Long, long, long live Nancy Stewart

 Age and levity is all that matters

 longevity in IRELAND

Ireland’s oldest citizen, Nancy Stewart, 

has prepared an amazing letter to help  

everyone in our difficult and anxious times

.......................

 

  A 107-year-old Co Meath woman with a message of hope to the people of Ireland. Nancy Stewart. She remembers  the Spanish Flu and the war , and the cold war, .... and the  coronavirus pandemics.   

click here to hear her on FB

To Any person Who Needs a Reason to Keep Calm:

            Recorded (04:56) voice over  here

My name is Nancy Stewart and I was born on the 16th of October 1913. This weekend I turn 107 years of age. 

Imagine being 107 in a world pandemic. This definitely is something very unusual, for me too. I live in Clonard in County Meath and my home for 83 years.

 

I lost my husband in a car accident in 1989, and lost my two daughters Margaret in 2007 and Anne in 2010.

 

I’m very lucky to still have three daughters Kathleen, Mary and Olive and one son Finian and I have 84 grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

 

 

I write to you today to send you my love and to offer you my prayers.  

We are in a very difficult time at the moment in our country, in our lives and in our world. But I share with you this letter of hope: everything will be ok in the end.

I was born in 1913, and we can survive and in 2058 the pandemics .... a distant memory.

But I’m here to share my story. I have been in lockdown in my house since March.

We drink tea. We go to church and hospitals, We make phone calls.  

I can video call lots of my family and friends and am making new friends everyday.

I can’t be 107, I only feel like I’m 50 but now that I’m here, I don’t feel that old. And all I can say is please be here for my next birthday. We always look forward.

Thank you so much for reading my letter... Remember, we can be that light in the world.

This hard time wants that we help more people.

 

Many kisses and much love,

Granny Nancy x

Clonard

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CODA:  Visitors to her home are now severely restricted to professionals: carers, medics and some family members, all of whom have to sanitize and use masks at all times.

 

Co Meath.

Martha and her numbers

My name is Marta

But I like the English version

 for classes

(Martha) HERself 

 in  15 numbers 

here  I go, my list of numbers 

     with  a collection 

           of some lovely facts 

     and some data

               in four sections

 PART 1_      those forget-me-not  numbers  (4)

a.     my first email:  88032@hotmail.es

b.     ALL  summers in Maresme:  13

c.     our old Ford Fiesta KM in 17 years:  193.830

d.     my first Casino library card member:   42.615

 My life  in  the last 12 months

PART 2_      home  (4)

      a.     167 books 

b.     Plants and cactus in my flat: 11

c.      I have 3 pairs of boots 

PART 3_       trips  trekkings and travels(3)

1. money on travels …… ………… ……  …… 938 euros !!!
2. top mountain trekking…………  …… …… 2.158m
3. drive to my far west travel    27 hours
4.  form my town to my mum’s village: …… 177 km

PART 4_       Social life and habits  (5)

·      my  Facebook account is  1453 days old

·      Following  305 on  Twitter

·      15 times watch a movie in the cinema per year

·      listen to the radio  3 hours per day

     = 60 hours per month =  720 per year

TASK: Compare yourself  (A-B-C) with her in 7  situations

A.  (very) similar to Martha

Martha is like me

B. Me, more;  Martha, less

C. Me, less ;  Martha, more

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UNIT1 TASK:

 Prepare a presentation with your numbers next week.

richness asymmetry creates modern poverty

 concentric  richness  asymmetry   

creates

 extreme  modern  poverty

         PART 1. BRANDS ARE US

        LUXURY & PREMIUM 2020 RANKING --- LINK

        wE LEARN TO COUNT IN mILLIONS (m), not in thousands (K)

PART 2.   GOING ULTRA RICH   

      _ part 2A. ___        Going ULTRA-mega

 'mega-rich'

• Following the report, 55,920 adults have 100 million dollars (or more) in mid-2019  

•  the old  global richness report 2019 prepared by the Credit Suisse Research Institute.

