My mum fears that she'd never die
She's 64 now and healthier than me.

Strong as a bull, though pretty slim when young. Summers, she sleeps outside. On winter, she sleeps with the door/window cracked "to get some fresh air".

My wife, kid and I were pretty sick with the flu this December so we asked her to come (she lives 300 kilometers) to take care of the child. When I got slightly better I decided I needed to take the car out of the snow to buy some stuff. Cue mother, digging my car from under 50 centimeters of snow in 10 minutes. With bare hands and a small broom, because I can't be arsed to buy a shovel like any other human being. Then she pushed the car out of the snow covered parking with me conveniently sitting inside, at the wheel. I have never felt so powerless in my whole life.

The best part was last summer when she announced me that she has broken her hand after slipping down from a tree, picking cherries at 38 fucking degrees Celsius, 5 meters above the ground. She didn't want to go to the hospital in the beginning, being too ashamed to claim attention to herself.
(randomset, Sun 14 Feb 2010, 18:20, 3 replies)

I think she may be right!

( Jimbuktu See? Right here, Sun 14 Feb 2010, 21:09, closed)

pretty slim when young. Summers, she
That's where I did a double take because I thought it was a reference to Ann Summers.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Sun 14 Feb 2010, 21:35, closed)

Mine is 80 and still walks three miles a day.
She and Dad do this together most days, as it's excellent cardiovascular exercise to walk three miles in less than an hour and very low impact on the joints. I think until about two years ago Dad still could have beaten me to death. I'm pretty sure that Mom still could.

I seem to have inherited their iron constitution- it's been a couple of years since I had anything worse than a day's worth of feeling crappy with a cold. I recently got a deep bite on my hand from a cat, and after three days of not being able to make a fist I'm now almost completely back to normal.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Sun 14 Feb 2010, 22:44, closed)