[TheForge] Roger Duncan

[Andy Vida]

Aaron Silver wrote:
> 
> At 02:46 PM 3/22/2004, you wrote:
> >" The older I get, the more funerals I go to."
> >
> >Had a friend die this past week from too much sex. Should we put skull &
> >crossbones on that?
> 
> My Grandmother just passed away last month, and my Grandfather last year.
> Both smoked and drank until the day they died. For the last 6 years my Gmom
> had lung cancer. Did smoking kill her. In a way, yes. (She died of liver
> cancer, surprisingly enough!) But I don't begrudge her the comfort she
> received from smoking.

	My paternal->maternal great grandfather smoked 100 cigarettes
	a day, ate a diet that would have any randomly chosen doctor
	in apoplexy, and drank quite bravely, as I understand.  He
	died at 99.

	Ewell Gibbons, Mr. Grapenuts himself, croaked off in his 50s
	after a life of nuts and twigs.

	When youre nickel's up, it's up, so my recommendation is go
	out and have a good time.

> Are we adults enough to make our own choices and live (and die) with the
> consequences? We darn well should be!

	Tell that to the do-gooder squeams.  Better yet, slap some
	sense into them.