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<p class=MsoNormal>Greetings Visionaires –<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Over the years I have posted some rather . . . strange (for
lack of a better term) . . . comments. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This one will make those pale in comparison.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>A few months ago, Rodna (that’s my significant other)
and I joined the Neptune Society. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Instead of going into long, boring details explaining the
Neptune Society to y’all, I’ll let you read about it for yourselves
. . .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>“The Neptune Society”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.neptunesociety.com/">http://www.neptunesociety.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me
are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>2) Cremation and ashes seem a lot more appealing to me
than slowly degenerating into worm dung.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Well . . . enough with the preface to this posting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Since the Neptune Society cannot legally store the urns (a
law that was passed back in 2007), you guessed it . . .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The urns were delivered to us yesterday. Here is a
photo of one of them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>And, just like any other product, this came with a short
paragraph of instructions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=592 height=491 id="Picture_x0020_0"
src="cid:image002.jpg@01CB413C.7E2FDBE0" alt="The_Urn_Label.jpg"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Not only that, but I will be toting it with me until . . .
well . . . you know.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Moscow, Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Death
is just nature’s way of telling you to slow down.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>- Dick
Sharples</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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