On Tue, 14 Feb 1995, Steve Chambers wrote:
> These questions were posed to me the other day:
>> A well-preserved 70 year old man presents himself at hospital, claims
> he's 60, and has a fake driver's license to prove it.
>>> (2) Is there any biological or physiological measurement that could
> pinpoint his actual age? (I couldn't think of any easy one.)
>Certainly you have pointed out a substantial area of age reporting fraud.
By checking the layers of scales of his teeth, the physician can
discriminate effectively. The scale-ometer is cost-prohibitive, however
and older people get away with receiving medical treatment meant for the
more youthful.
Then there's this new research that's likely to stop the aging process
and the scale-ometer won't be effective any more.
I've been at this computer too long. Dry humor is probably inappropriate
for this newsgroup.
> A virtual penny for your
thoughts? > > -- > ________________________
> (I_lurk,_therefore_I_am!_\ ,,, Steve Chambers
> (o o) steve at chambers.ak.planet.co.nz> ----------------------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------------------
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