11-11-17 20:53 NANCY BACKUS wrote to JOE MACKEY about Re: parents
Howdy! Nancy and Joe,

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 -=> Quoting Joe Mackey to Nancy Backus on 11-08-17  07:53 <=-

 JM>> My father took ill and died within a few days, peacefully at home,
 JM>> surrounded by family... (I was 12 and had already gone to bed and told
 JM>> only later when my mother woke me to tell me).
 NB>> That's what I consider the ideal way to go... peacefully at home,
 NB>> surrounded by family... :)

 JM> I always joke I'll probably be found a while after the event when
 JM> someone asks "Whatever happened to what's-his-name?"

 NB> You probably would benefit by having a friend look in on you
 NB> regularly... or have someone you call or connect to just about
 NB> daily.... :)

 JM> We had two people in the last couple of years who were found after
 JM> they died in their apartments.
 JM> One had been dead for a couple of weeks, and the bug man in his
 JM> monthly inspection found one who had been dead for a few days.
 JM> I asked the bug man if that were common and he said he's found
 JM> several dead bodies over the years.
 JM> He said the first couple of times it was shocking, but now its sort
 JM> of "Oh, another one".

 NB> Yes, I remember you mentioning that before.... In an apartment complex
 NB> there are not as obvious signs that someone might be in trouble as one
 NB> might if living in a single family home.... where things like mail
 NB> piling up might be visible from the street... or the mailperson might
 NB> even notice....

A place that a relative of mine lived at had a Tag hanging on a hook on
the outside of every door that was Brown on one side and Orange on the
other side.

Every person that lived there was asked to flip their Tag over each day
to show that they were well.

... There is an exception to every rule, except this one.
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