Ah but you missed a very important part of the OP then:
Well not now that she’s been half eaten by her cat.
Just to comment. I was sick for a while earlier this year, and had the police called for a wellness check… three times apparently. The first two times they came by, I was at doctor’s offices. The third I was home.
I didn’t learn about the first two visits until some time later. The police didn’t inform me when they were called the third time, they never entered, and no notes were left. So I’m not sure calling the cops is going to do much good. Probably won’t do any harm either. So it’s your call.
If she’s dead, it’s too late to worry about it anyway. The only possible reason to check would be if she’s not dead yet, but dying and in need of help, which seems pretty unlikely. The same could be true of any of your neighbors regardless of when you saw them last.
Single. Really good looking. Girl. No other neighbors exist.
How the hell do you eat breakfast?
It is biologically impossible to eat corn flakes without reading at the same time.
If my newspaper ever stops publishing (or ceases home delivery), I may starve to death.
You have to be adaptable, in the Darwinian sense. The modern 21st century human sits in front of his desktop computer, reading (and writing) The Straight Dope Message Board, while eating breakfast (and dinner).
ETA: Okay, I’ll add something on-topic. Srsly, I worry what would happen to me if I ever have some abrupt accident or medical emergency at home. Nobody would ever notice until the next rent was due and didn’t get paid. And even then, I don’t know how long it would be, before someone came looking for me.
It’s a nice place in the 'burbs. Town is named Stepford.
The Albany Times Useless? I wouldn’t subscribe to that one, either.
My gut feel is don’t do anything. I hate to say this, but communicating in any way with law enforcement puts you on their radar. The moment you make that call, there’s something different about you in the event that something is amiss here and an investigation has to be made.
It’s messed up this way, I know. Just suppose, hypothetically, that the neighbor had been murdered. You would assume that the cops would not suspect the person who called it in, but then, who else would know something is amiss? Where else would you get this “funny feeling” from?
In any case, it seems unlikely that you could do anything to help her if something is wrong.
That happened to my cousin a few years ago. Only it was his dogs. The dogs were dead, too, before anyone found them. As nosy as the ‘across the street’ neighbors were*, I’m surprised it took that long to find him. He must have pissed them off as badly as he pissed off us relatives.
- [sub]I rented the place from him for a couple of years. They got worried about me if I didn’t mow the lawn for a week, because I was working out of town. Which means they were coming over every Sunday (and waking me up on my only morning to sleep late) to check on me during the summer.[/sub]
“Dead” and “on vacation” aren’t your only two choices; she could be in jail or in the hospital. Both of those would probably be a bit more unexpected and getting someone to pick up your newspapers would be a pretty low priority.
Excellent point! I suggest the OP call the local jail and inquire as to wether they have any “really good-looking single girls” locked up.
This is why we have laptops. What do you think I am doing right now? (hint: cereal is involved.)
ETA: you don’t have to put laptops on your lap.
Kindle. If I want news, I get it on the internet. That way I can read multiple sources/angles of the same story, and read news that is interesting to me. Newspapers don’t have that option, plus they are dirty and gross and really awkward to read!
Cheshire Guy, Albany Times Union. Now I do read it sometimes online, only because it has local news, but I see absolutely no reason why anyone would read a newspaper in the flesh in this day and age.
He should have chatted her up sooner. Getting to know someone while they’re alive is usually the way to go.
No, no and NO… that is a federal crime, not to mention it would (IMO) make you look suspicious as hell.
Call the police non-emergency number, give them all the info you have, and ask for a welfare check. It’s a good faith thing so there will be no repercussions to you. I’ve had to do it as recently as the day before yesterday (yes, really).
Regards,
-Bouncer-
I still can’t read ebooks. There is a Kindle somewhere in the house, but I don’t think it’s ever gotten use yet by either me or my wife, and both of us are tied to our computers the bulk of the day. I get lots of information and news from the net, but when I want to sit down someplace quiet and relax and learn something, I need paper. Hell, I went to the library the other day to take out a couple of books because reading PDFs online just wasn’t doing it for me. I tend to be an early adopter for many things, but I think I will always be a luddite about books. They’re just more comfortable and ergonomic to me to read than eReaders or iPads or iPhones or whatever. Obviously, a lot of people love eReaders, but I just don’t get it. I need the physical connection, the ability to dog-ear pages, write in the margins, highlight, flip through randomly and chance upon interesting sections of the book, etc.
Plus, half the reason I subscribed to the paper was the crosswords. I have a crossword app on my iPhone. It’s just not the same. I hate doing crosswords on computer devices.
Oh, I still read books, and like to do crosswords and word searches on paper, and lots of other things. I never write in the margins of any book, though, so that’s right out, and i never highlight.
But the Kindle was not to replace my books, except for the ones i really didn’t need hardcovers for. It was meant as an addition to my books. But it has become such a convenience for me it has practically replaced them for leisure reading - right now I have 197 books on my Kindle, on a slim, easily portable device I can take anywhere. I don’t have to go searching in my house for it or anything, and I can buy the next book in a series at 4 am if I want to.
But I still read physical books. It’s merely newspapers I cannot stand.