World's oldest living man at 111

Fish and chips every Friday 😋 Mind you, he hiked a lot when he was young. Does a daily walk round the cul-de-sac count ?

I remember meeting a 104 yr old man when I was on a school trip. He had been in the first world war and had many stories about rural life in Ontario Canada. He told a story of coming across a she-bear in the woods that grabbed him, and as he told it, he grabbed me and spun me around the room! I was about 17 at the time.

He attributed his well being to a shot of whisky every morning.

I think generally it is down to genetics and perhaps a little bit of luck. When you read about people who reach such a great age, there doesn't seem to be any common denominator. They rarely cite extraordinary lifestyles or diets. It's usually attributed to something like a tot of rum a day or sausage and mash! One thing they do often have in common though is a long and happy marriage.

Good for him, he looks happy enough. While life is still enjoyable I hope he carries on.

My daughter’s husband’s grandma lived to be 108. She was in the news on her birthday, as spritely as ever. Long marriage and a respected member of part of her particular community.

When I was teaching nursing practicum recently, one of my students had a patient who was 97 years old and a man. He had JUST this winter hired out his snow shovelling - and given that we live in Canada and we are about 6 hours' drive from the border we get a fair bit of snow! Prior to this year he had been doing all of the shovelling HIMSELF!