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In a message dated 5/25/99 12:27:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>>  [houses] with the big parlors  with double doors in the middle, and more
>>  double doors into the hall, giving them four doors but only two doorways.
>>   ....    Those aren't houses, those are old funeral homes.

> My inlaws bought a funeral home and converted it into a B&B /
>  restaurant. They kept the same drapes and parlor wall paint. Luncheon
>  guests would remark that they recalled when Uncle Tim was laid out over
>  there by the salad bar. The business didn't survive.