If it walks like a Penguin?

[SueEllen]

It's an average so it's not the old people dying that makes the difference. It's more young people dying from drugs/alcohol and the Scotts generally being lower down on the Darwin evolution scale than the rest of population of the world.

HTH.

And there was me trying to be polite

[northernladuk]

The provisional figures are an average for the three-year period 2020-2022.

I can't think of anything that might have killed off more old people in that sort of timeframe, mystery

It's an average so it's not the old people dying that makes the difference. It's more young people dying from drugs/alcohol and the Scotts generally being lower down on the Darwin evolution scale than the rest of population of the world.

HTH.

[Zigenare]

Lying on the ground and slithering along like an earthworm would be even safer.

Vertigo is a bitch!

[xoggoth]

Lying on the ground and slithering along like an earthworm would be even safer.

[vetran]

The provisional figures are an average for the three-year period 2020-2022.

I can't think of anything that might have killed off more old people in that sort of timeframe, mystery

The SNP?

[SueEllen]

The provisional figures are an average for the three-year period 2020-2022.

I can't think of anything that might have killed off more old people in that sort of timeframe, mystery

We are talking about Glasgow here....

[pr1]

So life expectancy is getting shorter and shorter with retirement age increasing to 68 in a few years and more after that. Not going to be long before you have to expect to die before you retire. Something totally f'd up there.

The provisional figures are an average for the three-year period 2020-2022.

I can't think of anything that might have killed off more old people in that sort of timeframe, mystery

[Gibbon]

So the Fail want its readership to fall over.

Yes the Fail is actually a left wing insurgency to give the old stress induced heart attacks/strokes etc and to ignore any life preserving advice.

[WTFH]

Why does the Fail call it "Bonkers advice"?

Does it help prevent people falling over? Yes.
Are old people more likely to injure themselves falling over than young? Yes.
Are old people more likely to read the Fail than young? Yes.

So the Fail want its readership to fall over.

Bonkers.

[WTFH]

Here's the same story from 2021:

https://www.nhsfife.org/news-updates...ike-a-penguin/

[tazdevil]

So life expectancy is getting shorter and shorter with retirement age increasing to 68 in a few years and more after that. Not going to be long before you have to expect to die before you retire. Something totally f'd up there.

The first OAP scheme was configured just like that so that most people were dead before they could claim

[northernladuk]

The average life expectancy is now 76.5 years for men and 80.7 years for women

So life expectancy is getting shorter and shorter with retirement age increasing to 68 in a few years and more after that. Not going to be long before you have to expect to die before you retire. Something totally f'd up there.

[SueEllen]

I do wonder how the people of Scotland managed to cope with a cold spell before this incredibly useful advice was provided.
Maybe that's why their lifespan is shorter than the rest of the country?

Well their life expectancy is falling so maybe they need the advice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66922972


Life expectancy in Scotland has decreased for the third year in a row, according to official figures.

A National Records of Scotland (NRS) report shows it has dropped by three weeks for men and almost six weeks for women.

The average life expectancy is now 76.5 years for men and 80.7 years for women. The provisional figures are an average for the three-year period 2020-2022.

Life expectancy is lowest for both men and women in Glasgow.

[Lance]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ty-injury.html



I wonder if we get taxed differently?

I do wonder how the people of Scotland managed to cope with a cold spell before this incredibly useful advice was provided.
Maybe that's why their lifespan is shorter than the rest of the country?

[vetran]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ty-injury.html

The NHS is telling people to 'waddle like penguins' to avoid slips and falls amid plunging temperatures.

Walking with your legs apart, a soft knee bend and arms sticking out can reduce the risk of losing balance on the ice, according to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

While admitting it 'might seem silly to walk or waddle like a penguin', the board said 'penguins know best' when it comes to getting around on ice.

I wonder if we get taxed differently?