-> ->  RS> I did check the obituaries in his area, no listing. (Yet?
-> -> 
-> -> I read a couple weeks ago in the Linux echo in a message he wrote
that
-> his
-> -> sister tried to give him some money. He said he refused it and had
words
-> with
-> -> his sister. Something along the lines of "he can take care of
himself".
-> -> 
-> -> Imagine that, he has no problems taking money from the govt because
he
-> cant
-> -> take care of hisself, but has issue with a loved one, a blood
relative
-> helping
-> -> him out because he feels he can take care of himself.
-> -> 
-> -> If something were to happen to Wayne, with him treating his sister
the
-> way he

-> -> did, no friends etc, who would find him or know to check up on him?
-> -> 
-> -> A few years ago, we had a Fidonet Sysop named Doug Myers, he was the
-> Fidonews
-> -> Editor, he was disabled due to issues with his heart. Despite his
-> disability,
-> -> he was a person whom consistently exuded a positive outlook, those
whom
-> tried
-> -> to flame him had no effect on him, for the most part at least. All of
a
-> sudden
-> -> he fell silent.
-> -> 
-> -> {many months pass}
-> -> 
-> -> We found out he had died, presumably of a massive heart attack..
-> -> 
-> -> Thing is, it was one of those things whereas his body was found in
bed,
-> a
-> -> significant amount of time after his estimated time of death. I
forget
-> who
-> -> actually found him, but a relative of his informed us of his death,
but
-> no one
-> -> regularly checked up on him.
-> -> 
-> -> If Wayne should go, this will be how his passing will be discovered,
-> someone
-> -> will notice an odor, his sister might not check up on him for weeks
on
-> end, the
-> -> landlord might assume Wayne skipped out on the lease only to find out
-> -> otherwise.
-> 
-> Nobody will notice when you die, since you already stink on ice.
-> 
-> -> I saw a post from him today.
-> 
-> Same here.

Really?
How am I doing?
Oops.
Wrong Ross.
You're the educated one willing to accept knowledge and learn.
The other one's the one who claims omniscient knowledge of
all things while in fact knowing nothing 
and is the al powerful cleaner of messes in aisle #3 
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