[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

[Paul Rumelhart]

I was going to say the same thing.  I've gotten a few copies of this, 
one every couple of days.

Paul

Warren Hayman wrote:
> Is anyone else getting this message about once per day or so, or is it 
> my computer?
>  
> Warren Hayman
>  
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Ted Moffett <mailto:starbliss at gmail.com>
>     *To:* Tom Hansen <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>
>     *Cc:* Moscow Vision 2020 <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:44 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different
>
>     Another alternative for a final "resting" place:
>      
>     http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Jerry-Garcias-legacy-still-lives-on-in-SF-99662599.html
>
>     *1996:* Half of Garcia’s ashes are spread into the Ganges River in
>     India, while the other half are poured into San Francisco Bay.
>     ------------------------------------------
>     Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
>
>      
>     On 8/21/10, *Tom Hansen* <thansen at moscow.com
>     <mailto:thansen at moscow.com>> wrote:
>
>         Greetings Visionaires –
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>          
>
>         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.
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>          
>
>         A few months ago, Rodna (that’s my significant other) and I
>         joined the Neptune Society. 
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>          
>
>         Instead of going into long, boring details explaining the
>         Neptune Society to y’all, I’ll let you read about it for
>         yourselves . . .
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>          
>
>         “The Neptune Society”
>
>         http://www.neptunesociety.com/
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>          
>
>         The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me are:
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>          
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>         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)
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>          
>
>         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.
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>          
>
>         Since the Neptune Society cannot legally store the urns (a law
>         that was passed back in 2007), you guessed it . . .
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>          
>
>         The urns were delivered to us yesterday.  Here is a photo of
>         one of them.
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>          
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>         http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg
>         <http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg>
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>          
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>         And, just like any other product, this came with a short
>         paragraph of instructions
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>          
>
>         The_Urn_Label.jpg
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>          
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>         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. 
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>          
>
>         Not only that, but I will be toting it with me until . . .
>         well . . . you know.
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>          
>
>         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.
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>          
>
>         Any ideas?
>
>          
>
>         Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.
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>          
>
>         Tom Hansen
>
>         Moscow, Idaho
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>          
>
>         “Death is just nature’s way of telling you to slow down.”
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>          
>
>         - Dick Sharples
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