It's A Bit Sad And Nostalgic...

[pastafreak]

When you read a random old-ish thread...and half the posters are no longer here. Half of them have passed on. Got a bit of a lump in the throat

[wolf63]

I saw a headline in one of the newspapers. It said that if you eat a certain food you can cut the chance of you dying by 30%.

I'm sixty this year and quite a few of my school friends, work mates and family haven't made it this far.

[anneasquith]

Susan, what was the * certain food * ? :-)

[wolf63]

Anne, it was one of the newspapers where you had to read a huge article to find that out. I didn't read it.

I wonder where they got their statistics from? Can you imagine how overcrowded the planet would be if 30% of us were never going to die!

:-)

[douglas9401]

Imagine the constant rustling too.

[rowanwitch]

If not passed on, just given up, or couldn't be bothered coming back under another name anymore.

[pastafreak]

True Rowan. Though all the known 'passed on' were well liked, as were the other 5 or 6. Still 'active' but not seen since 2017-18. With the pandemic in the middle, I do wonder about some.

[davebro]

we all have 100% chance of dying - it's just a matter of when.

[davebro]

//what was the certain food //

beetroot?

[rowanwitch]

Missing presumed dead.... It is sad that some may have passed without anyone knowing, so many on here seem to have very little contact with the outside world due to age or ill health

[bednobs]

despite recent medical advances the death rate remains stubbornly at 100%

[pastafreak]

Sometimes you don't realise just how many have gone AWOL until their names are visible as a reminder.

[Peter Pedant]

I'm sixty this year and quite a few of my school friends, work mates and family haven't made it this far.

20% of those making 50 dont make 60 ( years of age)
as I was assured when I had ca colon at 47 - so a five year mortality of 50% didnt look that bad. ( now 71)

death rate of 100% is a bit AB - a rate is a number ( here of deaths) over a time ( month, monf, year decade)

and so that brings us to....standardised mortality ratio - SMR - 1.0 means you are dying at the same rate ( per unit time - usually year) as the normal population (*).

Oh death, where is they sting? where is thy vicgtory

(*) and so you can, as cured, die from Ca colon as there will be cases in the normal reference population. very very technical. un-mimsy and cerebral. and as ever sozza to the AB slow readers)

[brian j john]

Yeah ,,,
I think nostalgia's not what it used to be is it

[retrocop]

*) and so you can, as cured, die from Ca colon as there will be cases in the normal reference population.


Ta very much for that gem. There's doom for me yet. I had my cancer about 8 years ago and I'm quite a bit older than you so I don't see why I should worry. :-)
Still suffer a bit from the Capecitabine though. Neuropathy.

[10ClarionSt]

Some posters just left and are using other sites now, they haven't all pegged out.

[douglas9401]

I blame TV chefs and their 'to die for' food.

It's an outrage.

[pastafreak]

Thanks for the humour Douglas :)