Thanks John


[COLOR=black",serif][FONT="Comic Sans MS ] VERY INTERESTING!![/FONT][/COLOR]

Jeanne Louise Calment hadthe longest confirmed humanLifespan ::On modern record: 122 years and 164 days.

It seems that fatestrongly approved of the way Madam Calment lived her Life.

Jeanne was born in Arles,France, on 21st February 1875.

When The Eiffel Tower wasbuilt, she was 14 year old.
It was at this time thatshe met Vincent van Gogh."He was dirty, badlydressed and disagreeable,"
she recalled in an interview given In 1988.

When she was 85, she tookup fencing, and she was still riding on her bike when she reached 100.

When Jeanne was 114, shestarred in a film about her life; at 115 she had an Operation on her hip,
and at 117 she gave upsmoking (having started at the Age of 21 in 1896).

Apparently, she didn'tgive it up for health reasons, but because she didn't like having
to ask someone to help her light a cigarette once she was becomingalmost Blind.

In 1965, Jeanne was 90years old and had no heirs.

She signed a deal to sellher apartment to a 47-year-old lawyer called André-François Raffray.

He agreed to pay her amonthly sum of 2,500 francs on the condition that he
would inherit her apartment after she died.

However, Raffraynot only ended up paying Jeanne for 30 years,but died before she did at the Age of 77.

His widow was legallyobliged to continue paying Madam Calment until the end of Her days.

Jeanne retained sharpmental faculties.

When she was asked on her120th birthday what kind of future she expected to have,
she replied: "A very short one."

Quotes And rules of lifefrom Jeanne Calment:

"Being Young is astate of mind, it doesn't depend on one's body, I'm actually still A younggirl;
it's just that I haven'tlooked so good for the past 70 Years."

"I've Only got onewrinkle, and I'm sitting on it."

"All Babies arebeautiful."

"I've Been forgottenby our good lord."

"I'm In love withwine."

"Always Keep yoursmile. That's how I explain my long life."

"If You can't changesomething, don't worry about it."

"I have a hugedesire to live and a big appetite, especially for Sweets."

"I never wearmascara; I laugh until I cry too often."

"I see badly, I hearbadly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine."

"I think I will dieof laughter."

"I have legs ofiron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle abit."

"I took pleasurewhen I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm verylucky."

(At the end of oneinterview, in response to a journalist who said he hoped they would meet againthe following year):

"Why Not? You're not that old; you'llstill be here."