There are actually a lot of people who reach the age of 100 in your country and ours. If the President flew to see everyone at 100 in his State, he probably would miss too much time in the White House. They might have to dock his paycheck?
I don't mean to get on a rant... but (Dennis Miller)
I think 100 is about 17 per 100,000 in the US vs 21 per 100,000 in the the Isles. If memory serves, Scotland had close to half of that.
105 is a real benchmark and touted to show how the health of a country is rated. In the very early 1905 there were extremly few that reached 105.
A show called "Good Morning America" in 1975 used to have the weatherman wish all of the people in the US a Happy 100th birthday. By the 1980's This eventually turned into a list of people. They had to alter it to over 100.
The number of 105 in both of our countries is a managable number again, but growing. I seem to remember that 85% of the 105 are female. Proof further that your wife will likely get the "last word".
This is of interest to me because one of my ancestors was the oldest US citizen. He was wounded in the War of 1812 when the Brits invaded and burned down our US Capitol. He received a monthly check for his injury to his thumb as a 14 year old drummer boy on the battlefield when he joined up for one of the last recorded battles.
http://blog.genealogybank.com/last-veteran-of-the-war-of-1812-hiram-cronk-died-in-1905.html
He was famous for several reasons.
Our Congress actually voted to retire a spending item for his check when he died and the staff who administered it. Evidently, Congress actually cutting staff was a big deal.
Our citizens were reported to be disturbed about the War of 1812. Its reasons and the brutal nature of it were never really addressed. As he lived in New York City area, the political heads wanting to encourage trade with England used this as an opportunity. They arranged his funeral while he was still living. They held this huge parade that is recorded on early black/white film. Lots of early documents of New York City at the beginning of the 1905. Mainly, it put to bed the wounds of public opinion about England according to many news stories.
In measuring people who live long, the year 105 is a benchmark. many of his decendents lived beyond 100 and others to or past 105. Of interest to me, his decendents have more long lives than any other in the US. It is the kind of odds lotteries are made of.
So, it is a benchmark for me personally to defend his old-age gene pool. Of interest during his newspaper interview:
From a very early age Cronk has been a
habitual user of tobacco. He both chews and smokes. Recently he has threatened to break the habit. He is afraid, he says, that the use of the weed
may become a habit with him. He has
drunk strong liquor throughout his life.
"may become a habit" after 90 years.... gotta love that kind of thinking.