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Old 06-05-2023, 07:46 PM   #1841
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Sliver's earlier dilemma reminded me of a guy I used to work with. He was a single guy in his 40s getting back into the dating scene and I wanted to tell him gently that he should change his cologne because it was some musty outdated smell. I debated over it in my mind, wanting to help the guy out but didn't in the end. Anyway, he's been on my mind this week and I just googled him to see what he's up to only to learn that he died suddenly aged 59 a few months ago. I'm a bit stunned right now. We only worked together for a year, but it was just the two of us for the last couple quiet hours of a night shift so we had some good times just talking about music and shooting the ####. Damn. RIP Derek, he was a good guy.

It's not even the first time this kind of thing has occurred for me. Twice I've learned years after the fact that people I knew (another guy I worked with and a girl from university) died in their early thirties. It's a really odd feeling learning that people who pop into your head now and then (so acquaintances, not family/friends whose deaths you would know about in real time) actually stopped living months or years ago.
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