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Smart Alec Makes a Killing | |||||||||||||
Alec Holden has two reasons to celebrate today. He has reached the age of 100 and he is fifty thousand dollars richer. Mr Holden from Surrey in southern England placed a two hundred dollar bet ten years ago that he would reach his centenary at odds of 250 to 1.
He told Newshour how he had come up with the idea of betting on his longevity: First broadcast 24th April | ||||||||||||||
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Porridge for breakfast. Do as little work as you can. Go for lots of holidays. And the last thing of course is very important: keep breathing.
Alec Holden.
Blasts in Algiers