thanks guys... I'm proper gutted here, even though we hadn't seen each other for while, we we're and will always be genuine mates .... in june just gone, we loosely arranged getting together when we figured out his g/f's mum lives five miles from me. I shoulda made it more than a loose arrangement.... I know I coulda helped him, I used to do it and I always cheered him up....dammit I know he's to blame, he's done the most selfish thing ever, and he's got two kids... reading the FB msgs from his eldest to him is heartbreaking.... The funeral is going to be an experience... most of the people I went to school with I've not laid eyes on since the day I left, and it seems most of them are going to it.... what a way for a reunion to be held.... Connie asked me this morning why I was sad, and hugged me.... kids have it so easy, and know little when it comes to emotions, they wind you up, scream and shout, and have tantrums, but sometimes they know exactly when to hug you...

A quote from his g/f.... she's at her mums just a few miles away, and in town they have these poeple dressed up and painted like statues, live staues I suppose you'd call them.... they really do look like stone statues until they move and scare ya....