[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

[Ted Moffett]

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.
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett


On 8/21/10, Tom Hansen <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.
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> 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).
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> 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”
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> http://www.neptunesociety.com/
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> The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me are:
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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.
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> 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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> http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg<http://www.tomandrodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg>
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> And, just like any other product, this came with a short paragraph of
> instructions
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> [image: The_Urn_Label.jpg]
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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?
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> Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.
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> Tom Hansen
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> 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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