• This X-mas is gonna suck

    From Joacim Melin@21:2/130 to All on Thu Dec 17 10:47:38 2020
    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and he has only days left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.


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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Joacim Melin on Thu Dec 17 13:56:06 2020
    Hello Joacim,

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and he has onlydays left, the doctors say.

    I'm very sorry to hear that, Joacim. :-(

    I wish someone could come up with a cure to prevent this disease from ever occurring...

    Best regards
    Zip

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Joacim Melin on Thu Dec 17 07:35:00 2020
    Joacim Melin wrote to All <=-

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.

    Our thoughts are with you - hope all works out as best it can for you
    and your family.

    I lost my father 5 years ago, right before his birthday. It makes
    that time of year bittersweet, but we still celebrate his life on his
    birthday. Maybe future Christmases could be a time to celebrate your
    stepfather - given time.



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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Joacim Melin on Thu Dec 17 19:38:46 2020
    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and he has only days left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.

    My condolences, especially with it being _that_ close to Christmas.

    My dad died on November 14th, also of cancer (lung cancer, even, despite not being a smoker), and Christmas will still be rough in many ways this year.

    It'll be rough for a lot of people due to COVID anyway -- though I imagine I would still be in Germany, regardless of any other considerations. Even if we were doing Family Christmas, it wouldn't be at Christmas.

    But when you have so many holiday traditions tied to that person, it's going
    to be rough.

    Again, my condolences.

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  • From paulie420@21:2/150 to Joacim Melin on Thu Dec 17 19:04:42 2020
    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and he has onlydays left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.

    I'm truly sorry, Joacim. It sucks, when yer on the other side of... 'its always worse somewhere else'. This year, I'm just thinking of you - and I really hope that you and your family are able to be there for eachother; it seems like ya'll need one another.

    I feel for you, and... and thats all.



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  • From apam@21:1/182 to Joacim Melin on Fri Dec 18 17:08:10 2020
    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.

    Sorry to hear that.

    Andrew


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  • From Joacim Melin@21:2/130 to Adept on Fri Dec 18 10:20:58 2020
    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a long

    battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and he has
    only days left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.

    My condolences, especially with it being _that_ close to Christmas.

    My dad died on November 14th, also of cancer (lung cancer, even,
    despite not
    being a smoker), and Christmas will still be rough in many ways this
    year.

    It'll be rough for a lot of people due to COVID anyway -- though I
    imagine I
    would still be in Germany, regardless of any other considerations.
    Even if we
    were doing Family Christmas, it wouldn't be at Christmas.

    But when you have so many holiday traditions tied to that person, it's going
    to be rough.

    Again, my condolences.

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning. I haven't told my two youngest kids yet (8 and 10 years old) but their older sisters (17 and 20) knows and are of course very saddened by this news. So am I and the rest of my and Sven Eriks family. I'm driving down to my mother (~1 hour away) later this afternoon.



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  • From Zip@21:1/202 to Joacim Melin on Fri Dec 18 14:25:52 2020
    Hello Joacim,

    On 18 Dec 2020, Joacim Melin said the following...
    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning. I haven't told my two

    My deepest condolences, Joacim.
    Hugs to you and your family.

    Best regards
    Björn

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Joacim Melin on Fri Dec 18 19:14:00 2020
    On 12-17-20 10:47, Joacim Melin wrote to All <=-

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.

    This x-mas will truly suck.

    My condolences to you and your family. :(


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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Joacim Melin on Fri Dec 18 10:42:30 2020
    Re: Re: This X-ms gos gonna suck
    By: Joacim Melin to Adept on Fri Dec 18 2020 10:20 am

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning. I haven't told my two younge kids yet (8 and 10 years old) but their older sisters (17 and 20) knows and of course very saddened by this news. So am I and the rest of my and Sven Er family. I'm driving down to my mother (~1 hour away) later this afternoon.

    Sorry to hear.

    I wish I could share some words of encouragement, but I am very bad at that sort of thing, so I will limit myself to offer my best wishes.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Joacim Melin on Fri Dec 18 06:53:00 2020
    Joacim Melin wrote to Adept <=-

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning.

