jmcquown wrote:
>
> "Pete C." > wrote in message
> .com...
> >
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> Sad news.... for those of you not on FaceBook.... I just got news on FB
> >> from Stephanie, a friend of Blake's, that he has died. I don't know the
> >> details, just that his father contacted her and said that he is not
> >> longer with us.
> >
> > Dang.
> >
> > I think we need to stop cooking and eating so much, this group seems to
> > have a notably higher mortality rate than a number of other groups I
> > frequent.
>
> A higher mortality rate? We're all getting older. I don't frequent a lot
> of other groups but I think we're better off cooking at home than eating out
> five days a week.

I can think of three losses in the time I've been following this group.
Other groups I follow such as rec.crafts.metalworking also tend to have
older members but I can only think of one loss there, and none I can
recall in several other groups.

> Sometimes people have illnesses and die. We don't know
> what his medical issues were. My father's older brother died at 58. His
> sister is still alive and kicking at 90. You can never tell.

Yep, you never know so you have to make sure you live today since you
could get hit by a bus tomorrow, but still plan for when you're 90.

>
> I'll miss Blake. He had a sense of fun.

Yes, we even agreed on things occasionally.