Of course it is conjecture, and we can thank chakka for pointing out our oversight in that respect. As I see it we have several adjoining issues in this thread:
1. That Joe of A was Joe of N
2. That Joe of A was not Joe of N
3. That Mary had a fling with a man called Joe of N (or A) after God of course
4. That Mary possibly had a fling with her uncle who may or may not have been called Joe of N (or A) who was about 45 when she was 12 and died at 86
5. The mortality rates of the 1st century Jewish populace (rich or poor)
6. Thomas the Tank Engine, was more entertaining than Gordon and whether the Fat Controller was indeed, fat
7. What variety of fruit Cinderella used for taking a ride (poss. Pumpkin of the cucurbita genus)
8. That China Doll is lost, probably somewhere in the sidings at Tidmouth
In fact CD - although chakka will probably refer to this as a figment of my inevitable procrastination towards accepting that Snow White lived in sin with 7 very short men - Josephus (not N or A) explained longevity far better than I ever could in his �Antiquities� I:5:104-108�.
���..God afforded them a longer time of life on account of their virtue and the good use they made of it in astronomical and geometrical discoveries, which would not have afforded the time of foretelling unless they had lived six hundred years��.