Gosh that's awful..

Yes, that can happen if you live a reclusive life, I guess. I'll probably end up like that.

I heard a similar story a few months ago ..........

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Originally posted by fabienne:
Yes, that can happen if you live a reclusive life, I guess. I'll probably end up like that.

awwwww!
i doubt it
if you dont post for two years i'll send the feds round

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Originally posted by china:

quote:

Originally posted by fabienne:
Yes, that can happen if you live a reclusive life, I guess. I'll probably end up like that.

awwwww!
i doubt it
if you dont post for two years i'll send the feds round

Two days, china, not two years.

Awh this is so sad

Its ok really

When you got to go you gotta go.....

(Its just not the norm thats all....bet she enjoyed the time she spent on her own before passing on)

well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

You would think someone would notice the smell of decomposition if nothing else.

At least she died in her own home, happy and secure.

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Originally posted by china:
well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

It is sad to think that she was so alone in the world that nobody wondered why they hadn't seen her for a long time. It implies that she had no relatives or friends who cared enough to even find out if she was okay. She might have been okay with this, or she might not. It does make you think though.

Blimey, I reckon if I missed paying council tax for a year then I'd be before the courts and the bailiffs would be around.

OMG - poor soul.

So sad to think that not one person missed her.

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Originally posted by Syd:

quote:

Originally posted by china:
well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

We have our milk delivered.

thank God she didn't have cats..

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Blimey, I reckon if I missed paying council tax for a year then I'd be before the courts and the bailiffs would be around.

Most probably had all payments going in and out of bank.....Pension in, Council Tax out.....

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Blimey, I reckon if I missed paying council tax for a year then I'd be before the courts and the bailiffs would be around.

It seems that all her bills were paid by direct debit.

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Originally posted by Syd:

quote:

Originally posted by china:
well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

i shall overlook your lack of concern towards the elderly
we have a milkman but we stopped him because his assistant was turning up asking for money and not telling his boss and for a couple of weeks we paid twice, then we caught on

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Originally posted by *BB*:

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

We have our milk delivered.[/QUOTE]

I can't remember the last time I saw or heard a milk float...

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Originally posted by *BB*:

quote:

Originally posted by Daniel J*:
Blimey, I reckon if I missed paying council tax for a year then I'd be before the courts and the bailiffs would be around.

It seems that all her bills were paid by direct debit.

Surely the utility companies must want to read the meters. Unless they were outside.

That'll be me....all dead and chewed off face by me cats

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Originally posted by Shiver:
That'll be me....all dead and chewed off face by me cats

and me

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Originally posted by Syd:

quote:

Originally posted by *BB*:

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

We have our milk delivered.

I can't remember the last time I saw or heard a milk float...[/QUOTE]I have my milk delivered too

Poor old lady - shame no one noticed

Oh gosh how sad

it was in edinburgh

a few people wondered but thought she has just moved or gone into a nursing home, all her financial affairs were done by direct debit and the flats she lived in were popular with students so there was a lot of people coming and going

such a sad story

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Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
it was in edinburgh

a few people wondered but thought she has just moved or gone into a nursing home, all her financial affairs were done by direct debit and the flats she lived in were popular with students so there was a lot of people coming and going

such a sad story

How did they not smell the body for days? and she had no friends or relatives? wow such sad news...

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Originally posted by Syd:

quote:

Originally posted by china:
well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

Yes, we have our milk delivered three times a week

Was she rich? Can I be her long lost son if so?

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Originally posted by pretty~cocoa~eyes:

quote:

Originally posted by *Yogi Bear*:
it was in edinburgh

a few people wondered but thought she has just moved or gone into a nursing home, all her financial affairs were done by direct debit and the flats she lived in were popular with students so there was a lot of people coming and going

such a sad story

How did they not smell the body for days? and she had no friends or relatives? wow such sad news...

probably cos it was full of students

very sad though a friend of mine commited suicide a few years back and he was not found for two weeks! in mid summer and he was in the garden
bad enough but the police apparently checked the house twice!! but didn't check the garden

quote:

Originally posted by china:
well,
you know what they say
where theres a will, theres a relative
so i guess the old dear had no money
blimey if my eldery neighbours dont bring the milk in before 10am, im knocking the door

gosh, wish i had a neighbour like you!! lucky your neigbour!!

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Originally posted by Syd:

quote:

Originally posted by *BB*:

Seriously....are there still milkmen?

We have our milk delivered.

I can't remember the last time I saw or heard a milk float...[/QUOTE]

He uses a pickup truck. If he used an electric milkfloat the batteries would run out halway through his round. He has a large mileage to cover between customers.

This was not far from where i live, its seems impossible that this could happen and i hope there is an enquiry. Surely her doctor would know she wasnt around, or something. The girls at the hairdressers she always walked past said they hadnt seen her but didnt want to go to her door to see if she was ok , which me mad. A photo in the local paper hasnt brought any family forward, its a real shame

Let's be honest. People don't always care or notice. It's very sad, but the poor woman wouldn't know anything about it.

Isnt that so sad

You would wonder if she wasnt collecting her pension or something

ahhhhh god rest her

It reminds me of that heir hunters programme it has happened in that a few times as well

and the people have left fortunes

How sad

When my uncle died he lay dead in his house for about a week and that breaks my heart. 5 years, that astounds me.

I bet she was a forum laydee.

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Originally posted by Pol Pot Noodle:
I bet she was a forum laydee.

She may well of/have been....and there but for the grace of god go you or I......

She'll be in Liverpoolass's sig shortly.

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Originally posted by Pol Pot Noodle:
She'll be in Liverpoolass's sig shortly.

Explain....