I don't remember the dining room furniture ever being used, it wasn't covered in plastic, I know none of us children ever used it. Moth Balls, how could I forget, they were everywhere (except maybe grandpa's shop). I'm in Lakeland Fl., December 1978, getting grandma, and grandpa together to haul them to Tampa for the flight back to New York, grandma's running around the house in a panic, grandpa's standing in the middle of the living room, in his winter coat, waiting, and shaking. I'm keeping an eye on him, and staying out of grandma's way. He was showing definite signs of the Parkinson's by then, he starts fumbling in his coat pocket, and proceeds to pull out about 20 month balls, I don't remember what he said to me, but he found it quite amusing.
Jim
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Of course, the thought that the newspaper ink would rub off on plastic
runners and make them dirty was never considered. Personally, I think it
was really Grandma's security system before homes had alarms - there was no
way your could sneak through the house without crinkling on something. My
"favourite" memories were having to dust the dining room furniture (not that
dust was allowed to live in her house) and the smell of moth balls wafting
from the fridge. It's those sorts of stories that are missed at public
services.
- Pam
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> Anal doesn't quite cover grandma, for the furniture, it was slipcovers,
covered with plastic, covered with old sheets, for the carpet it was plastic
runners, "Stay On The Plastic!", with newspaper over the plastic to keep it
from getting dirty, this was always taken to the extreme. In deference to
Ken, I really would call what happened after the funeral a wake, rump or
otherwise, Ken best explain the reference.
>
> 5 Years in Therapy
>
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> Marcham
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>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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Ruth Barton
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>
>
> At 3:45 PM -0500 7/15/05, Jim Follett wrote:
> >Grandma is dead?
>
>
> Apparently she is Jim. BTW: What on earth is a "rump wake?" The
picture
> I conjure ain't pretty. Ruth
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