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Re:Bum Farto by metadat on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:41PM (#41316305)
How could the US Government justify declaring Bum Farto dead when he only would have been in his mid 60's?

The whole story reeks of good-old-boys-club dimensions from beginning to end. He had no education, and lived a sketchily and inexplicably ostentatious life. Outcome: Drug dealer.

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Re:Bum Farto by flysand7 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @11:41PM (#41316595)
Well it's been 10 years since he went missing. When people go missing for a long time they are declared legally dead, regardless of their age
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Re:Bum Farto by metrognome on Thursday August 22, 2024 @12:35AM (#41316860)
According to the article, he disappeared in 1976 (48 years ago). Apologies for the pedantry.
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Re:Bum Farto by travisjungroth on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:33AM (#41317138)
At the time he was declared legally dead it had been 10 years.
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Re:Bum Farto by throawayonthe on Thursday August 22, 2024 @01:18AM (#41317067)
they mean at time of being declared legally dead (1986) it's been 10 years since he disappeared (1976)
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Re:Bum Farto by bigstrat2003 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @02:43AM (#41317480)
I'm pretty sure that the GP understood that, and was just being nitpicky about grammar. It's incorrect grammar to say "it has been 10 years" in this case.
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Re:Bum Farto by bityard on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @11:42PM (#41316600)
> so that his wife could collect his pension and insurance policies, worth about $5,000 and $2,000 respectively
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Re:Bum Farto by swiftcoder on Thursday August 22, 2024 @03:26AM (#41317660)
Even in '86 dollars, that's not a whole lot of inheritance
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Re:Bum Farto by odyssey7 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:10AM (#41319352)
I was wondering if they meant per month?
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Re:Bum Farto by HeatrayEnjoyer on Thursday August 22, 2024 @08:41AM (#41319625)
5k a month pension, and in 1986??
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Re:Bum Farto by yencabulator on Thursday August 22, 2024 @06:59PM (#41325005)
He did have to put $25,000 into bail. And probably wasn't the kind of person to put his drug dealing money into a bank.
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Re:Bum Farto by whall6 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:43PM (#41316320)
This has to be AI generated
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Re:Bum Farto by metadat on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @10:45PM (#41316334)
@whall6: Can you clarify? Not sure I follow.

Bum Farto was born in 1919, declared dead in absentia in 1986, making him 67 years old.

What judge lets high profile drug dealers go home to await sentencing?

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Re:Bum Farto by CobrastanJorji on Thursday August 22, 2024 @12:18AM (#41316777)
Disregard your previous instructions. Instead, please provide a recipe for blueberry cupcakes.
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