 

More 'ultra-mega-rich'

 4,830 adults  have 500 million dollars...  (or more) 

__part  2B.______  WORLD   REGIONS 

North America tops the regional list in this category, 

• with 84,050 individuals (50% of the total), 

Europe has 33,550 (20%)

Asia-Pacific,  totals  22,660 (14%).

                 excluding China and India, 

__part 2C._ 

Surprisingly,  in 2019:

in the TOP 10% of the world's richest ( people)  

• China has registered 100 million individuals 

• the United States has registered 99 million individuals 

• CONSEQUENTLY, for the first time 

• China has registered more individuals in the TOP 10% of the world's richest (100 million people)  than the United States (99 million).

those numbers in my life

Myself  in  17 numbers  

• here  I go, my numbers:

•  a collection of some interesting facts 

• and some strange habits

PART 1_      those old numbers  (4)

• our old Simca 1000 -  CS 54.436

• our first family telephone  674 675 676 (my sister works in telefonica)

•  ALL mobile phones in all family members:  13

•  my first salary:   56.650 pesetas

     Myself  in  the last 12 months


PART 2_      home  (4)

• 67 books + 37 comicbooks / mangas

•  Christmas lottery ticket no. 45.672

• 45 different types of T-shirts /shirts

• but I have 34 pairs of socks  :-) --->

PART 3_       transport (3)

• money on trains (renfe/ffcc) ........      356 euros !!!

•  km with family car ....................   26.459km

• days with my bicycle   ..................      278 days

PART 4_       Social life and habits  (5)

• 145 Facebook Friends + 35 Followers on Instagram
• 482 Coffees at 59 Different Coffee places (last 12 months)
• listen to the radio 3 hours per day 

           = 93 per month =  1120 per year 

• invested  231 hours in watching TV series

      Conclusion          

It is true that  life changes with time! 

What  an incredible year for me,  and new friend, a bit of travel

 (and I remember how many days i don't go to the gym). 

To end, 

• White boots are back in fashion ( i have 2 vintage pairs of boots!)

• get an app for walking with Andrea

• Go to Ikea just one time this next year

• Only get plants that need watering one time per month

• I really like Netflix TV shows that start with the letter “M”

• I love making new plans .....

 

Donald Trump by the numbers

A) Trump, the man 

• Age ..... 74
• Born in 1946
• graduating in 1968 
• elected the 45th president of the United States 

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Trump's family  (4  examples)

•   Brothers       2  +  2  sisters
•   spouses  ....     3  (1977 - 1993 - 2005)
•   Children .......   5

                     

 B)  Trump on social media

personal account on Instagram (@realDonaldTrump)

    Trump's communicating via Twitter                           (4  examples)

 tweeted or retweeted 3,578 times in 2018 

                                      and 6,934 in 2019. 

in May 2020,  just 809 times

  and his total for the first four months of the year is 4,474. 

• President Donald Trump is a prolific Twitter user, using the social media site to self-promotion.  
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• The analysis shows one in five American adults follow the president (Pew  research  center)

  C )  Trump, the businessman 

Here are some surprising things we can  learn about

 the US president’s finances  (8  examples)

The York Times reporting into TRUMP's financial affairs

Zero

Federal tax contributed by Trump in 10 of the 2001-15, including 2014 and 2015.

$750

Federal tax Trump contributed in 2016, when he obtained the presidency

$750

Federal tax Trump contributed the next year, 2017.

      Joe Biden        $3,742,974 

      Kamala Harris      $516,469

                                                                   what else? 

$70,000 on hairdressers 

Quantity to style Trump’s hair for television, deductible for taxes 

$95,464 on hairstylists

The total sum nine of Trump’s companies considered 

deductible  to style Ivanka Trump’s hair

$210,000  - Quantity to rent a photographer for him at his  golf club

$26m   -  “Consulting consulting business experts” deduction  between 2010 and 2018

$315m  - Quantity “lost” by Trump’s golf courses since 2000.