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Buried another close friend yesterday.

NeoBlackdog
I guess I've been lucky in my life to have had two 'best friends'. One died in '84, the second passed last November and we had his 'celebration of life' service yesterday. I knew him for 31 years. I was there with him in the hospital right to the end when the cancer finally took him. I managed to keep it together pretty well for his widow up until yesterday when I pretty well lost it.
I imagine the two of 'em are up there drinkin' good whisky and havin' fun at my expense right this minute!
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  • KenK/84Bravo
    Sorry to hear that Brother.

    I have lost several Army Buddies, younger than me, over the last few years. All good friends. It never gets easier. I miss them all.
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  • wpageabc
    The plans that were lost with close freinds is hard to face. Like other unfinished things that leave you empty. The loss of a close freind or loved one takes much time to deal with. Best to talk it out and share some of the good rememberances with others.

    Sorry for your loss.
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  • roswellnative
    Prayers offered up tonite for your friends
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  • spasmcreek
    my best friend came here to manage a state experiment field where i worked in about 1967...years later the 2nd bout of cancer got him and i helped bury him on the top of a cemetery hill about 15 miles away..every time i go past i holler out and hope to catch a glimpse if him sittin on the fence giving me a thumbs up ..."I'm OK".... he was a good balance for me as i wanted it GD fixed yesterday and he wanted to study it for a week .....so many years later now ...damn
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  • toad67
    I'm sure that your friend was very thankful to have a true friend to be with him right up until the man up stairs called him home. It takes a very strong and honorable person to be there during that time, especially during the final moments of one's time here on earth. IMO, that makes you a very strong and respectable man. Also, FWIW, I have a brand new Kershaw DWO in my safe if you ever want it...

    Todd
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  • spasmcreek
    thanx...respectfully ...i have a number of old knives in the safe with a solingen buffalo skinner as a favorite and have more items than i could pass onto now.....be better use to pass it to someone with a kid he could pass it onto with a story....i used that knife to clean out trial plots for the annual field day when the K state crew came to help inform our yearly findings and have a feed...i set that knife on the fender of my 1952 chev pickup and drove off depositing it in the dirt...found it almost a year later, blade a little tarnished but i polished it up and gun blued it and have kept better shape of it these 50 years since...thanx...James
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