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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 7, 2024 8:20:09 GMT -5
There is a schoolmate of mine that is a retired firefighter who I would see several times a week.
We graduated HS in a large class of over 550.
Unfortunately as the years passed the biggest news we shared was about who from our graduating class had been called home.
Well yesterday I got the news that my friend had a heart attack Friday and slipped into a coma on Saturday.
Yesterday they gave him 48 hours to get better or they are disconnecting life support.
Makes me very sad.
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Post by One Man Gang on May 7, 2024 8:45:54 GMT -5
It's a sad fact we all face as we get older.
In my case, several have succumbed to premature death from gang violence and bad drug deals before they hit mid 20s. Some spent the next 30 years post high school in state or federal prison. Some blue collar and some white collar crimes.
Most of that is behind us now and age related problems and diseases like cancer are beginning to claim a few here and there.
We are mid 50 somethings, so it's still untimely for them.
Prayers for healing and comfort.
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Post by mapper on May 7, 2024 8:46:25 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this for your friend, and his friends and family.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on May 7, 2024 8:49:39 GMT -5
Hate to hear that. My niece (more like a daughter) just got married last month. Her Grandmother in law passed this week and her father in law was found yesterday. I feel awful for the kid losing his dad so young and only a couple of days after his grandmother and barely a month after his wedding.
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Post by madm002 on May 7, 2024 8:59:53 GMT -5
I am with you. Commented to the wife, we do not get asked to weddings any more, probably wont for another 10 years with the grands. We do get to go to more funerals now as we are 67 and people run out of runway. We still have a good amount of tred left on the tires though.
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Post by TRTerror on May 7, 2024 9:03:14 GMT -5
9 people die every 2 seconds.
All we are is Dust in the Wind...
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Post by OhMy on May 7, 2024 11:18:28 GMT -5
9 people die every 2 seconds. All we are is Dust in the Wind... It's true. Dust in the wind. I heard something on talk radio the other day that made sense to me. How many of us know about the lives of our great grandparents? The point of the hosts story was it only takes two generations before most of us are totally forgotten. Your grandkids children will know little or nothing about your life. In my case I had two grandparents die before I was 3 years old and I know very little about their lives. Now.... If my last name was Rockefeller that would be a different story. |
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Post by TRTerror on May 7, 2024 12:00:01 GMT -5
Nobody really cares about your old time relatives..until your older and starting to think about your time coming to an end.
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Post by gardawg on May 7, 2024 12:08:25 GMT -5
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Post by tankered on May 7, 2024 13:12:56 GMT -5
A friend of mine had a massive heart attack last week, didn't make it.
Same age as me, 53.
You never know.
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Post by madm002 on May 7, 2024 14:39:32 GMT -5
I am weird that way, I wanted to know the history of each family. My maternal grandmother was full stop German. Where they lived in Iowa was all German. Her husband, Creed, and their family, we do not know much about this, they were from the Ozarks and a little rural. My paternal Grandfather OL Robinson father came from Canada, but he was Swedish. Maternal grandmothers family were Irish farmers from the potato famine. Its all out there if you want to dig.
But TRT is right, my kids could care less about my photos and stories
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Post by swampdog on May 7, 2024 15:35:29 GMT -5
Sorry for you folks that lost someone. Lost a cousin last January, and a school friend recently in March. Time marches on…
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Post by jmarkb on May 7, 2024 15:52:10 GMT -5
9 people die every 2 seconds. All we are is Dust in the Wind... It's true. Dust in the wind. I heard something on talk radio the other day that made sense to me. How many of us know about the lives of our great grandparents? The point of the hosts story was it only takes two generations before most of us are totally forgotten. Your grandkids children will know little or nothing about your life. In my case I had two grandparents die before I was 3 years old and I know very little about their lives. Now.... If my last name was Rockefeller that would be a different story. I know a lot about 2 of the 4, and a little about one of the other pair. I come from a LARGE country family. I personally knew my greats on my mom's dad's side, and my dad's mom's side. I knew my mom's mothers side also, but she passed away while I was still young. I had about 20 years with the first ones. I never realized how blessed I was to have a family like mine until I started losing them. We had a family reunion yesterday for my mom's side. About 60 people there. 40 years ago there would have been 200. |
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Post by conchydong on May 7, 2024 15:55:25 GMT -5
I’m into family history. That’s why I took a recent trip to the Abacos. I find it very interesting. While most of my ancestors were originally English, Scottish, German, Swedish and Spanish I found that I have a little Cherokee Indian blood too.
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Post by misterjr on May 7, 2024 16:51:21 GMT -5
I'm 74 and don't worry about the end, too busy enjoying the time I have left.
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