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2006-10-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by .com 2006-10-04 03:13|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Expect more of this as elderly are convinced to use direct payment into their financial accounts and automatic bill payments. That leaves only bulk junk mail which after it piles up after a couple days, the Post Office just stops delivering.

Posted by Gleaque Shairong2690 2006-10-04 08:54|| 2006-10-04 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 "Neighbors described the man as a recluse"

Yeah, death will do that to ya.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-10-04 10:51|| 2006-10-04 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Dead bodies often generate odor and bug problems. This is really weird.

Posted by DoDo 2006-10-04 11:36|| 2006-10-04 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 A metaphore for aging, childless, sterile Europe? Dead, alone in his bed, with no relatives to care about his disappearance. By the way, this is most probably how I'll end, so please remind me not to keep any meat-eating pet at the time.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-04 11:53|| 2006-10-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 . . . this is most probably how I'll end, so please remind me not to keep any meat-eating pet at the time.

Reminds me of my favorite Nick Lowe song:

Marie Provost did not look her best
The day the cops bust into her lonely nest
in the cheap hotel up on Hollywood west
July 29

She'd been lyin' there for two or three weeks
The neighbors said they never heard a squeak
While hungry eyes that could not speak
said he's a little dog, he's just gotta eat . . .

Posted by Mike 2006-10-04 12:28|| 2006-10-04 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 Anon5089 -
Some years ago some outfit did a study on 'survival predation' in pets - i.e.;, how long would it take after you died for Fluffy or Rover to get hungry enough to start gnawing on you. After studying a bunch of cases where this had happened, they deduced that a dog will go up to seven days before they just can't hold out any longer.

The average cat will give you 24 hours.

That would explain why my cat would always give me such a disappointed look upon my awakening every morning....

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-10-04 13:15|| 2006-10-04 13:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike, that explains why our cats keep trying to trip me down the stairs.

Posted by Steve 2006-10-04 14:12|| 2006-10-04 14:12|| Front Page Top

#8 He was always a bit cold.

Posted by Anna N Smith 2006-10-04 17:44|| 2006-10-04 17:44|| Front Page Top

#9 The average cat will give you 24 hours
My kitty Lizzie Borden is my best buddy, she'd give me 36 to 48 hours easily.

To allow the goldies to soften things up.

Posted by Shipman 2006-10-04 18:34|| 2006-10-04 18:34|| Front Page Top

#10 If any Elder-Care humor can be gleaned from such an increasingly sad situation...I'd like to suggest watching the charming, Irish Oscar-nominated flick, "Waking Ned Devine". Not pretty; just pretty funny... (at)

Dear Heavenly Father, In Jesus' name, please Bless and Protect us All, Amen

Posted by Asymmetrical Triangulation 2006-10-04 21:36|| 2006-10-04 21:36|| Front Page Top

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