I know that bad things happen to people every day, and that we’re supposed to be inured to it all, but you really gotta feel sorry for this poor bastard. Remember when that girl in Minneapolis found her dog’s head on her doorstep? Me and a few Internet buddies got together and sent her a condolence card. I kinda feel like doing the same thing here. Jeez—this sucks. And you can’t even get mad because there’s nobody to blame. 
Man that sucks… How do we do the card thing?
Well, with the girl in Minneapolis, I just sent PM’s to few buddies on another board and asked if they wanted their name on the card. Then I got the card, and just added them all on with a notation explaining who we were.
No.
How did that come to pass?
OK, I have a 100% confirmed address and telephone number from zabasearch. Who wants in?
I’ll add my name.
I’m looking for the thread, but I can’t find it. Give me a minute. It’s so stupid that I have to wait 5 minutes even if I don’t get a hit. Grrr…
Here ya go. I was looking for “Minneapolis dog butcher,” not “Minnesota dog butcher.” Again, grrr…
Not to be rude but how does one get swept to sea by a 3 foot high wave? Even though the article states the woman is very small, that’s still . . . a very small wave. Maybe she couldn’t swim or something, in which case, taking her to the ocean to propose probably wasn’t the best idea.
Still, gotta feel bad for the families involved.
From here.
I’ll add my name, too. Imagine how the poor guy feels.
I’ll add mine too. How do I do it?
PM me your real name if you want to use it, otherwise I’ll just sign it ‘Justin Credible’.
You serious? If I’d been recently bereaved the last thing I’d want is to receive a card from a bunch of cyberstalkers. :eek:
Dear stranger,
Sorry about your dead fiance.
Sincerely,
Several strangers
Yeah, I’m sure that will pick his spirits right up.
We’ll wait an appropriate amount of time.
I recall something very similar happening on the same coastline (Oregon’s) about 10-15 years ago. Woman and man (were either engaged or married), a huge wave came in when he was taking her picture, took her out, he jumped in to save her, they managed to touch fingertips a few times, the current separated them, he made it back, she didn’t. The wave was much bigger than this one apparently was.
I wouldn’t use dopernames, as many are jokes and could be taken as mocking.
I didn’t think of that. Some people have already PM’ed me with their real names, and for the ones who don’t, I’ll put their names in quotes and explain the source.
That is also the same beach where a young woman supposedly pushed her boyfriend off a cliff a few years back. He was never found(I believe) and she is in jail. I can’t find the story online, but remember it was on court tv for months.
It seems like a dangerous place.
I feel bad for the them, but probably wouldn’t have chanced it myself, unless I was an expert swimmer.
From a completely informal survey of the diverse group of people I work with swimming is not a skill commonly taught in many places around the world, especially less developed countries.
The woman in question was apparently tiny, from the Phillipines, and I imagine the water is pretty cold off the coast of Oregon in early December. Hypothermia can disable and eventually kill even an expert swimmer.