IrishGent Posted March 24, 2003 #1 Share Posted March 24, 2003 AUBURN, Mass. - There are some things that people will take with them to their graves. However, it's highly unlikely that one of those things will be a person's phone bill. A local cemetary received a phone bill last week for David Towles at his current address: Hillside Cemetary, Evergreen Section, Auburn, Mass. Plot 01501. It seems that companies will hassle you about bills even after you're dead. The cemetary's super- intendent Wayne Bloomquist was surprised to see the Sprint bill for 12 cents, including 10 cents for a call placed on February 16th, five years after Towles died. Bloomquist sums up the incident perfectly: "Our clients here don't usually get mail." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonboy Posted March 24, 2003 #2 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Reminds me of a 'Twilight Zone' episode I saw once.... creepy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HD Posted March 24, 2003 #3 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Is that the episode where the old woman keeps getting calls and no one else can hear them and in the end it turns out to be from a grave the phone line goes in to a grave of a lost love? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted March 24, 2003 #4 Share Posted March 24, 2003 i work in a mail room. i still get mail everyday for a man who died 7 years ago. often, its from the same places that ive returned mail saying he is deceased several times already. it just shows you that at least to junk mailers, we are eternal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althalus Posted March 24, 2003 #5 Share Posted March 24, 2003 do you think they will ever get the hint and junk mail the dead, so we do not have to get it? either that or write on the mail 'I used to be a tree' and send it back to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kismit Posted March 24, 2003 #6 Share Posted March 24, 2003 My friend rang her dead fathers cell phone , and he answered . Now that was a little unnerving . O.K. so it was his voice mail box but it was still a little bit of a shock to here him say "Hello" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonboy Posted March 24, 2003 #7 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Yes HD. I remember the closing shot of the episode was where the storm had damaged the phone line and it was trailing onto the grave of the dead guy.... ...gave me the creeps in a big way... eeek! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloated Corpse Posted April 8, 2003 #8 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Goes to show at what extent these companies will go to, to get their money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schadeaux Posted April 8, 2003 #9 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Hey, if dead folks can vote and get taxed, why not pay up on bills due? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddy_s_girl Posted April 24, 2003 #10 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Hey, if dead folks can vote and get taxed, why not pay up on bills due? I'm confused is there ne other web sites because I'm do ing a report help please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidhe Posted April 24, 2003 #11 Share Posted April 24, 2003 I tried to reply a little earlier, but it kept saying I had to wait 30 seconds between posts.. and I hadn't posted for an hour!! That's high strangeness there.. Anyway, what in particular did you need to know? The man in this story got mail that was obviously a mistake. There have been other stories of contact beyond the grave.. did you want links to such as these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raventlynn Posted May 19, 2003 #12 Share Posted May 19, 2003 So, will his "late" payment ruin his credit rating? I think that is hilarious! I would have to keep the bill and frame it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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