[OnyxCougar]

I don't think dementia played a part in this, considering he was ready to pay the bill with the money on the table and paperclipped to it. He knew the bill was due.

My question is why did he let it get so far behind as to let it get shut off in the first place? He found a way to get out to get groceries (or if the grocery store delievered, he at least had contact with someone...via phone or regular delivery service.

The bill should have been paid on time. I don't feel sorry for him. He lived a long life, and served our country, and I hope he's in the place of his belief system that he wanted to be. But I'm *not* pissed at the utility. At all. Not even a little bit.