Laconia jobless/unemployed

[Irish mist]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Got through a pretty bad divorce and lost his job. He has been fighting in court to reduced has alimony as he no longer has a high salary. It is a losing battle as the AG office has a woman's right advocate who thinks all men are devils.

That and his current girl friend broke up put him over the edge.

Rest in Peace my friend.

His ex was arrested for entering the property without permission of probate. She was trying to take home everything that he owned.

So you are saying your neighbor killed himself ? Sad story.

[fatlazyless]

Apparently, there's very little public information on New Hampshire suicides that gets reported in the local newspapers, or any websites. Probably because the person is obviously dead, and people tread pretty lightly on the topic out of respect for any relatives, or some reason like this.

Any chance you can supply some of the details such as age, any children, work history, problems with unemployment and not-enough-money, marital status, what you think would have been best cure-all situation for his personal problems, what was the final straw and what was the method of self-inflicted death?

As Bill Clinton said many times, the best social program is a good paying j-o-b!

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Apparently, there's very little public information on New Hampshire suicides that gets reported in the local newspapers, or any websites. Probably because the person is obviously dead, and people tread pretty lightly on the topic out of respect for any relatives, or some reason like this.

Any chance you can supply some of the details such as age, any children, work history, problems with drinking or drugs, marital status, what you think would have been best cure-all situation for his personal problems, what was the final straw and what was the method of self-inflicted death?

As Bill Clinton said many times, the best social program is a good paying j-o-b!

Or perhaps you should mind your own business. Seriously, why would you even want to know any of this information about someone you clearly did not know?

[fatlazyless]

Look, I not look'n to be a wise guy, or make any dopey remarks abouts someone's suicide. It's a sad event and probably extremely unhappy for people close to the victim, but without naming any names or even the town, it is eye-opening to look at the individual's situation as a learning experience. For every suicide, there's probably plenty of miserable people who occaisionally think about it, so sharing the pain & misery is therapeutic. As the saying goes; misery loves company.

[BroadHopper]

I left out the details with respect for his children. I am a father of three daughters and I know how sensitive children can be.

It's not rocket science to find suicide. With help from the police blotter and the obits you can easily figure out suicide cases.

Police blotters will print, a 'call to such a place for EMT assistance' with no details. Obits will say died 'at home' with no family presence or the word peacefully is absence. Just read between the lines. There were quite a few around the Lakes Region.

Another sign is increased in probate court activities with property foreclosures well below market value. That alone can drive property values in the neighborhood down for at least six months.

Cash cow for lawyers, tough luck for the rest of us.

[fatlazyless]

Ok, now that the numbers for April have been in for a couple weeks, lets take a look-see at the Belknap County jobs numbers. Looking at http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/lausbrief.htm, it says that the rate of unemployment has gone down from 8.7% to 7.2%, but at the same time the number of people working has only increased by ten, having the labor force going from 32150 in March to 31620 in April. So, the Belknap labor force decreased by 530.

Did anyone see 530 people leave Belknap County? Where did they go? How's this all translate?