[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

[Tom Hansen]

Good suggestions, Deb.

 

I am also considering a two-word label, taken from a common subject-line I
use here on the Viz . . .

 

"Say What?"

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

From: deb [mailto:debismith at moscow.com] 
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 5:09 PM
To: Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

 

How about "TomandAndra.forevermore"? Or "dusty but remembered fondly"? Maybe
"Final resting place of the restless" or "Been there, done that, now doing
this"? Or even "damn, I swore I wasn't going at all"?  Maybe just "Tom is in
the bag again"?

]\

Got to admit at our age we get a bit silly about death, the final frontier.
And why not? We will be here a lot longer than today, but today is the day
to think about it and make some plans that can't be disrupted by anyone
else.....

Debi

PS Mine will be "The whoooo what a ride plastic bag and functional tea
urn"......

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Tom Hansen <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>  

To: Moscow Vision <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>  2020 

Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 4:23 PM

Subject: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

 

Greetings Visionaires -

 

Over the years I have posted some rather . . . strange (for lack of a better
term) . . . comments.  

 

I hear what you're saying'.  You're probably thinking, "No!  Not Tom Hansen.
Not hard-charging thoughtful Tom 'Brad Pitt' Hansen!"  Well, you would be
wrong (but thanks for comparing me to Brad Pitt, anyway).

 

This one will make those pale in comparison.

 

A few months ago, Rodna (that's my significant other) and I joined the
Neptune Society.  

 

Instead of going into long, boring details explaining the Neptune Society to
y'all, I'll let you read about it for yourselves . . .

 

"The Neptune Society"

http://www.neptunesociety.com/

 

The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me are:

 

1)  It's a lot less expensive than a funeral and a casket (a one-time
payment of just under $3,500 covers both of us - absolutely no more
payments)

 

2)  Cremation and ashes seem a lot more appealing to me than slowly
degenerating into worm dung.

 

Well . . . enough with the preface to this posting.

 

Since the Neptune Society cannot legally store the urns (a law that was
passed back in 2007), you guessed it . . .

 

The urns were delivered to us yesterday.  Here is a photo of one of them.

 

http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg

 

And, just like any other product, this came with a short paragraph of
instructions

 

The_Urn_Label.jpg

 

Yes.  That's right, V-peeps.  No matter what kindnesses I share (or have
shared), feelings I provoke (or have provoked), or relationships I take
pleasure in (or have enjoyed) in the past 59 years along with the next 30
years (hey, I ain't leavin' any time soon) . . . after all is said and done,
it's the "plastic bag provided with the urn" for yours truly.  

 

Not only that, but I will be toting it with me until . . . well . . . you
know.

 

So, I have decided that if I am going to be responsible for maintaining the
urn, its contents, and the "plastic bag provided with the urn", I might as
well give my final residence a name.

 

Any ideas?

 

Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Death is just nature's way of telling you to slow down."

 

- Dick Sharples


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