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who is she? lol, i just see that is says that "grandma ruth" is moderator of this topic. i just don't see HER. is there some article that i will find from a year ago about her?

She's not posted now for well over a year . I think her full name is Ruth Billheimer. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ruth_Billheimer and also see here http://www.bradford.gov.uk/asp/councill ... asp?id=363 (I believe this is probably the same person) as in this excerpt from a post in 2010 appears to tie up with the age in her profile here (as does her location). "I have no secrets - I am a 60-year-old Socialist and proud of it!"
and also this http://www.justgiving.com/Ruth-Billheimer. which may explain the lack of posting.

Silverback wrote:She's not posted now for well over a year . I think her full name is Ruth Billheimer. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ruth_Billheimer and also see here http://www.bradford.gov.uk/asp/councill ... asp?id=363 (I believe this is probably the same person) as in this excerpt from a post in 2010 appears to tie up with the age in her profile here (as does her location). "I have no secrets - I am a 60-year-old Socialist and proud of it!"
and also this http://www.justgiving.com/Ruth-Billheimer. which may explain the lack of posting.

thanks. i was just wondering . . . . .

I thought she passed on several years ago. Wrong Grandma Ruth?

Where did you hear that Gary? I hadn't heard that.

I must be thinking of someone else - - - You know how it goes when you get OLD!

I hear ya' Rat.

AZ Rail Rat wrote:I thought she passed on several years ago. Wrong Grandma Ruth?

I think Hawk may have mentioned the passing of her husband.

Wolverine@MSU wrote:I think Hawk may have mentioned the passing of her husband.

Wow! I don't even remember that.

I got to wondering about Ruth today. I've sent emails to 4 different addresses I've found for her (well, I'm not sure about one of them). 3 of the emails were just sent a few minutes ago and one came back addressee unknown, but that was at her old work place so that's not surprising.
I sent one at the beginning of this month to the address I have for her in my address book, but got no reply.

Doing some searching on the Internet, I know she was still with us (alive) in Feb. of last year. That's around the time her husband died of cancer.

http://www.justgiving.com/Ruth-Billheimer

I also found out that she's a member of the Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 1HY, Tel: 01274 921941

The Wiki listed in a previous post by Silverback showed 2 websites of hers, but both are now gone.

Hopefully I'll get a reply from one of the other emails I've sent.

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Edit 1: I think I just found an article that would lead one to believe she was still around in Jan. of this year.

http://www.airedalewharfedalecravenccg. ... -campaign/

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Edit 2: Great News! I heard back from Ruth. She's doing well and finally getting her life back together after her husbands passing in Feb. of 2012.
It seems her new job as a council person is keeping her quite busy and leaves her no time for RT3.

I did tell her to stop by and say Hi to everyone though.

At least now we know she's still around and doing well.

Good to hear.

Yes, these are really good news!

I'm glad you decided to pursue this Hawk. Thanks for sharing the information about Grandma Ruth.

I was wondering as well, as to what happened to her. She had some good comments and suggestions, but glad to hear that she is doing well.

As for trying to remember, or forgetting, I can't say too much along those lines. LOL Well, I think that is what I wanted to say.

Hi guys! I'm back but the system wouldn't let me be "Grandma Ruth " so it's just "Ruth" now. Won't have a great deal of time to spend here but I really do appreciate your kind thoughts. I have a scenario that's was almost completed years ago that I will try to finish and post. meanwhile I have found that a friend of mine is a fan of this site, going to try and find him now.