> > while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never
> > could find anything about him.

> This is how I want to go out.

As an old-timer BBS user, or to disappear without a trace (or both!). ;)

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>don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look up
>bituaries in your own country.

Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I am
close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find out
about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS network post.

I do run into the rare occassion, like with the missing BBS user, that I
don't really know about. Otherwise, I usually find out about deaths
through the above mentioned places.

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Re: Hello
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Jan 17 2024 09:39 am

>> don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look
>> up bituaries in your own country.

DW> Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I am
DW> close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find
DW> out about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS
DW> network post.

That's my case too. For someone I'm close to, I've always found out through family or friends, via a phone call, text, or social media.

Nightfox

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Re: Hello
By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Jan 16 2024 08:59 pm

> don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look
> up obituaries in your own country.

I use The Living and the Dead: Handbook for the Recently Deceased and just ask
them directly.

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Re: Hello
By: Nightfox to MRO on Wed Jan 17 2024 09:10 am

> Re: Hello
> By: MRO to Nightfox on Tue Jan 16 2024 08:59 pm
>
> MR> don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to
> MR> look up obituaries in your own country.
>
> Honestly I'm not sure where I'd look up obituaries here.. I'd probably have
> to Google it.
>

that's pretty bad dude. didn't you ever have a family member die?
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Re: Hello
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Jan 17 2024 09:52 am

> > > I have a user who posted nearly every day from here that disappeared a
> > > while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I
> > > never could find anything about him.
>
> > he probably used a fake name.
>
> That is what I suspect now.
>

i miss my one user lenny of repan, real name charles knaper. I think he passed away. he was crazy about usurper and provided jakob with many ideas.
he was pretty much the life of usurper.
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Re: Hello
By: Dumas Walker to MRO on Wed Jan 17 2024 09:39 am

> >don't you think that's pretty weird to be an adult and not know how to look
> up >bituaries in your own country.
>
> Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I
>
> am
> close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to find out
> about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a BBS network
> post.
>
> I do run into the rare occassion, like with the missing BBS user, that I
> don't really know about. Otherwise, I usually find out about deaths
> through the above mentioned places.

that seems like a lot of work.
i'm not talking about family members or someone close. you would have to be one obtuse motherfucker to rely on obituaries to track their deaths.

I just look on my local newspaper's website for obits.

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Re: Hello
By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Wed Jan 17 2024 11:15 am

> DW> Especially with social media these days, I feel like if it is someone I
> DW> am close enough to that I really want to know about it, I am going to
> DW> find out about it through family, friends, a FB post, or sometimes a
> DW> BBS network post.
>
> That's my case too. For someone I'm close to, I've always found out through
> family or friends, via a phone call, text, or social media.
>

no no no. i don't think ANYBODY found out about the death of a close person, family or friend via obituary. that's just backwards thinking.

i'm thinking former teacher, former coworker, people you knew in highschool, etc.
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Re: Hello
By: Nopants to Dumas Walker on Tue Jan 16 2024 08:10 pm

> > while back. He'd been a user for 20 or so years, and was older. I never
> > could find anything about him.
>
> This is how I want to go out.

Nopants will be a tough obit search.

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Re: Hello
By: The Lizard Master to Nopants on Fri Jan 19 2024 04:08 am

> Nopants will be a tough obit search.

Tell me about it. My guess is that it would be EASIER to identify someone with
just a T-shirt on.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/trending-now/man-wearing-no-pants-dies-after-rampage
-at-whataburger/877889688/

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