Anya: We should drop a piano on her. It always works for that creepy cartoon rabbit when he's running from that nice man with the speech impediment. Giles: Yes, or perhaps we could paint a convincing fake tunnel on the side of a mountain.

'Touched'


Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


brenda m - Jan 03, 2007 10:39:31 am PST #7945 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Did Trudy just mean she asked in the Bitches thread?

Yup, that.


Liese S. - Jan 03, 2007 10:39:58 am PST #7946 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

When do we stop? When do we say, this is the most information we're going to get, and we aren't going to know any better than this?


Topic!Cindy - Jan 03, 2007 10:41:36 am PST #7947 of 10001
What is even happening?

Yup, that.

Thanks, I'm sorry I misinterpreted that. I misstated it a handful of times in this thread.

Off to thread suck and edit.


tommyrot - Jan 03, 2007 10:45:01 am PST #7948 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

When do we stop? When do we say, this is the most information we're going to get, and we aren't going to know any better than this?

Well, I'm thinking we're starting to hit diminishing returns. I mean we could write the States of WI and MN offices of records thingies and ask for death certificates, but I think it's unlikely we'll find any.

eta: Anyway, after that the steps get to be more work, and the probability of finding out anything gets lower.

Or we could do what P-C says and look for evidence he's alive.


Betsy HP - Jan 03, 2007 10:48:49 am PST #7949 of 10001
If I only had a brain...

Tommyrot's call resolved my doubts. Thanks to everybody who did research; it all cumulated for me. I don't begrudge anybody who needs more information; I'm just saying that I'm not going to worry any more.


brenda m - Jan 03, 2007 10:51:14 am PST #7950 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'd agree, with the exception that I do think that an exploratory email would be worth doing. After that, I think we'll eventually learn more, but it may not be by our doing, or any time soon.


Ginger - Jan 03, 2007 10:51:56 am PST #7951 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

This raises the question of whether people would like to leave their real names and addresses and perhaps a contact person with the stompies, in order to have a way to check if someone announces a death or illness. It would need to be voluntary.


victor infante - Jan 03, 2007 10:57:12 am PST #7952 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.

This raises the question of whether people would like to leave their real names and addresses and perhaps a contact person with the stompies, in order to have a way to check if someone announces a death or illness. It would need to be voluntary.

Are there that many regulars around here who don't have at least some RL contact with other posters? I'm not being facetious.


Allyson - Jan 03, 2007 11:05:38 am PST #7953 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think having a next-of-kin list is weirdly disturbing.


Ginger - Jan 03, 2007 11:07:10 am PST #7954 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I don't think so, Victor. Certainly enough people have my contact information, plus once you have my last name, you have me. I'm just wondering if we might want to offer the option.