[Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different

[Gary Crabtree]

Irresistible. Try this on for size. A new long term home for my head and, oddly enough, the sun don't shine here either.

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From: Tom Hansen 
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2010 2:23 PM
To: Moscow Vision 2020 
Subject: [Vision2020] Something DEFINITELY Different


Greetings Visionaires -

 

Over the years I have posted some rather . . . strange (for lack of a better term) . . . comments.  

 

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).

 

This one will make those pale in comparison.

 

A few months ago, Rodna (that's my significant other) and I joined the Neptune Society.  

 

Instead of going into long, boring details explaining the Neptune Society to y'all, I'll let you read about it for yourselves . . .

 

"The Neptune Society"

http://www.neptunesociety.com/

 

The two things about the Neptune Society that appealed to me are:

 

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)

 

2)  Cremation and ashes seem a lot more appealing to me than slowly degenerating into worm dung.

 

Well . . . enough with the preface to this posting.

 

Since the Neptune Society cannot legally store the urns (a law that was passed back in 2007), you guessed it . . .

 

The urns were delivered to us yesterday.  Here is a photo of one of them.

 

http://www.TomandRodna.com/Stuff/The_Urn.jpg

 

And, just like any other product, this came with a short paragraph of instructions

 



 

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.  

 

Not only that, but I will be toting it with me until . . . well . . . you know.

 

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.

 

Any ideas?

 

Hey, I told you this was going to be weird.

 

Tom Hansen

Moscow, Idaho

 

"Death is just nature's way of telling you to slow down."

 

- Dick Sharples



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