HIDee Big Bro Brian!

Cute Picture...& yeah, I used to feel thataways about dyin'...

I think that as Ya Age you get to a point (Age 60 was mine) where ya feel "OK, I've accomplished MOST of What I Started Out WANTIN'" and you go into "Coast" Mode. Perhaps overnight, "Death" is no longer SO "Mysterious" and lots more "A Certainty."

I think Europeans ARE More Into-The-Moment, because So Many Times they've had The Germans blitzkreigin' Away over their Borderlines, that they're aware "Peace" is an illusion. (Or has been, so far..over the Milleniums.) We've JUST begun to experience That Feeling since "9-11" over here.

But, as Ol' FDR Said once, we have only to fear Fear-Itself. The Moment we all Fade-to-Black, we cross the line to the Great Unknown. It's either a whole lotta Nothin'...or a Great New Adventure. (I'm inclined to expect the Former, & of Course hope for the Latter..but it's WAY beyond My Control.)

But..what ya DO control, more-or-less, is the Next 24 Hours...& that's REALLY all ya gotta worry about..IF ya gotta worry. (Death and Taxes sorta take care of Themselves...heh-heh!)

Hang in there, Amigo...& just remember, ALL those folks who belonged to those Bones no longer have Our Problems, & they're well-along to their Next Assignment. (So Smile!)

Big Guy-Hug,
Ol' Stan