October 9, 20178 yr Sorry for your loss Wayne. RIP Bill. Also I really feel sorry for Vegas shootings. Too many innocent people died. All rest in peace.
October 9, 20178 yr Author It's so odd... now finding out that Bill died last night at about 10:30pm, maybe an hour or so after I last saw him. The bands quit playing at 10pm, per the agreement with the Abbott at the school. He drove home, less than 10 minutes from the school, with his wife. He walked into his house and dropped to the floor and was dead in less than 30 seconds. I wasn't close with him, though we did have a nice connection and mutual respect. Just someone I knew and always enjoyed chatting with. I'm simply dumbfounded by it and the randomness of life sometimes. Edited October 9, 20178 yr by Wmcmanus
October 10, 20178 yr Author 18 minutes ago, Guss2 said: Wow, Xenia and I are so sorry Wayne. All the best buddy. Thanks, Gary. Haven't seen you two forever! Hope you're keeping well. I wasn't especially close with Bill, but did have a lot of respect for him. It's just so odd that it happened right after his class reunion when he was out having a good time catching up with people and laughing about old times. I'm dumbfounded though. He was just standing around chatting with people, stone sober, not exerting himself in any way... I've already got an appointment with my cardiologist for Monday of next week when I get back to Cayman. Probably time for another prostate exam as well.
October 10, 20178 yr Yeah, having been there with a co-worker whom I didn't know very well, but respected for her knowledge and smarts, it hits closer to home when you realize you were one of the last people to see her alive, and there didn't seem to be a clue that something like this was going to happen. You mentally rewind and replay, rewind and replay, but if you didn't pick up on it at the time, you're not going to pick up on it on the revisit of the memory. Yeah, I should get back to walking, now that I'm mostly better. I haven't walked since a week ago Monday.
October 10, 20178 yr Author 4 minutes ago, Dusty Chalk said: Yeah, having been there with a co-worker whom I didn't know very well, but respected for her knowledge and smarts, it hits closer to home when you realize you were one of the last people to see her alive, and there didn't seem to be a clue that something like this was going to happen. You mentally rewind and replay, rewind and replay, but if you didn't pick up on it at the time, you're not going to pick up on it on the revisit of the memory. Yeah, I should get back to walking, now that I'm mostly better. I haven't walked since a week ago Monday. Thanks, Dusty. I hadn't really thought of it that way, at least in terms of rewinding and wondering why I didn't pick up on any signs. But like in your experience with your co-worker, there really weren't any signs. His wife was with him all night and she didn't pick up on anything. You're also right in that the proximity in time somehow makes it hit closer to home, and oddly eerie (for lack of a better word) in some way. It doesn't seem fair, but I guess that has never been a guarantee.
October 12, 20178 yr So much loss between Petty, Hugh, the senseless violence in Las Vegas. I have hardly had the heart to come out here, but one can't bury their head in the sand for long. Godspeed good people... HS
October 14, 20178 yr No worries. It's impossible to tell these days. Petty was fake news...until it wasn't.
October 18, 20178 yr RIP Gord Downie...F Cancer! https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/10/18/tragically-hip-frontman-gord-downie-has-died-band-repiorts.html
October 18, 20178 yr First time ever crying when a celebrity I've never met dies. Dammit Gord. My whole country is hurting bad today. https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/10/nation-really-use-gord-downies-songwriting-help-process-gord-downies-death/ Edited October 18, 20178 yr by acidbasement
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