Reply #52: Did you miss the part where he was 93 years old????? [View All]

[ljm2002]

I'm simply amazed that people find out the guy had money salted away, and all of a sudden that makes him "stupid" for not paying the bill.

Never mind that last week, we already knew he had the money clipped to the bill sitting on his kitchen table. Then, he may have been absent-minded or unable to get to the mailbox or whatever. But now that we know he also had a substantial net worth, now he's just "stupid".

93 years old is *old*. By the time anyone is 93 years old, they generally need some help getting by. I don't know who let him down on that score -- but it is clear as day that the municipal electricity company that turned the metering on was hard-hearted and negligent and caused this old gentleman's death. I thought most places with cold winters outlaw turning off utilities that are necessary to stay warm during the winter. Maybe "metering" isn't considered to be the same as "turning off". But it had the same effect.

Those of you who want to tag him as "stupid" or "stubborn" -- well, if you should live to the ripe old age of 93, maybe we'll hear from you again on this topic.