[Big Arnold]

(Go to the doctors? Never! While her friends pop endless pills, a defiant Liz Hodgkinson, 70, insists going to see your GP can do more harm than good
PUBLISHED: 00:55, 25 April 2016

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Why I’m proud to be an old miser... Even though I’m richer than I’ve ever been!' Grandmother, 73, explains why she pinches pennies despite owning a mortgage-free £1million home
PUBLISHED: 22:38, 31 May 2017 | UPDATED: 07:48, 1 June 2017

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Apparently written by a committee that can't agree on her age.

[MisterMuncher]

Aging 3 years in that time suggests her health regimen is less effective than she declared.

[youngian]

And do you know what? I ignore them all. The bowel cancer kits I receive from time to time go straight into the bin, and I have never in my life had a mammogram or smear test, even though I am always being coerced or even bullied into making an appointment to do so.

She sneers at relatively cheap preventative health measure but will expect the state to spend a fortune treating if she does have advanced cancer. Perhaps the NHS could take her house in compensation for wasting their time and money.

[Andy McDandy]

Immediate vs deferred reward. Like they complain the kids always go for - "Not saving for a rainy day, want it all on a plate...".