    May he be at peace. My condolences to you and your family.


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Joacim Melin on Sun Dec 20 09:27:42 2020
    On 17 Dec 2020 at 10:47a, Joacim Melin pondered and said...

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.
    This x-mas will truly suck.

    Dear Joacim. I'm really sorry to read your sad news. I'm thinking of you and your family at this tough time. I wish there were more words of comfort I
    could share but at times like this it seems there are no words :(

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Joacim Melin on Sun Dec 20 10:33:00 2020
    On 18 Dec 2020 at 10:20a, Joacim Melin pondered and said...

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning. I haven't told my two youngest kids yet (8 and 10 years old) but their older sisters (17 and
    20) knows and are
    of course very saddened by this news. So am I and the rest of my and
    Sven Eriks

    Dear Joacim.

    I'm still catching up on a few days of echomail. My deepest sympathies to you and your family for your loss.

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  • From Vk3jed@21:1/109 to Joacim Melin on Mon Dec 21 20:15:00 2020
    On 12-18-20 10:20, Joacim Melin wrote to Adept <=-

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning. I haven't told my two youngest kids yet (8 and 10 years old) but their older sisters (17 and
    20) knows and are of course very saddened by this news. So am I and the rest of my and Sven Eriks family. I'm driving down to my mother (~1
    hour away) later this afternoon.

    My condolences.


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  • From Joacim Melin@21:2/130 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Dec 28 13:54:26 2020
    Joacim Melin wrote to Adept <=-

    Thank you Adept and all others who posted kind replies. Sven Erik, my
    stepfather, passed away at 01:00 this morning.

    May he be at peace. My condolences to you and your family.

    Thank you.


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  • From Joacim Melin@21:2/130 to Avon on Mon Dec 28 13:56:00 2020
    On 17 Dec 2020 at 10:47a, Joacim Melin pondered and said...

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.
    This x-mas will truly suck.

    Dear Joacim. I'm really sorry to read your sad news. I'm thinking of
    you and
    your family at this tough time. I wish there were more words of
    comfort I
    could share but at times like this it seems there are no words :(

    It's been a really bad year for a lot of reasons but the death of my stepfather was by far the worst for us as a family. His funeral is in a couple of weeks and due to Covid only 20 people can attend which means that my wife and my four children cannot attend. Nor can the 50-60 people who got in touch after he passed and asked to be invited - he had a lot of friends from work, from hunting and from being an avid motorcycle enthusiast. His children (three) will be able to attend but not his five grandchildren and one great grandchild who was born earlier this year.

    Thanks for your kind words, Avon.


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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to Joacim Melin on Mon Dec 28 13:41:16 2020
    Re: Re: This X-ms gos gonna suck
    By: Joacim Melin to Avon on Mon Dec 28 2020 01:56 pm

    On 17 Dec 2020 at 10:47a, Joacim Melin pondered and said...

    My stepfather for more than 20 years are now on his deathbed after a
    long battle with cancer. My mother is naturally devastated and sad and
    he has only days left, the doctors say.
    This x-mas will truly suck.

    Dear Joacim. I'm really sorry to read your sad news. I'm thinking of
    you and
    your family at this tough time. I wish there were more words of
    comfort I
    could share but at times like this it seems there are no words :(

    It's been a really bad year for a lot of reasons but the death of my stepfat was by far the worst for us as a family. His funeral is in a couple of weeks and due to Covid only 20 people can attend which means that my wife and my f children cannot attend. Nor can the 50-60 people who got in touch after he passed and asked to be invited - he had a lot of friends from work, from hunting and from being an avid motorcycle enthusiast. His children (three) will be able to attend but not his five grandchildren and one great grandchi who was born earlier this year.

    Thanks for your kind words, Avon.

    I am very bad at motivational talk, so I'll keep it short:

    Be glad there is so much people willing to attend the funeral. When I die nobody will show up. SOme people will miss me because I am the only one who knows the passwords for their critical databases and encrypted storages, but the list of people who actually cares for me is minuscule.

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