• Neil Peart :(

    From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to All on Fri Jan 10 18:15:24 2020
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806

    Neil Peart, drummer and primary lyricist for Rush, dead at 67

    Drummer died in Santa Monica, Calif., earlier this week after years of fighting brain cancer.

    Saw them a couple of times on their Roll the Bones tour. He was an incredible talent. :(

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Dumas Walker on Fri Jan 10 18:41:42 2020
    Re: Neil Peart :(
    By: Dumas Walker to All on Fri Jan 10 2020 06:15 pm

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/neil-peart-obit-1.5422806

    Neil Peart, drummer and primary lyricist for Rush, dead at 67

    Drummer died in Santa Monica, Calif., earlier this week after years of fighting brain cancer.

    Saw them a couple of times on their Roll the Bones tour. He was an incredible talent. :(

    I heard about that. Sad. :( The articles say "years" of battling brain cancer, but I read it started in 2016, which was only a few years ago. Rush's farewell tour was in 2015 (I saw them at my local venue). Seems like brain cancer comes on quick. :(

    Nightfox

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Sat Jan 11 10:44:00 2020
    I heard about that. Sad. :( The articles say "years" of battling brain cance
    , but I read it started in 2016, which was only a few years ago. Rush's farewe
    l tour was in 2015 (I saw them at my local venue). Seems like brain cancer com
    s on quick. :(

    I wondered if he did not have it before and this was a reoccurance, due to
    the wording. :(


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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Jan 11 14:25:04 2020
    Re: Neil Peart :(
    By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Fri Jan 10 2020 06:41 pm

    I heard about that. Sad. :( The articles say "years" of battling brain cancer, but I read it started in 2016, which was only a few years ago. Rush

    the year is 2020.

    2020
    -2016
    _______
    4

    more than 1 year makes it a 'years'

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sat Jan 11 13:44:35 2020
    Re: Neil Peart :(
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jan 11 2020 02:25 pm

    I heard about that. Sad. :( The articles say "years" of battling
    brain cancer, but I read it started in 2016, which was only a few
    years ago. Rush

    the year is 2020.

    2020
    -2016
    _______
    4

    more than 1 year makes it a 'years'

    Yeah, no shit. Just the way they say 'years' tends to make me think many more than just 4 years. I just saw Rush in 2015 during their farewell tour and he seemed fine. 2015 wasn't that long ago.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Sat Jan 11 18:57:28 2020
    Re: Neil Peart :(
    By: Nightfox to MRO on Sat Jan 11 2020 01:44 pm

    Yeah, no shit. Just the way they say 'years' tends to make me think many mo than just 4 years. I just saw Rush in 2015 during their farewell tour and h

    that's just a perception problme.

    if they said 'decades ago' that is a longer time frame.

    if someone i knew had been fighting cancer for years, i would think it is more than 1 year. 4 years isnt a stretch in using that terminology.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Sun Jan 12 12:09:41 2020
    Re: Neil Peart :(
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Sat Jan 11 2020 06:57 pm

    if they said 'decades ago' that is a longer time frame.

    if someone i knew had been fighting cancer for years, i would think it is more than 1 year. 4 years isnt a stretch in using that terminology.

    True.. When someone says "for years", I tend to think more than a couple years or so. If something has been happening for just 2 years for instance, I don't think it makes much sense to say it has been happening "for years".

    Nightfox

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