Met History wrote:

>> Spend time with him while he's here, regardless of what you do.  My
>> father would have been 83 last month, had he lived another 25 years.
>
>
> My father would have been 88 if he had lived another 12 years.  He
> tried, but he wasn't that much fun to be around.
>
> christopher

My grandmother spent 20 years telling us she was going to be dead any
day now. We got tired of hearing about it and stopped calling her. Right
after the scene at the cemetary was one of the weirdist rump wakes I've
ever attended. Suddenly everyone was telling stories... I still complain
about being sent to the Rothchilds Department Store (the A&S in Brooklyn
reminds me of that venerable building) in order to return the underwear
that she did not care for. To this day if I purchase something I can
never return it even when it breaks right away.

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