American expats

[Member 24198]

I'm pretty sure the OP is just keeping tabs on thing he can see and when a particularly egregious example of abuse rears it's ugly head it may be brought back up.

Got it, dropped.

 

[lucusloc]

My friend, Ryan, was in hospice care. His mother had been checking on his place. He was a toy and guitar collector. I had sent him a couple of toys I had when Imwas a kid. 2 days after he died, his mother went to his place and it was cleaned out by thieves.

There was one Lego set that he had completed, a car, and she sent it to me with his obituary and funeral program. The things he told me about living where he did, being fearful of being mugged all the time, the people who tried to break in when he was home, just really made me sad.

I had sent him one of my favorite Mego action figures from the 70's, when I was a kid. I never really played wit toys as a kid. I would more or less just look at them. Ryan was the same way. He was big into video games. He had over 100 arcade style games, some full size. They took everything, except for a couple of Lego sets.

I went back and skimmed your posts to see if I missed a reference but could not find one. Where did he live? Two days seems like they knew he had died and wanted to clean it out before anyone else could recover his property, but that may discount that robberies of unattended dwellings might just be that high where he was living.

 

[1911Fanatic]

I went back and skimmed your posts to see if I missed a reference but could not find one. Where did he live? Two days seems like they knew he had died and wanted to clean it out before anyone else could recover his property, but that may discount that robberies of unattended dwellings might just be that high where he was living.

He lived in Windsor Ontario. He had been in hospice a few months. They raided his place two days after he died, and a week before his funeral.

 

[lucusloc]

He lived in Windsor Ontario. He had been in hospice a few months. They raided his place two days after he died, and a week before his funeral.

Yeah, to me that says people who knew him and knew he was gone wanted his stuff before the family got to it. That is pretty disgusting behavior. I mean breaking into a random stranger's house who you noticed has not been there for a few days is pretty disgusting already, but to target someone you know just passed before the family can even get there to start processing memories? That is just sick.

 

[AshWilliams]

He lived in Windsor Ontario. He had been in hospice a few months. They raided his place two days after he died, and a week before his funeral.

I'm really sorry to hear about your friend and that's is absolutely fuggin terrible.

 

[CLT65]

I don't mute people out of principle, but maybe I could be talked into it if it became a movement/common goal type of thing. But really I prefer to leave that kind of stuff up to the moderation team. We are trying to foster a diverse set of viewpoints here after all, not become an echo chamber. Which is why even the annoying characters get to stay, provided to do not actually break any rules.

For the record my ignore list is very short. Monkeydude is the only recent addition in the last few years. I don't ignore people for their political views, only super obnoxious behavior. Putting people in time-out like that is pretty obnoxious, and childish in my opinion.

Added: I think the last guy that made my ignore list a few years back was an actual, honest to goodness nazi, or nazi-sympathizer at least. I got into it with him a little, and he sent me a PM, a rambling screed about how Hitler was actually a good guy who was just trying to rid Europe of a "disease". I forwarded that garbage to a mod, but there were no actual rules broken since it was just a PM. I saw no reason not to ignore that guy. Some people are here just to argue and fight. They skirt the rules to avoid a ban, but that doesn't mean they're not trolls.

 

[lucusloc]

For the record my ignore list is very short. Monkeydude is the only recent addition in the last few years. I don't ignore people for their political views, only super obnoxious behavior. Putting people in time-out like that is pretty obnoxious, and childish in my opinion.

Added: I think the last guy that made my ignore list a few years back was an actual, honest to goodness nazi, or nazi-sympathizer at least. I got into it with him a little, and he sent me a PM, a rambling screed about how Hitler was actually a good guy who was just trying to rid Europe of a "disease". I forwarded that garbage to a mod, but there were no actual rules broken since it was just a PM. I saw no reason not to ignore that guy. Some people are here just to argue and fight. They skirt the rules to avoid a ban, but that doesn't mean they're not trolls.

Oh no judgement if you do, I just stated my preferences. I have zero so far, and don't plan any. I like being able to see stuff, and have a quasi-rally cry of "no BS left unchallenged." It is less of a problem here because most people have a similar mindset, but it is a carry-over from other social media platforms.

