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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:00 AM
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How much time do you have left until.....

....Your engine siezes......the engine being you. My own guess is 20 to 30 years.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 07:12 AM
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Many Many factors to try and figure that one out!
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:11 PM
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This engine is gonna go on and on and on. Like the energizer bunny.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:11 PM
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Well I change the oil & filter every 2000 miles and never seized a Ford motor. Well GM we won,t talk about them
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:17 PM
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I'm thinking ,hopefully,20 more years.But then again,you never really know.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:31 PM
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When I forget to change my oil.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 04:43 PM
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Most likely when I catch up financially and with my work load...
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:09 PM
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The engine will be 52 this year. Hope to get at least 30 more years out of it. Never know though. Being a firefighter the motor could seize at any time.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:50 PM
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who knows. my father didnt expect to live to 28. hes 61 years old now.

honestly... in the world we live in now, ill be suprised to live to 28 also.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 06:22 PM
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Geez,this one is hard to answer,for one with the advances we are seeing in medicine,who knows,but on the other hand,quality of life becomes an issue,I watched both of my grandparents live well into their 90`s,both needing nursing for the last 5 or so years of it,so if they tell me,ya we can help you live to 150,but can not improve on things like alzimers or bone density,I think I would rather ck out at about 80 or 85,so that I dont make my children suffer like my parents did,but then again who knows what medical science will discover next.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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I plan on keeping my engine running for many more years. I finally found the love of my life a year and a half ago and I want to stay with her for about fifty more years- that would make me 88, BTW. I hope that having something to look forward to helps the engine keep running.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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I'm not sure when I'll seize up, but the way I feel most days it probably won't be long. As it is right now, I'm in shock at the new forum look and think I've spun a bearing. I guess that's what happens when ya don't stop in for a week.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 09:32 PM
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WELL lets just say that the jackhammer has 300 plus pounds per square inch an if i find a nice big three engine to fix it could probably be a while yet......
 
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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Maybe this will help answer your questions www.deathclock.com it told me Ill live to be 98 so ive got a little over 80 more years till I go to the junkyard In the sky.
 
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