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At age 111, America's oldest veteran is still smoking cigars and drinking whiskey
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:20 pm
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:20 pm
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Richard Overton is right where he wants to be.
He’s sitting in a lawn chair on the front porch of the Austin home he built nearly 70 years ago, working on his fifth Tampa Sweet cigar on a 91-degree sunny day. The smooth tunes of the Isley Brothers flow from a portable speaker. Birds are chirping in the late afternoon breeze.
“I’m feeling pretty good today,” Overton says, emphasizing the word pretty, because any day spent on this porch smoking cigars is a pretty good day for the 111-year-old.
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Overton starts his mornings as early as 3 a.m., drinking two to four cups of coffee. He’ll walk around his house to increase blood flow to his limbs, then smoke his first of 12 daily cigars. If he can, he’ll fall back asleep. Every day, he’s eager for the sun and the neighborhood to rise.
Now that's a real man.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:23 pm to OMLandshark
Does he even know the cigar is in his mouth or did someone stick it in there for the photo?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:23 pm to OMLandshark
His left lens seems like a total waste of money. Money that could be spent on cigars and whiskey...or whores.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:24 pm to OMLandshark
12 cigars. He basically smokes em all day. I love cigars but probably the most I've had in a day is 3.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:24 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Damn, that was posted yesterday, so I searched "111" and "Veteran", but since I didn't find anything in the past week, I decided to post it.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:27 pm to roguetiger15
Snowflakes could learn a few things from this man.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:31 pm to OMLandshark
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Having spent 113 years and 14 days on this earth, Henry Allingham is used to breaking records.
He is one of three British men still alive who actively served in the First World War, is the last surviving founder of the Royal Air Force, has long held the record for being the oldest man in Europe and earlier this year he became Britain's most ancient man ever after overtaking John Evans, a Welsh former coal miner who died in 1990 aged 112 years and 295 days.
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Mr Allingham is quieter these days, but no codger at heart. In contrast to Mr Tanabe's asceticism, he attributes his longevity to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women".
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Old article. He has since passed away.
This post was edited on 6/3/17 at 4:32 pm
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:37 pm to OMLandshark
Wait I thought they said smoking tobacco was bad for you and will kill you. #fakenews
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:38 pm to jdeval1
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12 cigars. He basically smokes em all day. I love cigars but probably the most I've had in a day is 3.
same and rare at that. Most is usually a shorty while grilling and a normal one later that evening.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:44 pm to OMLandshark
God Bless you!
You are my hero!
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:45 pm to OMLandshark
A friend's dad, who is a very decorated WWII vet, just turned 100 recently. Got a letter from President Trump.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:48 pm to Paul Allen
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Cigars are so 1997
So am I, fat boy.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:49 pm to rantfan
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Does he even know the cigar is in his mouth or did someone stick it in there for the photo?
This guy went Weekend at Bernie's years ago.
Posted on 6/3/17 at 4:55 pm to rantfan
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Does he even know the cigar is in his mouth or did someone stick it in there for the photo?
Listen up you new Iberian piece of shite. You show some god damned respect.
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