From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 2/16/26 07:17, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   > DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):   
   >   
   >> On 2/13/2026 7:59 AM, shitv wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I'm kind of glad that I won't be around much longer   
   >>   
   >> Now that's something we ALL can agree on.   
   >>   
   >> Good riddance.  Make sure your daughter posts the happy news to cola.   
   >>   
   >> Prior cola participants   
   >>                   died at   
   >> John Bailo        55   
   >> Marti van Lin     61   
   >> Jeff Relf         64   
   >> Bill Weisgerber   76   
   >> Ray Carter        77   
   >> Lloyd Parsons     79   
   >   
   > Man, you're one morbid sonofabitch!   
      
   Unfortunately, as one gets older, there's a greater awareness of one's   
   mortality.  I didn't used to understand why one of my mother's routines   
   was to read the obituaries in the local newspaper...   
      
      
   ...but now when one of my friends goes out of contact, I'll web-search   
   on them (the modern equivalent) to see if they may have passed.   
      
   ... and unfortunately, I just found one of those last week.  A longtime   
   friend originally from work that I've been in quite regular touch this   
   past year, as they were going through some medical challenges.  He had   
   just turned the corner, only to be taken out by a massive stroke.   
      
   (Gentlemen, start your PSA tests by age 50, & regularly thereafter).   
      
   > To be fair, I've found that a couple of classmates from grade school   
   > have died.   
      
   Had a few of those, but I've probably noticed more business colleagues.   
   It seems that there's a mortality lump at around age 50 & another at 65.   
     The first is sudden (heart attacks); latter is shaping up to be cancers.   
      
      
   > I rather liked Marti, by the way.   
      
   I particularly enjoyed Lloyd and his take on things.   
      
   I'm also trying to recall who it was that was really sharp on stereo   
   systems...George Graves?  Afraid he disappeared a decade ago...   
      
      
   -hh   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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