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**Frownland** · 10-15-2015, 05:45 PM

Is it plugged in?

Plankton · 10-16-2015, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

So very sorry man.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Charlie

Sorry for your loss, that's real rough. Stay centred.

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

That's understandable, that sounds exactly like the relationship i have with my best friend and if i lost him i would be a wreck too. I once lost a dear friend awhile back and it helped my grieving process to make a song in his honor, maybe that could help you out too eventually.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I never know what to say when real stuff happens, but I've never lost a human friend before, but this song always makes me think about it and gets me misty-eyed. I listened to it on repeat when I lost my cat a little while ago. I'm not one for believing in the afterlife, but this is one of those scenarios that makes me wish for it.

Maybe this will mean something.

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Originally Posted by grindy

Condolences Plank.
Stay strong.
A friend died recently and I was really ****ed up afterwards. But, although I've known him for a long time, we weren't that close and hardly had contact in the last few years. I can't imagine how it'd be losing one of my few really close friends.

You're hardcore.
Well if your psyche can take it and it doesn't screw up your daily life, then why not.

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

So sorry for your loss, Plank. We're all thinking of you.

A sincere thank you. I appreciate the well wishes.

I had gone over to his house after work on Wednesday for the usual beer and some tunes, and maybe a ride or two on one of the toys, and the Shed was all locked up. It was a beautiful day outside too, so this was strange. I thought he must have taken his Dad for a Doc appt, which is usually the case, but the front door was open with the outer screen door closed so I did kind of scratch my head about that. I got back in my vehicle and gave him a call, since a lot of times I'll catch him in the ****ter when I get there around 3:30, but I got no answer. A few thoughts ran through my head since he had been looking for a new job, I thought maybe he found one, or that he was at a neighbors house, or something along those lines. I went home and waited for a call back. None came. A few hours later I got the call from my roommate that he had been found leaning up against his bed clutching his chest. His parents found him, and apparently he had been gone for quite a few hours. I know his schedule, so he probably got his two kids off to school, then was about to open up the Shed and start the day, but never made it that far (which explains the open front door). I started thinking maybe if I had known he was in his room in that condition would I have been able to do something, but that's just wishful thinking. He was long gone before I even showed up. It was just his time to go.

The outpouring of prayers, condolences, and well wishes is astounding. People from the neighborhood that I haven't seen or heard from in 20+ years are coming out from all over the US, and my Facebook feed is a wall of Leon memories that I can't even look at right now. For such a little guy (he was 5'3") he left a huge gap in mine, and a lot of other peoples lives.

Chula Vista · 10-16-2015, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

People from the neighborhood that I haven't seen or heard from in 20+ years are coming out from all over the US, and my Facebook feed is a wall of Leon memories that I can't even look at right now. For such a little guy (he was 5'3") he left a huge gap in mine, and a lot of other peoples lives.

The very definition of Heaven.

Plankton · 10-16-2015, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

The very definition of Heaven.

R.I.P. Leon, my friend.

Justthefacts · 10-16-2015, 07:32 PM

Condolences, (insert your real name). I shall name my first son Leon, it's such a badass name. How old was he, Plank?

Pet_Sounds · 10-17-2015, 05:31 AM

My condolences, Plank. At least it sounds like he had a good life right until the end.

**Exo** · 10-17-2015, 12:18 PM

So sorry to hear that Plank. Stay strong buddy. If you need it, there are a lot of people to talk to here, including myself. Condolences to not only you, but your family and the family of your buddy Leon.

The Batlord · 10-17-2015, 03:52 PM

Signs of casual alcoholism: you just got a call from work telling you that you were supposed to be in at 4 pm, and it is now 5:30, but you can't come in ATM since you need to turn in two assignments for school by 11 pm, but luckily your manager is understanding and just tells you to get there whenever you can, and the first thing you do after you hang up the phone and start preliminary work on your first assignment is to crack open a beer.

Let's do this ****.

ladyislingering · 10-17-2015, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Signs of casual alcoholism: you just got a call from work telling you that you were supposed to be in at 4 pm, and it is now 5:30, but you can't come in ATM since you need to turn in two assignments for school by 11 pm, but luckily your manager is understanding and just tells you to get there whenever you can, and the first thing you do after you hang up the phone and start preliminary work on your first assignment is to crack open a beer.

Let's do this ****.

sometimes if I have nothing better to do, I get wasted for the hell of it, first thing in the morning.

life's fucking boring, man.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 10-17-2015, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

This isn't so much relevant to Plankton, but my best friend and I don't really know many of the same people, and almost never see each other's family, so there's a decent chance that if one of use died the other wouldn't know about it for a while. We only ever get into contact on the phone, and since I've been out of work for so long, saving the minutes on my Tracphone, we generally don't talk for long or call each other unless we're trying to hang out, which is far less often than I'd like due to money issues and at least a thirty minute travel time to my house (he has a car but I don't).

It's a thought that occasionally occurs to and upsets me, since the only way we'd know would be if one of our mothers had the presence of mind in their grief to remember that their son had a friend who'd need to know, or if they kept our phones and actually answered them when one of us called. Since my Tracphone doesn't require a monthly payment, this wouldn't be all that unlikely, but his is on a monthly payment, so if I didn't call him within that time period and couldn't find any of his family in a phone book, it would take some legwork just to get into contact.

At the very least, we may very well end up missing the other's funeral. That would be hard to take.

you lost my sympathy @ "tracphone"

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Originally Posted by ladyislingering

sometimes if I have nothing better to do, I get wasted for the hell of it, first thing in the morning.

life's fucking boring, man.

stop blaming reality for your inability to cope with it.

10-15-2015, 05:45 PM	#34761 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Is it plugged in? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

10-17-2015, 05:31 AM	#34766 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	My condolences, Plank. At least it sounds like he had a good life right until the end. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

10-17-2015, 12:18 PM	#34767 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	So sorry to hear that Plank. Stay strong buddy. If you need it, there are a lot of people to talk to here, including myself. Condolences to not only you, but your family and the family of your buddy Leon. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE