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Lumière:
We all need a good reality check every now and then Shakes! 
Sending hugs to ya ..{} {} {} {} {} {}  :)

~M

moremojo:

--- Quote from: shakestheground on November 28, 2006, 02:29:55 pm ---Yesterday I went to the funeral of a 86 year old lady who had been the sister of my aunt and a friend of my mother's.
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I'm assuming then she was the sister of your aunt by marriage?
--- Quote from: shakestheground on November 28, 2006, 02:29:55 pm --- I told me cousin who is a wiccan,  if she comes to my funeral, not to hide her pentagram in her dress. We both laughed then, from our own seperate closets.

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I'm telling anyone showing up to my funeral that formal dress is optional. I have always hated wearing ties, and would never wish to subject anyone else to that sartorial burden on my account.

Shakesthecoffecan:
I am with you Scott, I gave up ties when I turned 41 and have not worn one since. "Casual Dress" should be the rule in my send off.

Yes, the deceased was the sister of the wife of my father's brother. What relation would that be???? Kissin' cousin I believe. ;D

moremojo:

--- Quote from: shakestheground on November 29, 2006, 11:42:15 am --- Kissin' cousin I believe. ;D

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Cousin, to be sure. All terrestrial life is genetically related, so that even the trees and blades of grass are our distant cousins (a science teacher in high school once explained that simply being able to digest an organism suggests genetic and chemical similarities to that organism).

I read once, in a 1978 book by Guy Murchie, that the furthest one human being could be related to any other human being on the planet was about fiftieth cousin, give or take a few degrees, and that most of us are a lot closer, regardless of appearance, culture, or creed.

Shakesthecoffecan:
I have heard about the 50th cousin thing too, in my little town I am related distantly to just about everyone. As a realtor I also have to disclose any familial relationship involved in a contract. I have actually had to write contracts where I stated that everyone involved was related to one another.

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