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Before the recent court ruling that one's mobile phone number is part of their identification and cannot be recycled back into circulation if its not in use for a period of six months, it wasn't unusual to receive creepy calls or texts from a number of someone who long kicked the proverbial bucket. I've on two occasions been victim of same.  Its a weird experience. Think of it like communicating with someone in the afterlife.  The other day, I nearly jumped out of my skin. I saw someone we interred months ago liking my WhatsApp status updates. I was totally speechless, nay, dumbfounded. I decided to test the waters, and engage the number, clearly aware the good book tells us there's no communication between the living and the dead. ME : Hi Frank. How's it being on the other side? (At this point, my heartbeat was at 120 beats per second. Breath suspended. Head dizzy. Mouth dry). " FRANK ": I'm not Frank, I'm using his phone and line as a...