El Chup appears to have passed away

I sure hope he has the strength to carry on. I know people can die of broken hearts shortly after their lovers die


























I'm sorry, we were all thinking it

Damn.....

Suppose it was something random - heart attack or stroke or hit by a car or something. :/

His last post was that morning in the Bush thread, so yeah. He'd be about my age though he looked much healthier, but heart attack would still be my guess.

His mom just said they're having a post-mortem, so they don't know yet.

"He'd be about my age though he looked much healthier" - matthunter

ummm.......if he looked healthier but he.....and you are still.....you are less healthy.................when was your last physical?
How are your readings - blood pressure, cholesterol, that sort of thing?

Well, shit.

Wait a minute. If El Chup is gone, does that mean Toilet Duck and/or Goldstein the Space Jew might still be alive?

*fingers crossed*

well if he got hit by a car or a bizarre gardening mishap that mystery would be cleared up without a post-mortem.....so medical I would say.
My wife's cousin was 56 and while he had diabetes and related/subsequent medical issues, his health was rapidly improving and he seemed to be back-on-track and then POW! Out of the blue a sudden, fatal heart attack. Often when something hits with little to zero warning it's catastrophic heart or brain failure. Man that is so scary to ponder.

I haven't seen a doctor for years. I know damn well I'm borderline obese (220-230lb) and drink far too much (up until the weekend, I think I'd gone at least two weeks going through two bottles of wine a day). Add in lack of exercise and family history and I'm pretty much a coronary waiting to happen but I can't motivate myself to change - only family left is my Mum and no significant others. Life is pretty much one day after the next routine... not suicidal but if you looked into the future and told me I won't wake up tomorrow I don't think I'd mind too much, as long as the dog and cat get found quick and rehomed well.

Thanks T.

so it goes

Are you serious matthunter? If so, it would be a waste to not even try - you're smart & successful! You've already got a leg up! So what if you don't have "significant others" - that might change and if not, I'm sure you can think of other motivating factors to stay in the game. And if you know your family medical history then you know where to direct your efforts to stay on top of it - some people don't have that information. Don't wait for a close call to scare you into action!

Chup probably looks healthier than me, even now.

Facebook knows both posters come here to Wordforge. Facebook is just fishing.

Fact is I don't feel "all that" most days. And the booze and drink are things I enjoy in life, so cutting them back is tricky. I can get motivated to sort myself out on occasion - that weightlifting thing was an attempt - but I don't really have the support mechanism to keep me from backsliding. Got a few work friends but they have their own issues compared to which mine amount to a "buck up, you twat" so can't really ask them to be my emotional support.

Anyway, making a bit of an effort - have cut the two bottles of wine to two shots of whiskey. Whiskey also means I snack less. Started with the weights again but need to drop a bit of weight before too much cardio.

Well...damn. This sucks.

I have decided that I am just going to skate off eventually and I really don't care. My only real concern is the pain of my end to those who know me. I would rather them be happy. I have been trapped in this body for a long time. It is fine as a body can be, but it is just a man's body. I am not super manly and hairy thank god. I think if I was I would have died like lily in zombie land saga when I got really hairy. The shock would just kill me.

I would give the rest of my life here to anyone who wanted it if I could. I am not suicidal, I am just really tired of waking up here many days. In a way I am sort of jealous of chup. He gets to see what is next before all of us.

Chup probably looks healthier than me, even now. - Forbin

You guys need to man up, ruck up, and step up your game! The ladies will ya for it!

Fuck.

Was chatting to someone about him last night, and was hoping to go see him in the New Year as it's been far too long.

We were mates IRL, even though I'd not had time to see him for a years and had fallen out of touch (soon as I saw this I was going to text to double check, only to find I'd not noticed his number hadn't moved to my current phone), so gutted as fuck, and spent most of the morning in a bit of shock.

Had some fun adventures.

Back in 2012, during the Olympics, me and another friend were heading to Margate to see Blur and were going via London so we could meet up with Barry. It got messy - not helped by the fact he was bearing tinnies of scrumpy the moment we met up. By around 11ish that night all three of us found ourselves in Greenwich, on the green where there were big screens and mobile bars. No one was serving at the bars, however our disappointment soon changed when we realised the pumps were still working, so decided a bit of self-service was in order. Didn't take long for people to start try and ordering, think we'd re-opened the bars, so being good eggs, we duly handed out free beer - until security saw us. Bit of a jog and we met up in a nearby pub. Needless to say we'd missed our train to Margate, so stayed over at his where he fed us pasta whilst watching ANH at pretty much top volume until the early hours.

Then there was the time we hit Knightsbridge and its surroundings. We talked ourselves out of popping round to the Ecuadorian Embassy with some beers to try and have drinks with Assange and call him a cunt. Really, we shouldn't, I mean that would've turned a decent tale into an epic one.

And one night, after a funeral in Brighton, he was good company when I got back into London as I was in bits.

We pretty much got on from the moment we met - a meet in London between us. LindaR/Lurker, Borgs and his girlfriend far too long ago. Going to miss him.

As I abandoned that FB profile a couple of years back, I'd also appreciate it if someone could PM me any funeral details. Seems to be the year for the deaths, have a funeral on Thursday and a family member has terminal cancer.

Find a nice place to go walk. I live in the countryside, so when I've got my lardloss head on I do 4-5 miles walk at least 5 times a week. Been a bit difficult this year, so I've actually re-larded up, but when doing that I've shed the weight without too much changes to my eating habits.

What are "tinnies of scrumpy" please?

Cans of strong cider

Where's @Lt. Mewa been at? Someone should give him the news.

I believe he once met up with El Chup in NYC and became friends, although they had some kind of falling out after that.

Also, this:

Proposed Star Trek Episodes

Mum's page says "married in 1975" so that would scan right.

As of 3 hours ago this was posted:

" I can’t tell you much at the moment they are doing a post mortem so we don’t know the cause of death yet"
so.....fuck.

Facebook is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper creepy about that sort of thing.

Keith Law said on Twitter a while back that he got off a phone call with someone else in his business and that afternoon for the first time ever that person appeared among his "people you may know" recommendations.

I've got a number of WF related Facebook friends...a few of which I have forgotten who they are here (we need another post in the group were everyone states in a comment who they are )

But I'm always a bit surprised when I come across someone I regularly interact with her that HASN'T come up in my suggestions (albeit, perhaps some have and I don't know enough to recognize them)

he commented on the Facebook group post so he knows.

I’m pretty much in the same boat.