Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months now.
Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know her.

Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is now
terminal. She has been moved to a hospice. Owen has taken a leave of
absence from work, and is with her most of every day. Between the cancer
and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is easily tired and easily
confused, but still has periods of lucidity. She's really not up to
visitors apart from immediate family, however.

If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at

pericles at ntlworld dot com

and he'll read them to her as the opportunity presents itself.

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:37 GMT, "platypus"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Some of you

Oh FFS, the poor wee thing.

Why does life have be such a **** so ****ing often?

platypus wrote:

> Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months
> now. Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know
> her.
>
> Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is
> now terminal. She has been moved to a hospice. Owen has taken a
> leave of absence from work, and is with her most of every day.
> Between the cancer and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is
> easily tired and easily confused, but still has periods of lucidity.
> She's really not up to visitors apart from immediate family, however.
>
> If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at
>
> pericles at ntlworld dot com
>
> and he'll read them to her as the opportunity presents itself.

I wasn't aware, but then I haven't been around here very much.

Thanks for letting me (and others) know.

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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "platypus"
<(E-Mail Removed)> saying something like:

>Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months now.
>Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know her.
>
>Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is now
>terminal. She has been moved to a hospice.

<gloom>
Oh, for ****'s sake, that's a bit inconvenient.
I have a black pill she can have.

> Owen has taken a leave of
>absence from work, and is with her most of every day. Between the cancer
>and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is easily tired and easily
>confused, but still has periods of lucidity. She's really not up to
>visitors apart from immediate family, however.

****, not much point in a GWS, then.

>If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at
>
>pericles at ntlworld dot com

Will do.

platypus posted:
>Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months now.
>Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know her.
>
>Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is now
>terminal. She has been moved to a hospice. Owen has taken a leave of
>absence from work, and is with her most of every day. Between the cancer
>and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is easily tired and easily
>confused, but still has periods of lucidity. She's really not up to
>visitors apart from immediate family, however.
>
>If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at
>
>pericles at ntlworld dot com
>
>and he'll read them to her as the opportunity presents itself.

****. I don't know what to say. I only met her twice, briefly (with
Owen, naturally - what a singular character, and a fine chap) at the
Black Horse in years gone by. Good people both, humanity at it's
finest. Life really isn't fair.

--
Darren
GSF1200N K3

platypus wrote:

> Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months
> now. Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know
> her.
>
> Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is
> now terminal. She has been moved to a hospice. Owen has taken a
> leave of absence from work, and is with her most of every day.
> Between the cancer and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is
> easily tired and easily confused, but still has periods of lucidity.
> She's really not up to visitors apart from immediate family, however.
>
> If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at
>
> pericles at ntlworld dot com
>
> and he'll read them to her as the opportunity presents itself.

That truly sucks.
**** stuff happening to good people.

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platypus <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Some of you are aware that Marina has not been well for some months now.
> Owen has asked me to post an update on here for those who know her.
>
> Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is now
> terminal. She has been moved to a hospice. Owen has taken a leave of
> absence from work, and is with her most of every day. Between the cancer
> and the increasing doses of pain meds, she is easily tired and easily
> confused, but still has periods of lucidity. She's really not up to
> visitors apart from immediate family, however.
>
> If anyone wishes to send her a message, please send it to Owen at
>
> pericles at ntlworld dot com
>
> and he'll read them to her as the opportunity presents itself.
>

Ah. Not good news. Thanks. Poor Marina. Why is it always the ones you
don't want to get cancer who always do, while the true buggers seem hale
& hearty?


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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:37 GMT in uk.rec.motorcycles, platypus says:

>Marina has cancer, which has spread to several vital organs, and is now
>terminal. She has been moved to a hospice.

Ah crap, hadn't seen either of them for a while, that just sucks big
time.

--
Ian
"Bother!" said Pooh as he turned the launch key

TMack wrote:
> Salad Dodger wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:34:37 GMT, "platypus"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>> Some of you
>>
>> Oh FFS, the poor wee thing.
>>
>> Why does life have be such a **** so ****ing often?
>
> Also - why are some news servers removing your posts? On some I can see
> steve auvache's reply but not your original message. The original message
> from you shows up fine on nntp.dsl.pipex.com but doesn't appear on either
> reader443.eternal-september.org or on news..eternal-september.org
>
> I also tried freenews.netfront.net and it doesn't appear there either.

same here

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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:53 -0000, Nige <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <(E-Mail Removed)>:
> TMack wrote:
>> Salad Dodger wrote:

>>> Oh FFS, the poor wee thing.

>>> Why does life have be such a **** so ****ing often?

>> Also - why are some news servers removing your posts? On some I can see
>> steve auvache's reply but not your original message. The original message
>> from you shows up fine on nntp.dsl.pipex.com but doesn't appear on either
>> reader443.eternal-september.org or on news..eternal-september.org

>> I also tried freenews.netfront.net and it doesn't appear there either.

> same here

It wasn't in our feed, either. I think I saw one post from SD
the other day and thought, "Blimey, he hasn't posted in a while." -- maybe
it was a followup.

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