Colin had been a 'Catter for almost 6 years and while many of you knew him at home and some US 'Catters had the great joy of meeting him at a Getaway in 2005, for many like myself Colin was known for his words here. As we all know and have experienced, friendships on the 'Cat are very real and can be very close even we have never met and perhaps never will. "Col K" was a friend to many and was known both "above and below the line" on Mudcat.

I was reminded of something in a recent thread when I read of his death and I went back looking for it. Though I had not participated in the thread myself, I followed it along as we all often do. I include it here as it shows that on the subject of death, Colin had his head screwed on right as he seemed to about most things in life. Below are his own words on a thread entitled "A Death Wish?"......

Subject: RE: BS: A Death Wish?
From: Col K - PM
Date: 05 Aug 07 - 07:35 PM

Lets face it there is ONLY one certain thing in life and that is that the end is DEATH.We are dying from the moment we are born, it is just a case of how long we take to go and what we do when we are here.
We live our lives and make choices as we go,these choices may or may not affect our final demise.Does anyone really know how our lifestyle affects things. Some people live simple healthy lives and die young, others abuse their bodies and live to a ripe old age.
How we live our life is to a very large extent our choice, how we die is not (apart from suicides).
Suicide is a selfish death, it leaves behind so many unanswered questions and so many people who feel guilty at having failed a loved one.do those who have to deal with suicide in the family ever get over it? I don't know.
I know I will die one day,I don't want to yet but accept that it will eventually come. I hope that when it does come it comes quickly.

Colin

AND, after a response from Little Hawk........

Subject: RE: BS: A Death Wish?
From: Col K - PM
Date: 06 Aug 07 - 05:29 PM

Whilst I agree LH about some of your "certainties" I have doubts that those who die very young will have time to feel any of them. When one gets older then I hope that we all have the chance to experience them, but I repeat the ONLY certainty in life is DEATH. From the moment we are born we start dieing, its how long that process takes that matters, and what we do in the meantime of course.
Some of us lead very fullfilled lives and will feel/experience many things, others hide away and suffer them rather than live them. I would wish that more people made the effort to live their lives to the full, rather than just exist as some people do.
Am I an optimist or a pesimist? I do not know.

Colin


I don't know either but I am positive, absolutely sure, that Colin lived life "to the full."
Rest easy "Col K"....
And thanks for being here at the 'Cat from a friend unmet.

Spaw