RIP Chepito

[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

As many of you probably already know, Chepito, Costa Rica's oldest person died yesterday at the ripe old age of 121.

“Chepito”, At 120, Costa Rica’s Oldest Gets Vaccinated

https://qcostarica.com/chepito-at-120-costa-ricas-oldest-gets-vaccinated/

Muere a los 121 años ‘Chepito’, el hombre más longevo de Costa Rica

https://ncrnoticias.com/nacionales/muere-a-los-121-anos-chepito-el-hombre-mas-longevo-de-costa-rica/

The Guiness Book of World Records never accepted his age as official because of a lack of records.  He didn't get his 1st cédula before he was 95 and even though he knew details about when he was born and his family, he never married and never had kids and had no official records.  He got the Pfizer vaccine back in January and had no ill effects, but the past month or so he had some other health issues that did him in.  He survived 2 pandemics in 2 different centuries before his old body gave out.

R.I.P. don Chepito.

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Sam

[RonCR]

He was just on TV a couple of weeks ago getting his vaccination. Looks like it did the trick. The government no longer has to take care of Chepito.

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[Sam Wilson]

Hi Ron,

> He was just on TV a couple of weeks ago getting his vaccination. Looks like it did the trick.

That "couple of weeks ago" was actually mid-January 2021 when he got his vaccination. 

Isn't blaming a 121 year old's death on a vaccine they had about 5 months ago a bit like blaming COVID-19 for the piloto's death when he crashes his moto not wearing a helmet?  It doesn't really matter if the piloto had COVID-19 or not, the cause of death was sudden impact and the smashing of his brains on the pavement.  Being infected or not would be irrelevant.

They said of his cause of death, "es un proceso normal del desgaste de un organismo que ya estaba con 121 años,” i.e. "natural causes".  Should we sneak into his vela tonight and perform a proper autopsy?  jajaja.  This relates back to the lack of trust we have in the system we were just talking about.  I tend to believe that he died of "old age" -- whatever that is...

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[Keith Flannigan]

Hello Sam

I hope that you're having a wonderful rainy day.

Is Chepito the one that eats nothing but Sardines and Crackers?  I read an article a few months ago about some old guy that contributed his long life to Sardines.

I have been having a real problem with the girl that cuts my hair.  She is a nice lady but I may have to look for a new person to cut my hair.  After 20 years of her cutting my hair, I do not know what she is doing but my hair keeps getting whiter and whiter.  When she started it was dark brown but the more she has used her scissors the more gray and now white it has gotten.

Sort of like the hundred-year-old dying of Covid.

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[Sam Wilson]

Hi Keith,

Don Chepito is an interesting case...  I haven't heard that about sardines and crackers, but he supposedly was just an old guy living on the streets until he fell ill with something when he was 95 years old -- about 27 years ago.  Someone took him to the hospital and from there they sent him on to the Hogar de Ancianos (Nursing Home) de Piedades de Santa Ana.  He thrived there and everyone loved him.  He lived with relatively good health with not much more than a hernia operation when he was 118 a few years ago.  He reportedly fed and took care of himself pretty well almost to the end.  I think before he died he had already lost his eye-sight and his ability to walk.  I suspect that only speeds up a down-hill slide...  When he got sent to the old folks home at age 95 some nuns got him set up with a cédula.  They tried unsuccessfully to get his claim to being the oldest person alive validated, but after the nuns submitted the details and what docs they had to the Guiness Book of World Records folks, the Guiness folks wanted $7500 to come down to Costa Rica to review the claim in person.  The nuns could not justify spending that kind of money since pretty much whatever money they had went to running the Hogar de Ancianos.  I'm surprised nobody stepped up to raise the money or foot the costs as part of Tico pride.  His birth claim of March 10, 1900, involves a March 12, 1900, baptismal record and he knew the (verified by genealogists) details about his parents and older siblings, but that 90+ year old gap in his history and records was hard to overcome.  His parents had a paper trail because they were something like 3rd cousins and needed a dispensation to get married back in the late 1800's.  In the end I think there never really was any proof that Chepito was the baby boy baptized in 1900.

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[Sam Wilson]

Keith,

Sorry, I forgot to suggest that it's got to be the comb cleaner your barber gal uses...  ;-)  I will admit (at the risk of exciting Joe, jejeje) that I really, really do like having my barber gal come over and cut my hair.  I usually have a beer or two, maybe some whiskey, before she comes over and she just laughs and laughs at my jokes as she works her way around my body, tilting my head this way and that, in the tight quarters of our cuarto pila where I've set up my hair cuttin' bench.  It's almost the next best thing to la bachata!  jajaja.

