Quote:What? Has it come to this - no cell phone = mental illness or homelessness? Wow.


Perhaps he's just old school. You don't have to have a cell phone you know. I figure we're about five years away from having to have a Facebook account in order to vote.


(Actually, I read that he was in a hurry to get to the game and left home without a phone and credit cards. Don't know if that's true, as I also read that he didn't have a cell phone.)

You’ve completely missed the point, and selectively omitted a detail, in order to work yourself up into a self-righteous lather.  I did not imply that simply not having a cell phone was an indicator of mental illness or homelessness.  Had you withheld your exalted judgment beyond the first sentence, it is easily surmised that I clearly meant the absence of a phone AND credit cards, coupled with his mysterious disappearance, is an indicator of past troubles.  Mental illness and/or homelessness being obvious choices because that could explain the disappearance and the lack of means to own either a phone or credit cards.  

With that being said, I'm happy the man has been found. However, the family's decision to post missing person fliers at detox centers indicates he has demons to keep at bay. From the reports out now, he was found safe and sober. That's good news.

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