RIP my brother Neil

**FROSTY:Me** · 29th January 2009, 17:53

sorry to hear this Merv. Really glad yopu had the time to say goodbye to him.

**Big Dave** · 29th January 2009, 17:57

Condolences Merv.

Blaze the trail as he'd want you to old bean.

**Skunk Control** · 29th January 2009, 18:03

Take care, thinking of you guys.

**Skunk** · 29th January 2009, 18:41

My condolences to you and family, Merv.

**adam1194** · 29th January 2009, 18:59

Hey mate,
I dont know you or your brother, but just wanted to say im sorry for your loss.
My heart goes out to you, your family and his friends.
RIP.

**Paul in NZ** · 29th January 2009, 19:02

Vicki and I are sorry to hear that Merv! He seemed a really nice guy the one time I met him and the way you spoke of him said volumes!

**chanceyy** · 29th January 2009, 19:33

condolences Merv

**Marknz** · 29th January 2009, 19:45

Very sorry to read about your loss, Merv. Hang in there.

**ajturbo** · 29th January 2009, 20:03

merv...
i remember meeting him somewhere... cannot remember where though...

sorry to here this news...

AJ

**Hawkeye** · 29th January 2009, 20:16

RIP Neil,

I have had the pleasure to have met Neil a couple of times and ridden with him once. It must have been so hard for you Merv these last few months. I'm sure your daughter will treasure that card.

Condolences Mate.

**merv** · 29th January 2009, 20:29

Originally Posted by ajturbo

merv...
i remember meeting him somewhere... cannot remember where though...

AJ

AJ you saw him when he came along to the MotoGP showings at Kittys a couple of times in 2007 before he got sick.

Thanks to everyone for all your kind words so far. Neil was one who never married or had his own family so I still have the task ahead of wrapping up his estate etc as his closest rellie in NZ. Our one other brother lives in Sydney so isn't really in a position to help so much.

The bad news about this story is the one about cancer - why are the cancer rates increasing? My other brother's Mrs is a nurse in Sydney and she said when she started work about 1 in 7 were getting cancer and now a few decades later it is more like 1 in 3. Neil as an example wasn't a smoker or big drinker and seemed to do little wrong in terms of punishing his body so we have no idea why he got the cancer he did and there were no warning signs.

**Paul in NZ** · 29th January 2009, 20:42

Um - tricky question Merv...

You might not like the answers but there is increasing feeling that all the diseases of affluence could be diet related.....

Prime suspects - meat, dairy.....

**merv** · 29th January 2009, 20:46

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

Um - tricky question Merv...

You might not like the answers but there is increasing feeling that all the diseases of affluence could be diet related.....

Prime suspects - meat, dairy.....

Yeah probably right, all the stuff good ole NZ produces in abundance.

My daughter is vegan, hopefully she can live until she is 200 or something.