Andy Stocker
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Got into work this morning to be told to go to the briefing room & not miss the briefing. Strange...... usually they don't mind us missing briefings, but todaysone was to be done by one of our managing directors...... even stranger.
Non the less I sat there to be told one of our drivers had been found dead slumped at the steering wheel of his van the previous night from a suspected heart attack. My stomach turned & felt sick.
Here's a guy I was chatting to quite happily minutes before he went out on his route & now ill never see again. Its a wierd feeling to me & worrying that you can be here one minute & just gone the next.
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antonOO2
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to damn true mate ,live each day like your last
sorry to hearabout that
[Edited on 07-05-2003 by antonOO2]
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Shelly
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aww Andy thats awful
are you ok huni?
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Adam-D
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shocking
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Adam-D
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or disturbing im not very good with words
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Kerry
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Andy Stocker
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He's not a person I knew particularly well, but always had a good laugh with him a work do's etc, but I just feel sick & empty.
He was on his own that night too, a majority of the time i'm on my own.
What would happen if something likethat happened to me???
Would hestill be alive if he was buddied up???
Something that we'll never know & it kinda sickens me
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Kerry
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yes this happened to me when one of our regular customers died. not someone u know personally but its the bit about never seein them again that sort of upsets u
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Dave Hay
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everything happens for a reason!!
no1 really changes but you do have to live life to the full - lot easier said than done!
you just gotta keep going and not thinking about it
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Kerry
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yes andy u need to now live this weekend to the full 
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Dave Hay
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edzactly - go get fucking waisted
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Andy Stocker
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I know all this, but I think my work should be held partly responsible.
He had 13 drops on his own & it is heavy work. He should have had a buddy, maybe if he had had a buddy to alert 999 the instant it happened maybe he'd still be alive.
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Dave Hay
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you cant possibly know that.
should all drivers go out in pairs now??
sorry m8 but just sounds like a one off that happens now and again
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Kerry
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dont do that to yourself andy it could happen anywhere at any time. he could of had a buddy then collapsed on his way home from work. please dont torture yourself babe
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Andy Stocker
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No im not torturing myself or feeling sorry for myself.
Its just something I wondered that ifhe'd had that buddy, they wouldhavethere& then rung 999, and maybe they could have saved him in time. Bbut he was found by a member of the public & hadbeen there for god knows how long....
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Kerry
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not nice for member of public then
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Jamesn666
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i work with andy and heard the news this morning
went out a few times with rich in the van and he was always a laugh and quite simply a top bloke who will be missed
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Dr Pepper
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who gives a shit who is doing the work
your mind works in fcuking strangs ways vibrio
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Dave Hay
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no hes just trying to get peoples attention
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Andy Stocker
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Ross its not often I tell you to shut up, but your 'joke' isn't appreciated on this thread
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vibrio
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death is a strange thing. you never really think about it till someone you know dies. then you take a moment to look at life and think about what could have been for you and the person that died and how his family feel. You don;t really know true grief untill a familey member dies. The media services guy at our work died about 12 months ago. he was ill and nevrer went to the doctors. you think if he had went would he still be alive. it passes.
on a lighter not. our group leader is off sick cause he is mad 
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