Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall

Perhaps, but she might have felt pretty healthy then. Things change fast when you get to that age.

I'm glad she's doing better. She's powered by more willpower than an army of Green Lanterns.

Depends on the individual. My grandmother's best friend lived to be 106. She was born so poor she never had enough to eat; it stunted her growth. As I found out was traditional among poor women of Irish descent, she had all her teeth extracted before her wedding, because dental care was expensive and she didn't want to burden her husband...it was her gift to him.

Her husband died when she was in her 50s. Her only son died of a coronary when she was in her 60s. She lived alone in a small Sunset Park, Brooklyn apartment until she was 95. Went to church, did volunteer work, was always in frail health. But at 95 she decided "I was tired of doing me own housework, sure," and checked herself into a nursing home. Because she was still ambulatory, she volunteered on Sundays to "Push the old people in their wheelchairs to the chapel so they can go to Mass."

She died in her sleep at 106. Attitude? She had a tradition. She loved to knit (kept her hands free of arthritis) and she loved mystery novels. But she never finished anything before she went to bed. She'd leave the last few rows she was knitting, or the last chapter of the novel, until the next day. "That way," she used to say, "God will keep me alive until I finish."

She was a little forgetful in the last few years. Her medical history was against her, but she had guts.

She was born so poor she never had enough to eat; it stunted her growth. As I found out was traditional among poor women of Irish descent, she had all her teeth extracted before her wedding, because dental care was expensive and she didn't want to burden her husband...it was her gift to him.

yeah a toothless dwarf - the full package! I think these days you have to get a North Korean bride to rival that.

Way to lose the message. She wasn't a dwarf. She was a tiny little person of about 5'1" and tougher than you with all your workouts will ever be. But thanks for playing.

Way to miss a joke. Quick question - does your thin skin allow you to walk in front of the TV and not upset anyone else trying to watch it?

I'm cool with TV but, like you, I give off enough static to change a radio station by walking past the radio.

Radio? I thought you were still in the habit of calling it a "wireless."

That's because you've been sucked into @Tamar and @Sokar's mythology of "garamet is ooooooold" mystique. Where are my chief trolls today? Think about it.

FWIW, RBG is almost old enough to be my mother. "Old" is a troll the WF fraidycats use when they have no rebuttal.

Something about @garamet's grandmother's friend living to 106 being unprecedented for the 16th century.

16th Century AD or BC?

Yes.

She's back to work and doing fine.

https://people.com/politics/ruth-bader-ginsburg-returns-work-trump-comments/

I heard her family emigrated from Themyscira.

Her visit to the hospital after the fall revealed two cancerous nodules in her lung, which have now been removed. So in fact, the fall was a good thing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46652345

I hope she makes a quick recovery from the operation.

She's survived two previous surgeries. And she voted against Donnie Smallhands' latest immigration shenanigans from the hospital.

She'll be dead inside of another six months, and then the Trumpinator will get SCOTUS pick #3.

Based on what this post suggests about your character, I'd say you're in the running.

Trump will most likely get a third pick and Chuck Schumer will make an even bigger crybaby fest than with Kavanaugh. He’d be wise to pick a woman.

Did you know her?

Aren't they hysterical?

Racist!

Picking a conservative woman definitely short circuits all the #metoo garbage, but the real coup would be to pick a conservative black woman, which refutes the "Trump = racist" narrative.

Condaliza Rice FTW.