From: steveo@panix.com   
      
   J.D. Baldwin  wrote:   
   >   
   >In the previous article, Steven M. O'Neill  wrote:   
   >> Forgive me, as I am fairly new; but   
   >> why is this on-topic for this group?   
   >   
   >I mean, two people are dead, two people are on a pretty grim   
   >"healthwatch" and one person escaped The Long Dirt Nap by literally a   
   >couple of centimeters.  *This* is the off-topic thread you choose to   
   >call out?   
      
   This thread is primarily about those still living. An obituary   
   would highlight the lives lived by the deceased. But again, I'm   
   a newcomer, so I'm just curious about the rules and norms here,   
   if any.   
      
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