I am alive.

I *knew^ you didn't exist!

Well my daughters know I exist.

Frank

Didn't your daughter ask the caller where they had come across this information, Frank? It would be helpful if you could track the rumour to its source.

Ana

They did but it looks as if this info has gone through several people and it might not be possible to contact everybody.

Frank

Raising the bar yet again.

JessM it appears that like Mark Twain the reports of his death have been greatly exaggerated

I can remember hearing one of my ex teachers had passed away once. The person was in London for the day and I thought the person was reliable as he was now a headmaster at a Croydon School but he was a pupil at the school I went to.
My mother in law who was the ex headmistress lost contact with him as he moved on to another school.
I went to school in Birmingham.
About 3 months later I saw this teacher who was supposed to have passed away and he could see I looked astonished.
He had heard from another source he was supposed to be dead.
It was another teacher who lived near him with the same name who had passed away.
I managed to contact the person who told me the teacher was dead but he told me he had been told by an ex pupil who was a doctor and he had no way of contacting him.
Oddly enough I met 3 ex pupils in London over the next few months and they told me this teacher had died. I did correct them but they could not contact the people who told them.
Oddly enough about 3 years later this teacher did pass away but I did check with his son before passing the information to anybody else.

Frank

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So many 'odd' things.

Well I never Frank!

Hi ginny / Orca

No doubt I will solve the mystery at some point.
I am just wondering how many people I will meet face to face in the future who will think I am a twin of Frank or they may think I am a ghost.

Frank

Never a twin. The world could not cope with two.

I'm visiting a friend in Solihull sometime soon, perhaps we could meet up Frank and then I can assure everyone you're real and alive?

You don't often get an offer as good as that, Frank!

That would be great orca and you could reassure us all that he is alive and not the figment of our imaginations, or the doppleganger of someone rumoured to be the twin of someone dead.

Everything suddenly gone quiet ?

Proves he's not real

Hi Orca

That would be ok.
I don't know Solihull town centre that well but I know John Lewis and could get there by train.
John Lewis is just a short walk from the station.
The other alternative is to meet somewhere where there is some parking a bit outside Solihull or even in Birmingham.
I think the Solihull trains come in to Snowhill and my trains come in to New St.
There are plenty of pubs between these stations.

Frank

Gransnet is turning into Blind Date !

Hi JessM

I am alive. I have been doing other things since yesterday and I am now going to meet a friend and have lunch.

Frank

Plenty of parking in Solihull, John Lewis has a big car park.

Will you wear a carnation of carry a copy of the FT?

That's a date Frank. I'm going to be in the area over Easter I think. I know John Lewis and we could meet for a coffee in the little cafe there. How about I PM you nearer the time so we don't have all of GN there too?

PS just so you know I'm a lot older than you I think.