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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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