Bruce,  Thanks for the explanation.  It says at the top of your message
that there were 16 errors but I didn't see them--I must be blind.  Ruth

PS:  You flying this way again any time soon?



At 8:20 AM -0400 7/16/05, Bruce Marcham wrote:
>Ruth:
>
>I think that's where the person is so ugly they put them in the casket
>face down.
>
>Actually I think he was trying to avoid saying it was a "weird-ass wake"
>in respect for the situation. Thank you (and ][<) for the image though...
>
>][<'s grandma was anal about protecting her furniture and carpet with
>plastic covers and runners so maybe the funeral home covered everything
>with plastic making for the weird scene. :-)
>
>And thanks to Jim I got to see the message that had ][<'s original note.
>For some reason I didn't get it--maybe our anti-virus firewall didn't like
>the rump wake image either. Or maybe I deleted it without reading it.
>
>I remember after my grandfather died (his wife having pre-deceased him)
>and after spreading his ashes at his favorite spot in the country (the
>fishing pond on an old farm he kept as a hobby) my immediate family sat in
>a local BBQ joint in the middle of the afternoon and reviewed some of the
>family stories that went untold for many years. A public memorial service
>was held a month or so later (different stories were told there).
>
>Bruce
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