My uncle is dying as I write this. He is 56 and until yesterday in perfect health. He fell through a rotted balcony at his house last night and landed head first in the driveway. The house is 110 years old and the balcony broke as he was leaning on it. Brain swelling, broken vertebrae, no brain activity so they are pulling the plug tommorow at 9 am with the organ donor team standing by.
This guy tore up Ft Lauderdale in the 80's, rode Harleys throughout Europe and the US and loved poker runs! He did the Miami Boat Show Run with me this year and loved FL in the winter compared to New England. He rolled cars over in high school, broke knees skiing...really was a wildman and to die falling through a balcony is simply retarded!
He loved Nortech's the best and being from New England the flash of the boats and women was always a highlight of his FL trips. New England is very conservative compared to S. FL. He called me Tuesday to brag about the great weather and to tell me he was riding his SeaDoo at the lake in NH as I was working.
So tommorow at 9 am think of all the things you always wanted to say or do and get it done.....You never know when your time is up...
My Uncle John was the guy in the middle waving at the chopper.......
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08-13-2009 09:44 PMSorry to hear about your uncle Jup. You're right though
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08-13-2009 09:45 PMVery sorry to hear that. Tough time for you, make sure to take time to reflect on all the good times too.
Ou condolences and prayers...
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08-13-2009 09:58 PMSorry to hear your right though you never know.You will be in my thoughts tommorrow.
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08-13-2009 10:23 PMLost my Mother to Gillian Bar Syndrome last year and had to pull the plug,she was 76,your Uncle got a raw deal!Not a easy thing to do,they say things happen for a reason that we can't always understand,I think sometimes it just bad luck and no real reason to be found!
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08-13-2009 10:30 PMsounds like he was a kick ass uncle to have around, I think my nieces and nephews think that about me. appreciate his memory and whenever you feel like you are bogging down in life think about him and hang it over the edge a bit.
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08-13-2009 10:51 PMMy condolences.
I just got back from the funeral for the man that was my first employee, worked for me for 24 years, a loyal friend and employee. Got sick with cancer in March, told he was on the mend two weeks ago then last Thursday they gave him 3 days to live, died Saturday.
Jim was 61. A Vietnam Veteran. The Military Honor Guard was awesome.
He had a wife of forty years and four daughters, the youngest is sixteen.
I know he had big plans for his retirement in four years.
It had me thinking that I need to step up some of my plans and then I saw your thread.
I think I will take the family on one more trip before school starts againMark
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08-13-2009 10:58 PMSorry to hear.
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08-13-2009 11:11 PMOne of my best friend's b-day is tomorrow. He would have been 36 if he hadn't been killed about a month and a half ago. I'll give a thought to your uncle and tip one back for him as well. I couldn't agree more with you... Make every day count a little, you never know how many more you got...
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08-13-2009 11:12 PMSorry to hear this, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family..
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08-14-2009 02:17 AMVery sorry to hear.
Thank you though for sharing this, and rattling my cage a bit.
I haven't been taking advantage of all the great opportunities in my life over the past few months, and I need to make sure I don't waste the precious time I have here.
I will have your Uncle in my thoughts tomorrow morning."Keep the bottle on the bar Ira, I won't be long".
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08-14-2009 08:05 AMSorry to hear this Jupiter. Very tragic...
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08-14-2009 08:50 AMMy condolences as well. Thank you for sharing it with us. We will all give this some thought
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08-14-2009 09:05 AMCondolences. Very sorry to hear this.
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08-14-2009 09:10 AMSo sorry for your loss.
And you are correct. Live everyday as if it's your last.
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08-14-2009 09:13 AMYou and your family are in our thoughts and prayers.
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08-14-2009 10:18 AMSympathies to you. Just remember how lucky you were to not just have known such a great guy, but had him as an Uncle all those years!
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08-14-2009 10:56 AMDamn, thats a tough one. At least he was in good health his whole life. His death is definitely tragic, but at least he hasn't been suffering for the last 5 years and slowly wasting away. My Condolences.
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