few of their friends. Good to see Uncle Toby again, though his memory is going. Anyway, it made me think of this thread.
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Saturday, 8 October 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/25/salustiano-sanchez-blazquez-worlds-oldest-man_n_3651467.html
The passing of an era -- the world's oldest man is now someone who was born in the 20th century, not the 19th. (There are still eight 19th-C women at the top of the list though.)
― schlock corridor (WilliamC), Thursday, 25 July 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
My grandmother's eldest, my mother's brother, turned 100 today. Not doing well in mind or body, but he hit triple digits for what that's worth. That old Hankins longevity gene.
― Phlegm Snopes (WilliamC), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 03:21 (eight years ago) link
Wait ,how old was gramma when she had him, then?
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 03:34 (eight years ago) link
Nineteen, a proper age for marryin' and childbearin' in Mississippi in 1915.
― Phlegm Snopes (WilliamC), Wednesday, 9 December 2015 03:48 (eight years ago) link
― Phlegm Snopes (WilliamC), Tuesday, December 8, 2015 9:21 PM (one year ago)
Uncle Toby made it to 101 and a bit, but passed on a couple of days ago.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Saturday, 18 March 2017 19:34 (seven years ago) link