http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002511008,00.html? I'm still a round at 100 By MARTYN SHARPE SPRIGHTLY Edgar Moore still loves a beer at 100 years old — after sinking a mind-boggling 62,780 PINTS down the years. The retired farm worker has supped two glasses every day since he left school at 14. And he says he has never been sozzled ONCE. Edgar’s huge total would cost him £87,000 at today’s prices — but he insists it’s been money well spent. He said yesterday: “I’ve enjoyed a couple of pints of mild every single day since I started work, and I think it’s kept me young. “When you tot up the cost it sounds a fortune — but it’s a small price for all the enjoyment. “There’s nothing like having a natter with the lads and a laugh with the barmaids. “I’ve got a dodgy knee, but I still manage to walk half a mile backwards and forwards to the pub at lunchtime.” Edgar, bought his first beer by fellow farmhands in 1916, didn’t miss a session for 61 years at the Mill Road club in Scunthorpe, North Lincs. After moving in 1981 he shifted his allegiance to the Pied Piper two miles away and still rolls up each lunchtime. Regulars celebrated his 100th birthday with a karaoke party on Saturday. Edgar always times his arrival for happy hour, when the price of mild falls from £1.71 to £1.40. He added: “I always have two pints, never more. It perks me up no end.” The only time Edgar went on a bender was when wife Ada died ten years ago. He said: “It hit me badly. I began having four pints a day and gambling on horses.
Hmm, I wonder why he ended up leaving school so early? Maybe he couldn't memorize the quadratic formula? I know it took me a few days to do that... of course I didn't have two pints of beer clouding my mind either!
