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nightbird
Calaspia


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Posted - 14/07/2007 :  07:47:53  Show Profile  Send nightbird an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Such a sad story, find it so shocking that somebody can die and not be missed for 18 months...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=468317&in_page_id=1770

long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:05:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
All down to Direct Debits.


Sign Of The Times.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5821 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:29:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

All down to Direct Debits.


Sign Of The Times.

Down to direct debits? Direct debits killed him maybe? What a ludicrous things to say ... even for your LTNS. The man was dead for 18 months ... he was past caring but what is perhaps more horrifying is the thought that there are people living who haven't spoken to a single soul for 18 months and no one has noticed!

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:32:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Miriam
it is down to Direct Debits
that he was left.

Why do you keep being stupid over every freaking Post.
Pathetic.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5821 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:38:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Miriam
it is down to Direct Debits
that he was left.

Why do you keep being stupid over every freaking Post.
Pathetic.

Wrong LTNS ... it was because he didn't run into debt and therefore cause a fuss to the housing office that not even officialdom had the need to go knocking on his door.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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long time no see
Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:42:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes Direct Debits handle
it all on Automatic systems
that is why he was left for so long.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5821 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  08:45:57  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Yes Direct Debits handle
it all on Automatic systems
that is why he was left for so long.


A human being in a block of flats is not seen by his neighbours for 18 months ... a human being who buys milk, bread, eggs nd other sundries ceases to do so for 18 months and no one notices ... a human being is not in contact with his family for 18 months and no one goes to find out why ...


"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  09:01:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes it is Common, in some areas.
That people do not know who lives next to them.

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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5821 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  09:04:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Yes it is Common, in some areas.
That people do not know who lives next to them.

Sign Of The Times.

Sad!

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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nightbird
Calaspia



603 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  09:27:37  Show Profile  Send nightbird an AOL message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by long time no see

Yes it is Common, in some areas.
That people do not know who lives next to them.

Sign Of The Times.


What a sad uncaring society we live in now, nobody takes any resposibility to check on a neighbour or relative when not seen for days.
Blame direct debits by all means LT but don't blame others when society dosen't give a dam about you at some stage......
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Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  09:52:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In some areas it is uncaring,
that will never change.
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Miriam Binder
Earthsea



United Kingdom
5821 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  10:18:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Not only the neighbours but even his family didn't care evidently ... not only that but this was a man with known mental health issues - depression - and an medical condition that was being cared for and the hospital just wrote of his non-attendance ... What a wonderful caring world we live in.

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin
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Horseman7
Barsoom



United Kingdom
160 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  11:30:31  Show Profile  Send Horseman7 a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by nightbird
What a sad uncaring society we live in now, nobody takes any resposibility to check on a neighbour or relative when not seen for days.


Please don't write everyone off Nightbird. Where I live we all very much care about each other and help our neighbours, usually with a just a kind word but also in more practical ways.


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Earthsea



United Kingdom
6771 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  11:58:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes this is not everyplace like this.
Very True.
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Fluffy Sheep
Discworld



1178 Posts

Posted - 14/07/2007 :  21:35:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is sad,and it`s tempting to think this happened because of the anonymity of living in `a block of flats`, but there are similar cases in the press from time to time, and it happens in any other kind of dwelling. Not long back our local paper ran a story of a woman dead for a few months in a terraced house on a busy street....
The sad thing is that the folks whose lives end this way have usually chosen to cut themselves off from human contact. The `choice` may well have been made when there was some mental illness like depression, early dementia, or just an undiagnosed decline, the person feeling less and less inclined to endure (let alone seek) the company of family or neighbours. Often, there are pets that have become surrogate family to the reclusive individual, and these poor creatures are also found very dead when eventually someone decides to check out the dwelling.

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