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SubTitle: Sourdough
Posted by: DAN BLAINE (100.53680@germanynet.de) on 5/25/1998@10:02hrs:
The following is anecdote from yesterday's Anchorage Daily News:
HOMER-Clarence "Poopdeck" Platt has a routine that he said kept him alive for so long. It includes exercise, a daily regimen of vitamins and minerals...about 25pills a day...and hitting the dance floor of the Elks Club.
On May17, Platt, known to all as Poopdeck, turned 94. And he invited the whole town of Homer to get down and party with him at the local Elks club.
"I never really learned to dance." he said. "I do one these hippie-types where you just jump up and down and wiggle your butt."
The former commercial fisherman rises with the sun and goes for an hour-long swim before working on his quarter acre garden. Later, he'll monitor the stock market until it closes down at midday.
During his lifetime, Poopdeck has lost a wife and a daughter to cancer and a son to a drowning accident while fishing. He's been to all seven continents, he's fought in the South Pacific, and driven to Alaska in a ramshackle pickup when there was barely a road to follow.
"I take life pretty easy." he said. "I'm staying in shape and working hard so I can drunk and go dancing on my 100th birthday."
So what the hell does all this have to do with SI? Nothing, except we've probably all known few SIder's out there just like "Poopdeck." If you know a SI'der (or anyone), post their story...I'd love to hear it!
DBLIVIT reporting to you from "Gwenny's Old Time Alaskan Restaurant and Former Bordello"...Anchorage, Alaska