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It's not every day you turn 103 years old. But for Frank "Red" Woods, Friday is that day. The Second World War veteran and Windsor resident is celebrating more than a century of life.
He's feeling not too bad, all things considered. "I was knocked out by a German rocket, so I got bad shoulders, bad hips, bad legs, but I can still get around," Frank said. "So far so good.
" He is marking the occasion with his son, Dan Woods. "One hundred and three is..
. I would never have thought anyone in my family would live that long," Dan said. "I'm actually adopted, he brought me in and raised me.
I have no other siblings, it's just me and I do whatever I can to look after my dad." One of the best things his father ever taught him, Dan says, is the value of being consistent and sticking with a schedule. "I'm very proud of my father," Dan Woods said of his father's service in the Second World War.
"He always downplays it. He contributed a lot to this country on a scale that wasn't grandiose, but it was vital." Asked by CBC for his best advice on living a long and happy life, Frank says, "First, you can't be a worry wart, that's number one.
" But Dan recalls another piece of advice his father gave over the years: "Years ago he used to tell me, if you want to live a long life, run faster than a jealous husband." "That's another one, yeah," Frank said..
