Just found out a guy I work with passed away on Tuesday, got no idea of details just know he's about same age as me (Mid thirties) and got four kids - two of them still babies. Don't know if it's my inner celt but I keep finding myself crying, didn't know him that well but just keep thinking about his kids and the tears well up all over again.
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Mate, it's never a good time to die, but it's even worse for it to happen round Xmas when people are supposingly happy. I can only feel sorry for the poor young guy, a few years from now, his wife will get married again, his kids will grow up getting used to it, but he's gone forever. -
Originally posted by snaw View PostJust found out a guy I work with passed away on Tuesday, got no idea of details just know he's about same age as me (Mid thirties) and got four kids - two of them still babies. Don't know if it's my inner celt but I keep finding myself crying, didn't know him that well but just keep thinking about his kids and the tears well up all over again.
Go on, let it out!Comment
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On a contract I had a couple of years ago a bloke in the office next to me died while out on a lunchtime run. He was in his 40s and a really top bloke, polite, well mannered, very likeable, got on with everyone, from the cleaner upwards (I have a lot of respect for people like this). I used to chat to him every day, and he was really full of life.
He was super fit, doing half marathons every other week, but just pushed a bit too far. I was quite upset by it all as his circumstances were similar, i.e. wife and kids (wife worked part time at the co), a real shocker, so I empathise with youThe court heard Darren Upton had written a letter to Judge Sally Cahill QC saying he wasn’t “a typical inmate of prison”.
But the judge said: “That simply demonstrates your arrogance continues. You are typical. Inmates of prison are people who are dishonest. You are a thoroughly dishonestly man motivated by your own selfish greed.”Comment
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Originally posted by snaw View PostJust found out a guy I work with passed away on Tuesday, got no idea of details just know he's about same age as me (Mid thirties) and got four kids - two of them still babies. Don't know if it's my inner celt but I keep finding myself crying, didn't know him that well but just keep thinking about his kids and the tears well up all over again.
There's no shame in crying Snaw - it shows you're human
I doubt you're crying for him anyway - you'll be crying for your kids, imagining if that happenned to you.
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I can relate to this somewhat.
A few months ago, heard that a guy I used to go to school/college with had passed away leaving a wife and two kids.
We weren't close or anything and he was viewed as a bit of a noddy, but it doesn't half make you think about your own mortality as well as feel for his family.Comment
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It's hard when someone so young dies, it was my best mate’s funeral yesterday and I was a complete wreck, he was only 37 when he lost his 8 year battle with cancer, he left a wife and 3 year old boy behind... feckin heart breaking.
Somehow I've got to get through a works xmas do this afternoon.Last edited by gingerjedi; 14 December 2007, 13:07.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Avoid excessive exercise
On a different note, what is it with those middle-aged executives that keep running near the river in the City at lunchtime? Just go to a f'n gym, I said to someone that nearly pushed me over! Can they not afford the membership?Comment
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Thats really horrible isn't it .... kinds puts everything into perspective! God love them!Bazza gets caught
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostIt's hard when someone so young dies, it was my best mate’s funeral yesterday and I was a complete wreck, he was only 37 when he lost his 8 year battle with cancer, he left a wife and 3 year old boy behind... flipin heart braking.
Somehow I've got to get through a works xmas do this afternoon.
Oh go, Jedi I'm so sorry
What the feck are you doing at a works do?!The pope is a tard.Comment
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