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Meet California resident Ellsworth Wareham.

Ellsworth lives in California, doesn‟t he? Yes, he lives in California. He‟s a California resident.

A multimillionaire at the age of 97, he needed a new privacy fence built around his house in the sunny town of Loma Linda.

Ellsworth is a multimillionaire, isn‟t he? Yes, he is. He‟s a multimillionaire. And he‟s 87- years-old, isn‟t he? No, he isn‟t. He‟s 97, not 87. And he needed a new privacy fence built around his house, didn‟t he? Yes, that‟s right. He needed a new privacy fence around his house. You have a privacy fence around your house, don‟t you?

And when the contractor told him that it would cost $6,000, he said, “For that kind of money, I’ll just do it myself.”

The contractor told him that the fence would cost $60,000, didn‟t he? No, that‟s not correct. He told him it would cost $6,000, not $60,000. And Ellsworth decided to pay the money, didn‟t he? No, he didn‟t. Ellsworth said, “For that kind of money, I’ll just do it myself.”

Sure enough, Ellsworth spent three days out in the yard, shoveling cement, digging holes, and carrying heavy poles around.

Ellsworth spent three days out in the yard, did he not? Yes, that‟s right. He spent three days out in the yard. He shoveled cement, didn‟t he? Yes, he did. And he dug holes, too, didn‟t he? Yes, he dug holes. And he carried around heavy rocks, right? No, he didn‟t carry around heavy rocks. He carried around heavy poles.

On the fourth day, he ended up in the operating room at the hospital. Not as the patient on the table, but rather the guy doing open-heart surgery.

On the fourth day, Ellsworth ended up in the operating room at the hospital, didn‟t he? Yes, he did.

He ended up in the operating room. And he was the patient, wasn‟t he? No, he wasn‟t the patient.

On the contrary, he was the guy doing open heart surgery.

That’s right: Ellsworth Wareham is a heart surgeon, who at 97, still does 20 open-heart surgeries a month.

Ellsworth Wareham is a heart surgeon, isn‟t he? Yes, he is. He‟s a heart surgeon. And he does 20 open heart surgeries a year, doesn‟t he? No, that‟s not correct. He does 20 open heart surgeries a month, not a year. You‟ve never had heart surgery, have you?

Meanwhile, across the Pacific Ocean on the Japanese island of Okinawa, Ushi Okushima lets out a loud and joyous belly laugh.

Ushi Okushima lives in China, doesn‟t she? No, she doesn‟t. She lives in Okinawa. And Okinawa is an island, isn‟t it? Yes, that‟s right. Okinawa is an island. And Okinawa is across the Pacific, in Japan, isn‟t it? Yes, Okinawa is in Japan. And Ushi Okushima likes to laugh, doesn‟t she? Well, yes, she probably does like to laugh. She sometimes lets out loud and joyous belly laughs, doesn‟t she?

Yes, indeed she does. She sometimes lets out loud and joyous belly laughs. You sometimes let out loud and joyous belly laughs, don‟t you?

She sits cross-legged on the floor of her small wooden house in the seaside village of Ogimi.

Ushi Okushima sits cross-legged on a chair, doesn‟t she? No, she doesn‟t sit on a chair, but rather she sits cross-legged on the floor. She sits on the floor of a large wooden house, doesn‟t she? No, her house is not large, it is small. And her house is near the sea, isn‟t it? Yes, that‟s right. It‟s a small wooden house near the seaside village of Ogimi.

She wears a simple blue kimono, with her friends Setsuko and Matsu seated nearby.

Ushi wears a blue kimono, doesn‟t she? Yes, she wears a simple blue kimono. And her friends are named Kaori and Yukari, aren‟t they? No, I thought her friends were named Setsuko and Matsu.

Yes, that‟s right, her friends are named Setsuko and Matsu. Setsuko and Matsu are standing nearby, aren‟t they? No, they are seated nearby. They aren‟t standing.

They‟re sipping green tea and gossiping about Ushi’s new job, new boyfriend, and new hairstyle.

Ushi has a new job, doesn‟t she? Yes, she does. She has a new job. And she has a new boyfriend, doesn‟t she? Yes, she has a new boyfriend as well. She has a new hairstyle as well, doesn‟t she?

Yes, she has a new job, a new boyfriend, and a new hairstyle. You have a new hairstyle, don‟t you?

She recently tried to run away from home, and has now started wearing perfume for the first time.

She recently tried to run away from home, didn‟t she? Yes, she tried to run away from home. And she started selling perfume, too, didn‟t she? No, that‟s not correct. She started wearing perfume, not selling it.

We might predict such behavior from a young woman, but Ushi is 103.

Ushi is over 100 years of age, isn‟t she? Yes, that‟s right. She‟s 103-years-old. She‟s a centenarian, isn‟t she? Yes, she‟s definitely a centenarian. You‟re not a centenarian yet, are you?