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Post by breeze on Jan 14, 2023 14:37:07 GMT
A similar thing occurred in the Orne in France, though in this case the woman hadn't been seen in 5 or 10 years. She would have been 100 years old this year.
She lived in a tiny hamlet. Her son would show up every week with presumably bags of shopping and leave with presumably bags of garbage. No one saw the woman, nobody had cut the grass or weeds, and she wasn't running up her electric bill. Her son reported her water usage and paid the bill for her.
The daughter-in-law told the neighbors long ago that her mother-in-law had gone to a care home. Apparently she believed that until last August when her husband told her his mother was dead and she tipped off the mayor. The mayor called the gendarmes who did a thorough search of house and grounds but found nothing. The next day the criminal brigade from Alencon did another search and they found bones and dust within the mattress. The gendarmes had checked the bed and mattress but didn't check within the mattress.
The son died while the investigation was going on, so we'll never know why he failed to report the death of his mother. I'm sure the investigators have figured it out by now but there's been no follow-up in the newspaper.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 14, 2023 16:19:57 GMT
That pretty much happens everywhere. In some cases, the spouse or child sleeps in the same bed with the corpse.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jan 20, 2023 20:22:35 GMT
“Police hunt ‘night flasher’ who exposed himself to elderly women through their letterboxes”.
I can’t give the link but the story tells you no more than the headline.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2023 1:23:12 GMT
I hope he comes upon one of those letterboxes that is heavy & snaps shut suddenly and forcefully.
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Post by patricklondon on Jan 28, 2023 17:04:35 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 2, 2023 11:04:28 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 2, 2023 16:36:21 GMT
No pork pounding or "barroom hurly burly" where I am, but this airbnb is over a bakery, which randomly features heaving pounding sounds. No idea what they're doughing down there.
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Post by patricklondon on Feb 5, 2023 12:38:02 GMT
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Post by onlyMark on Mar 24, 2023 19:49:30 GMT
I actually do understand this. It's a rough place -
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 24, 2023 20:00:03 GMT
Somebody needs to reveal to the Channel migrants too that the streets are not paved with gold.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 25, 2023 23:36:01 GMT
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Post by questa on Mar 26, 2023 3:48:48 GMT
Maybe "the Bible told him so"...so he did it.
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Post by patricklondon on Apr 3, 2023 11:21:21 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2023 23:40:45 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on May 12, 2023 21:01:49 GMT
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Post by patricklondon on Jun 17, 2023 8:51:48 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 17, 2023 9:08:00 GMT
Makes perfect sense to me...
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Post by whatagain on Jun 17, 2023 10:39:58 GMT
The ashes don’t help
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Post by bjd on Jun 17, 2023 14:03:04 GMT
I believe "Ashes" has something to do with cricket, but I still don't understand the headline.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 17, 2023 14:15:09 GMT
Root is a batsman, the ramp is a batting shot, Bazball is a method of playing. QED.
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Post by patricklondon on Jun 17, 2023 14:26:41 GMT
England and Australia are playing in a competition called the Ashes*, and England, thanks to Root and the tactics and approach called Bazball*, got the first day of the first match of the series off to a favourable start. I'd guess the reporters are ecstatic because England have had, I believe, a good few years of misery when playing Australia. *Never mind why, but the reasons are all somewhere on the internet. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 17, 2023 23:00:50 GMT
So the best outcome would be a headline reading "Pommy Bastards Take Back Cup"?
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 18, 2023 6:11:13 GMT
I'd settle for that but substitute Ashes for Cup.
Incidentally after 2 days play honours fairly even. 3 days to go.
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 8, 2023 10:09:52 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 8, 2023 14:21:05 GMT
High Bailiff Jayne Hughes said that it was an aggravating factor that the offence was committed during the Christmas period
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Post by patricklondon on Jul 19, 2023 5:22:14 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 19, 2023 15:53:03 GMT
Whether or not the creature died, that was animal abuse.
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 2, 2023 18:09:24 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 3, 2023 1:32:59 GMT
This dumb --- spent almost 14 THOUSAND dollars on a costume that looks like a costume??!
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 18, 2023 7:28:57 GMT
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