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Mortality has its way of sooner or latter getting one's attention.

I think gratitude is very wise.

Thanks for commenting.

So sorry on your acquaintance's demise.

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I remember a wise old guy saying a man who dies without life insurance doesn't die, he absconds.

Hope for the family's sake, he didn't leave the cupboard bare.

19 days.....

until my 20th anniversary
...... of having a quintuple bypass aka CABGx5.

I was standing with my toes over the edge, staring into the abyss.
My girls were 9 & 7 then. My cardiac recovery roomate's daughter was to be married the week after he had bypass surgery. I wondered then how he was going to feel dancing at his daughter's wedding. In 61 days, Lord willing and the tide don't rise, I will share his experience.
He passed away last year.

Sorry to hear about your friend Swamp.

30 years of taking tylenol is what did it for the wife.

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I know what you mean.

My friend and mentor larry just died at 80 after a three-month cruise with his new wife.

Yes he married late in life so he just decided the last five years would be spent doing things to please himself and not others, so he chucked all the rest and just decided to do all the things he had put off.

After a three-month cruise, the couple got home, he sat down in a chair because his neck hurt, and he slumped over and died.

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1950 170SD
1951 Citroen 11BN
1953 Citroen 11BNF limo
1953 220a project
1959 180D
1960 190D
1960 Borgward Isabella TS 2dr
1983 240D daily driver
1983 380SL
1990 350SDL daily driver alt
3 x Citroen DS21M, down from 5
3 x Citroen 2CV, down from 6

That's very kind of you to say, Tom. I wish it was always true.

Everyone in the neighborhood is rallying around them. Meals are being made; gift cards are getting purchased; lawn care, leaf and snow removal will be taken care of. I can't even begin to imagine what they are going through.

Jay was a smart guy, owned his own agency, so I'd have to imagine he's taken care of his family financially. That's one thing that eases my mind a bit, should something happen to me, my wife and kids will not have any financial worries. Unlike now while I'm alive.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I happily survived my first heart attack at 52, got a second chance to appreciate all I have. My sincere condolences for your friends family.

On a somewhat related note, I heard of another death today. A close friend of my business partner apparently commited suicide over the weekend. Left behind a wife & teenage daughter. No prior indications of deep rooted problems.

Damn, sometimes life is really confusing.

Jim,

I sure do like your folks, hope the best for both and prayers up for your Mom and her surgery.

I still talk about that fine Sunday dinner we had, ham and butter peas, with some of the guys at work. Makes my mouth water still. My Dad is now 87 and this reminds me I need to call him tomorrow after I get up.

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'73 280SEL 4.5 (9/72)- RIP
Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

'02 CLK320 Cabriolet - wifey's mid-life crisis

2012 VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...at least its a diesel

Non illegitemae carborundum.

My wife and I went to Jay's wake tonight. It was unbelievable. It was scheduled from 4-7. We got there slightly after 4 and the line was such that it took us 2 hours to get through it to pay our respects. When we walked out of the funeral home at 6:15, the line was longer than it was when we got there. You always hear that "everyone in the town was there." It darn near might have been the case.

It was rough seeing his wife and two little daughters and his sister, who is good friends with my wife. But I couldn't help but think what an incredible tribute this was for a truly deserving man and, wow, did his kids get an idea of the impact their dad had on their community. Talk about building a legacy.

I've got a lot of work to do.

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

It's always nice to see people acknowledge someones importance to a community. Unfortunately it seems,all too often, it is after they are gone.

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Amen, brother. Amen.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".