From:	Allen Versfeld moe@*******.com
Subject:	Survival
Date:	Mon, 05 Jun 2000 13:28:32 +0200

Michael Schmidt wrote:
>
> On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Hahns Shin wrote:
>
> > euthanasia)? I don't know. I know that humans have been known to survive a
> > month without food (not in any healthy sort of condition), but only about a
> > week without water.
>
> A rule of thumb exists named rule of six: 6 secs without air , 6 days
> without water 6 weeks without food (always with lowest possible stress; no
> work, nearly no movement, not tortured, ...).

um... I can hold my breath for 6 seconds... I can manage 150 - 180
seconds voluntarily (depending on how drunk I am). Maybe 6 *minutes*
without air?
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Allen Versfeld
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