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"Cheri" wrote in message ...
"Ophelia" > wrote in message ... > "tert in seattle" wrote in message > ... > > Ophelia wrote: >> "tert in seattle" wrote in message >> ... >> >> Ophelia wrote: >>> "tert in seattle" wrote in message >>> ... > > >>> it is an interesting thought experiment - consider what would happen >>> after >>> you die suddenly and unexpectedly >>> >>> no need to bore your friends with it though >>> --------------- >>> >>> My husband would have me cremated, exactly as we have discussed. >> >> I mean how would everyone react >> --------------- >> >> I don't really know but they won't have anything to say after it is done >> <g> >> >> I won't change my mind though) I am not lying in a coffin for everyone >> to >> gawp at. Best they remember me as I am >> >> Would you have a problem with it? > > I don't have a problem with you not lying in a coffin for everyone to gawp > at. We say gawk over here in the US btw. There's also gape but that's used > more in traffic reports. > > Nooo I didn't mean with me. I meant in your life!!! > > Anyhow one of the things I noticed while driving in northwest New Mexico > was how many roadside memorials there are. Not sure why so many but each > of those was set up by a person to express their sense of loss or to > relieve the accompanying pain, or however you want to describe it. So > my question about dying suddenly and unexpectedly comes out of that > experience. And I have concluded that while it is potentially devastating > and a tremendous, life-changing event for some people who knew the > deceased, > the other seven billion people on the planet will be oblivious save for > those few who pass by whatever memorial remains and even those few will > not give it a second thought. > > They are everywhere these days. Perhaps it gives the close > family some kind of relief but I don't understand it for myself. It is > crazy here when someone famous dies. There are carpets of flowers and > teddy bears etc. These from people who never knew the deceased in real > life. Bonkers. I think they're hoping to be seen on TV, then there was the guy at JFK JR's memorial saying on TV "I don't really know a lot about him, but I know he was the last of The Camelots." LOL Cheri ------------ LOL very likely)) -- http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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