 

[Koda]

I cant recall which, but there's only one other country with a right to own arms. Anywhere else you might have a good safe life but only if your wealthy and you don't have the freedom we do here.
Woke liberal friend moved out, claimed how much better it was there. After some time there was some kind of civil unrest that got serious and their safety in their own home was in question. Had no recourse, no right to guns... would have been hypocritical if he got one anyways. They bought a fighting knife for home defense. .... just shook my head. I guess it calmed down since and their back to saying how much better it is there.

 

[Member 24198]

They bought a fighting knife for home defense. .... just shook my head. I guess it calmed down since and their back to saying how much better it is there.

Don't bring a knife to a gunfight.

 

[Nosferatu]

but there's only one other country with a right to own arms.

Czech Republic.

 

[Provincial]

Deaths are public records. In some places, it is easy to monitor them and find out the residence address. Professional thieves clean out the residence if no one is present. This is not unusual.

The time between the death and the funeral are easy to determine, and if the residence is not reported to be the site of a gathering afterwards, thieves often hit the place during the funeral, knowing that the friends and family will be elsewhere.

 

[nwslopoke]

For my health and lifestyle (old, deaf as a stump and don't like most people) I'll just stay here in the good old USA and have a Coke.
Never had any interest in leaving American soil.

You should try Grandville Public Market in Vancouver, BC. The market is nice and the food is really is good. Check it out on YouTube. You get to stay mostly in America. It barely outside the lines.

 

[AshWilliams]

Deaths are public records. In some places, it is easy to monitor them and find out the residence address. Professional thieves clean out the residence if no one is present. This is not unusual.

The time between the death and the funeral are easy to determine, and if the residence is not reported to be the site of a gathering afterwards, thieves often hit the place during the funeral, knowing that the friends and family will be elsewhere.

I'm fairly certain there's a special roped-off section of hell for people of this ilk.

 

[3MTA3]

I'm fairly certain there's a special roped-off section of hell for people of this ilk.

Right next to the one reserved for politicians

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

Deaths are public records. In some places, it is easy to monitor them and find out the residence address. Professional thieves clean out the residence if no one is present. This is not unusual.

The time between the death and the funeral are easy to determine, and if the residence is not reported to be the site of a gathering afterwards, thieves often hit the place during the funeral, knowing that the friends and family will be elsewhere.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvcqHNyFL-8

 

[WillametteWill]

If you are going to export yourself, you might want to consider the green areas on the map.

Map shows safest countries if there is nuclear war and famine

Some 6.7 billion people would die of starvation in the event of a nuclear war and its aftermath, a study by Nature Food has shown.

www.newsweek.com

I've seen both Mad Max and Road Warrior, yet the map shows Australia as green. I think it might have a flaw.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

I've seen both Mad Max and Road Warrior, yet the map shows Australia as green. I think it might have a flaw.

Back in the late 70's my dad was part of a group (cult might be a better term) that decided The End Was Nigh and they went to Australia because they believed the mystical powers of Ayers Rock would keep the wind patterns and resulting fallout away from them. Like many American expats they discovered their welcome ran out about 5 minutes after their cash did

 

[arakboss]

I've seen both Mad Max and Road Warrior, yet the map shows Australia as green. I think it might have a flaw.

Good point.

 

[Hotdog 7]

Thanks. It's my wife's birthday and she chases the Christmas markets. I'll drop some of those suggestions like I'm a local.

There's a little store in Bruges called Kathe Wohlfahrt which has all kinds of cute little trinkets. My wife and I got some decorations for our house from there. The town apparently has a Christmas market that I've never been to, but I've seen pictures of online and it looks pretty fun.

 

[monkeybutler]

But this is a solid reinforcement to my point that he does not understand how statistics are created, so if anyone takes any kind of raw data (or even just precursor statistics) and turns it into a new statistic in front of him it is like magic.

Pretty sure I know how statistics are created. It would be pretty hard to do my job if I didn't. What I asked you to do is nothing different than what I would ask my staff for in supporting a position. And you did not understand why. If you want to play with the big kids, better hit the books. And now, I leave you to your stories.