Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-12400393-20140215115321/@comment-12400393-20140503165730

Paul.rea wrote: Think nothing of it. You did the math I should have done.

Having lost someone in a similar manner. If I were to substitute myself into the scene, I would have undershot the number. I constantly forget how long it's been. I've been saying "6 years" for the past 3 years before I catch myself.

Again though, your forgiveness of the date issue only works if Claudia died during the first 2 months of the year - beyond that point it becomes increasingly inaccurate. Ah. I'm sorry. It must have been terrible.

Well..we do something contrary to yours, though. My grandfather died circa 1983 (it's sad for me that I never could remember actually when he died : but my family, especially my grandmother, have always told me that he died "thirty years ago". And I believe when I was a child (ante-2010-ish) what I heard the most was something like "almost/nearly thirty years". Of course, they say "more than thirty years" now.

And yes, I was thinking that probably Jeff meant that Claudia died at/around the beginning of the year. I just thought that we shouldn't claim something as wrong before examinining and eliminating every legit possibility...

I was doing my college applications and decisions and some high school senior stuff so I haven't been around for long.