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Last week, in this space, I made reference to an Internet site that claims to predict longevity.

Its a reminder of the many breakthroughs the World Wide Web has provided.

Today, with a simple touch of the keyboard, you can find out what your credit score is, make reservations to fly to Paris, or pay your utility bill.

Or determine if your fiance has an arrest record, or discover you inherited a fortune from a Nigerian uncle you never knew you had.

And, now, even determine how many years you have left.

According to such longevity sites (there are numerous), all you have to do is provide some personal data and answer a number of lifestyle questions, and up pops your expiration date.

The best part of the exercise is that you can tweak your answers to buy additional time.

Most of the responses, such as your age, your parents longevity, or your health history, cant be altered. But there are a number of areas where adjustments can be applied.

Like diet.

If you stated, for example, that you tend to eat red meat and high-calorie foods, but replace those answers with high-fiber plant-based choices, the longevity numbers climb. Its actually a great tool to find areas where lifestyle changes can pay dividends.

In my case, after only a few modifications, I was able to add five years before the need to consider any sort of excavation.

And I can add two more by simply checking a particular box instead of the one I had originally selected.

Thats the one about gender.

Now Im wondering if I checked the right box, since, according to the site, women automatically get a two-year extension.

So its something I have to give some serious thought to. Its not that Im unhappy with my gender, but two years is two years, so Im not prepared to simply dismiss the idea of gender modification. Not if it means becoming the beneficiary of such a huge windfall. It just depends on whether its sufficient to simply declare the transformation or if surgery is involved.

But besides lifestyle changes, I have discovered another virtually foolproof way of prolonging life. It has to do with name selection. That may sound implausible, but the facts dont lie.

Take the name Bertha. I once saw it in an obituary, and it stated that the deceased had reached the age of 99.

Then I saw another such notice with the same name, only this time Bertha had passed at the age of 104.

At first, I thought it was a coincidence, but since then, every time I see a Bertha in an obituary, shes either near or beyond the century mark.

I had mentioned that to my wife when we were expecting our first child.

We hadnt selected a name yet, so I tried to convince her that if we named our child Bertha, there was an excellent chance the kid would live to be 100 or more.

But my wife is stubborn. She insisted we call him Christopher.

Contact humor columnist Irv Erdos at IrvErdos@aol.com.

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