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  • L Lost User

    Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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    Roger Wright
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    My heart goes out to this little girl... :(( I never cease to be amazed by the durability of children. Fate has dealt her a terrible blow, yet she carried on doing what her Mom taught her was the right thing to do. In time, she will feel the loss badly, but with the strength she has already displayed - it had to be very scary to not be able to wake Mommy - I suspect that she will survive and carry on, if only to make her mom proud. My prayers will be with her...:rose:

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    • L Lost User

      Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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      Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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      That's just awful. I really hope her daughter is OK. :rose:

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      • N Nish Nishant

        ChrisElston wrote:

        Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy.

        :wtf: She did not call family, friends or at least 911? Surprising for a 9 year old. I do feel sorry for her, but this is still rather odd behavior.

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        Vikram A Punathambekar
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        At 9? Not surprising :~

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        • L Lost User

          Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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          Vikram A Punathambekar
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          I'm sorry for you both and the kid, mate. My condolences :rose:

          Cheers, विक्रम (Have gone past my troika - 4 CCCs!) "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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          • L Lost User

            Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

            Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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            Joan M
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            Poor kid... :rose: Let's hope she will manage it... Sometimes life is shit.

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            • N Nish Nishant

              Ah, thanks.

              Regards, Nish


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              NormDroid
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              It may me 999 but I can guarantee they'd be no help on the other end of the line, due to the cuts etc.

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              • B Bassam Abdul Baki

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                911 will work in the UK as well, so will the international emergency telephone number 112.

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                • L Lost User

                  Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

                  Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                  Pete OHanlon
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                  That's so sad. Is there family who can take her in? My niece was 8 years old when her mother died (she was estranged from my brother in law). Georgia moved in with her father (who'd moved back in with his mother who's now 80), so she's effectively being looked after by a pensioner while her father works. It's been very hard on her, but luckily the school is very understanding and has been a great help to her. Whoever ends up looking after the girl should seek therapy for her. It's a traumatic enough experience for an adult - for a child it's hell.

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                  • N NormDroid

                    It may me 999 but I can guarantee they'd be no help on the other end of the line, due to the cuts etc.

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                    A child of a lone parent calls and says she can't wake her mother, and you think there'd be no response? Be serious.

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                    • H hairy_hats

                      A child of a lone parent calls and says she can't wake her mother, and you think there'd be no response? Be serious.

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                      There was a touch of sarcasm in my voice post.

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                      • L Lost User

                        Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                        Commiserations to everyone and I hope the daughter gets the support she needs.

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                        • L Lost User

                          Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

                          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                          ChrisElston wrote:

                          Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old,

                          What happened to her to die at only 32 ?

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                            Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old, lived alone with her 9 year old daughter. Daughter got herself up and ready this morning, took herself to school and told them she couldn't wake mummy. Sometimes life is just an utter bastard. Sometimes it is on a big scale, sometimes on a small scale. But a bastard none the less.

                            Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                            Fuck. Thats rough.

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                            • R Rajesh R Subramanian

                              Sometimes when you hear and see some things, you wonder what the fuck is life up to. :confused: Those are the times when atheists can tell me "now explain this". 9 years old, and left alone in this world. My thoughts are with that child. :rose:

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                              Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                              Sometimes when you hear and see some things, you wonder what the f*** is life up to

                              Life? Its a bitch. It doesnt give a god damn about anyone or anything. God doesnt exists, and if he is, he is a bastard anyway, so not much a god really. Life, enjoy it, love your friends and family, and dont take it too seriously, because you are going to be worm food one day anyway. :)

                              "If climate has not "tipped" in over 4 billion years it's not going to tip now due to mankind." Richard S. Lindzen, Atmospheric Physicist, IPCC "It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you here are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period." Professor Richard Feynman

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                                Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

                                Sometimes when you hear and see some things, you wonder what the f*** is life up to

                                Life? Its a bitch. It doesnt give a god damn about anyone or anything. God doesnt exists, and if he is, he is a bastard anyway, so not much a god really. Life, enjoy it, love your friends and family, and dont take it too seriously, because you are going to be worm food one day anyway. :)

                                "If climate has not "tipped" in over 4 billion years it's not going to tip now due to mankind." Richard S. Lindzen, Atmospheric Physicist, IPCC "It does not matter who you are, or how smart you are, or what title you have, or how many of you here are, and certainly not how many papers your side has published, if your prediction is wrong then your hypothesis is wrong. Period." Professor Richard Feynman

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                                Exactly. You don't know when you are going to go, you don't know how, just that you will at some point. You can avoid every possible risk you can think of and some undetectable fault inside you may just turn you off with no warning. Appreciate what you have and live it.

                                Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                  ChrisElston wrote:

                                  Friend of my wife died last night, 32 years old,

                                  What happened to her to die at only 32 ?

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                                  Rage wrote:

                                  What happened to her to die at only 32 ?

                                  Don't know yet, post mortem to come. She had been ill at the start of the week with sickness and diarrhoea, if it is related to that, if that weakened her and caused something else to go, allowed some other bug in, who knows at this point.

                                  Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                    Exactly. You don't know when you are going to go, you don't know how, just that you will at some point. You can avoid every possible risk you can think of and some undetectable fault inside you may just turn you off with no warning. Appreciate what you have and live it.

                                    Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                    Rajesh R Subramanian
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                                    ChrisElston wrote:

                                    Appreciate what you have and live it.

                                    Words of wisdom!

                                    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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