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[Keith Flannigan]

Thanks Sam

I enjoyed the information on Chepito

I have met some pretty interesting people here over the years.  The old craftsman always impress me.  I have spent hours with old woodcarvers, shoemakers, metal workers, and others listening to their stories about unique projects that they have completed over their life.  I have always been amazed at the raw talent that people like you and Gene have with the things that you have talked about over the years. 

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[Joe Harrison]

Sam et al, I'm interested in the Chepito story, too, since I'm approaching his age and maybe his fate awaits me.  hmmmmm.   I've not seen anything about where he was from originally and wonder if he was from the Blue Zone in Nicoya????  That would fascinate me if it were the case.   I have yiet to find a barber that doesn't leave me with less hair than when he started.  And I don't mean shorter, I mean less in quantity, a lesser number of roots.  This has been going on for many years now, and I'd love to hear recommendations for a real barber who can add, not subtract to my hirsuteness.  The color is also a problem, but I feel distinguished as it gets whiter and whiter.  A senior statesman!!!!  But I don't want to be a bald eagle, cuz no one wants to do la bachata (did I get the spelling right this time Sam?) with me.......

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[Sam Wilson]

Hi Joe,

>  no one wants to do la bachata (did I get the spelling right this time Sam?) with me.......

I cannot recommend highly enough the benefits of taking dancing lessons...  jajaja.  Obviously there are some guys and gals who just get it naturally and they dance like a rock star from a young age, but years ago a few girl friends and I signed up for a dance class in the town next-over.  I was surprised how stiff some Ticos were, because as anyone who has ever been to a dance around here knows, there are ALWAYS guys and gals whirling around the dance floor like they are swan fairies in ice boots on speed!  I have yet to be dancing anywhere where there weren't dancers so smooth you'd swear they just got off work from being on stage as background dancers.  And while I certainly wasn't head of the class, I was definitely in the top 1/3 or so.  It surprised me.  I expected to be the class dunce.  jajaja.  I don't suffer much from vergüenza and while others were shy to be the teacher's practice dummy, I volunteered almost every time I could and picked up a few moves because of it.  I was one motivated student -- of course all part of an evil plan to go out dancing with these pretty girls as often as I could!  jejeje.  So once a week I'd go pick up my little covey of friends and we'd head off for our dance lessons:  cumbia, bolero, salsa, merengue, bachata, paso-doble, some sort of swing, rumba, and I'm sure many variations I don't remember.  We'd quite often stop at a bar on the way home that always had good music -- to do our "homework" of course and practice what we were learning.  Oh, those were fun times!  Anyway, from that point forward at least I didn't embarrass myself horribly on the dance floor and while out drinking with buds, I'm always the one that snatches the pretty barmaid to head off to the dance floor.

It is a great way to get your cardio workout which everyone probably needs more of as well.  Calvo o no, solo tienes que salir y bailar como si nadie te estuviera mirando.  As long as the glare from your cue ball doesn't blind your partner, go for it!  I'm sure you've heard this before, but girls just wanna have fun!  ;-)

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[Joe Harrison]

Hi Sam, the dancer in this family is 7 year old Jaden, not me.  There's no stopping him.  I don't think he knows any particular style, and that's not important to him.  Nor is having music in the background.  He just gyrates his butt off every chance he gets, and that's most of the time.  A real show-off.  I'm proud of him.   I like to sing, used to be fair to middlin'  .  now just bad to fair.  But I still like to provide what I think is harmony to whatever melody I hear.   

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[RonCR]

Yes  Chepito received his second dose in February and didn't die until 3 months later, but some expert say that is what happens with mRNA vaccines. They kill you by interfering with your natural immune system leaving your body defenseless so that the next virus that comes along kills you. This might, or might not be, the intended effect. It might just be one of the side effects that come with all prescription drugs.

mRNA vaccines use an artificial method to cause the body to produce antibodies that are tailored for a specific virus. The problem is that if another virus later enters the body, even a mutation of the virus that the vaccine was designed for, the body thinks that it has already produced sufficient antibodies and therefore does produce any antibodies to fight the new virus. This is what is called an autoimmune disorder. 

It does not mean that everybody who get vaccinated will die. The best way to fight viruses is to have a healthy natural immune system that kills viruses before they can enter the body.

Some people are even saying that the spike protein that mRNA vaccines use to trigger the production of antibodies are just as contagious as the virus itself.

Too many unknowns for me. I'll stick with known proven and safe treatments like Ivermectin, HCQ, Vitamin D and zinc.