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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Or what we sometimes respond, "So What?"
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Just kidding</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Sue </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 22, 2010 5:29 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=debismith@moscow.com
href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com">'deb'</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">'Moscow Vision 2020'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY
Different</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Good suggestions,
Deb.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">I am also considering a two-word
label, taken from a common subject-line I use here on the Viz . .
.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">“Say
What?”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Moscow,
Idaho<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> deb
[mailto:debismith@moscow.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010 5:09
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Tom Hansen; Moscow Vision 2020<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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"?</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">]\</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">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.....</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Debi</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PS Mine will be "The
whoooo what a ride plastic bag and functional tea urn"......</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=thansen@moscow.com href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision
2020</A> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Saturday, August
21, 2010 4:23 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> [Vision2020]
Something DEFINITELY Different<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
<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 id=Picture_x0020_0 border=0 alt=The_Urn_Label.jpg
src="cid:6CF9204D37CF4E17925E32996722C80F@UserPC" width=592
height=491><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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