[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

[Dan Carscallen]

Same here.  Thought maybe Ted was just being thorough.

sent from my magical mystery interwebs phone

On Aug 25, 2010, at 20:09, "Warren Hayman" <whayman at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> Is anyone else getting this message about once per day or so, or is it my computer?
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> Warren Hayman
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Moffett
> To: Tom Hansen
> Cc: Moscow Vision 2020
> Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different
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> Another alternative for a final "resting" place:
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> http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Jerry-Garcias-legacy-still-lives-on-in-SF-99662599.html
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> 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
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> 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
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> And, just like any other product, this came with a short paragraph of instructions
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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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