From: radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com   
      
   Linked below is an interesting Associated Press piece contrasting the   
   world of October 1924 with the current state of our devolving   
   civilization--you know, comparing then-and-now prices and all that over   
   Jimmy Carter's lifespan.   
      
   I'm loath to term President Carter's impending centenary milestone on   
   Tuesday, October 1st as a "finishing line", for of course I hope he   
   manages to far surpass it.  In any event, in less than 60 hours from   
   this writing he shall have endured 36,522 days* of a remarkable life and   
   begun seeing how his second century unfolds.  May we all live that long   
   and leave such an ever-smiling mark on the world, WHATEVER you think of   
   his seriously-uneven, single-term Presidency.   
      
   Meanwhile, why didn't Carter's name ever come up when--following the   
   Biden/Trump debate--the Democrats were thrashing about seeking someone   
   experienced AND respected to replace their doddering sitting President?   
      
   Hoo nose, Carter just might have had a better chance of thwarting   
   Trump's ambition to become a 21st Century Grover Cleveland than Biden   
   ever had!  After all, the 22nd Amendment is clear--Carter IS   
   constitutionally eligible for his OWN Cleveland-emulating second term.   
      
   BRYAN STYBLE/Florida   
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   * My quickly-calculated, leap-days-included figure; feel free to correct   
   my arithmatic if you like.   
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   https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-100-birthday-then-now-34   
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