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<DIV><FONT face=QuickType><FONT color=#000000>Irresistible</FONT><FONT
color=#000000>. Try this on for size. A new long term home for my head and,
oddly enough, the sun don't shine here either.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=QuickType></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=QuickType>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:thansen@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:23 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A
title="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com CTRL + Click to follow link"
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY
Different</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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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
title="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg CTRL + Click to follow link"
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:E4616CD9AB1C43A189E5A4CD945031A5@GaryPC" 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></DIV>
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