(OT) Do Not Call Registry Violator

Cheryl wrote:

"hopitus" wrote in message

On Sep 12, 8:10 pm, "Cheryl" wrote:

"hopitus" wrote in message

test here, we have a printing test going on now testing this line
of print for newsgroup satisfactory transmission for the insulted
eyes of fussy viewers who complain re same already. Know this
by earmark spending its all over the network online. Stop. Period.

Now I think it isn't breaking for paragraphs. And some caps are missing.

And this is where in "netiquette"?

I WAS KIDDING!

I don't understand a word of this, and I have no idea what it has to do
with my post, which was initially quoted (I took it out to save space).

Seriously, I would really enjoy people's thoughts on that post. Thanks.

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

On Aug 25, 3:13*pm, wrote:
Lesley wrote:

* I remember Dilo the best business manager in the World ever
* (no contest from anyone) used to keep a box of Go-Cat in his office
* and once broke off an important meeting because Stamford was
* scratching the outside door to his office for her treat! As he told it
* there were all these people sitting there discussing major matters and
* he suddenly stood up and said "That's Stamford...hold on" and got a
* box of Go-cat out of his desk.....they did give him some funny looks!

I love this guy!!


Everybody loved him - when the place closed down we all said "If they
had kept Dilo this wouldn't have happened"

Unfortunately long before that the boss decided he needed a scapegoat
to cover some things which weren't strictly legal and used Dilo..I
really can't go into details but the poor guy got completely screwed

To me I'll always remember his kindness when my mother died- I called
him and he told me in no uncertain terms that if I even came back to
work before the funeral he would personally "kick your a** outta
there"

And the next morning a HUGE bunch of flowers arrived from him and
everyone else

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley wrote:

On Aug 25, 3:13?pm, wrote:

Lesley wrote:

I remember Dilo the best business manager in the World ever
(no contest from anyone) used to keep a box of Go-Cat in his office
and once broke off an important meeting because Stamford was
scratching the outside door to his office for her treat! As he told it
there were all these people sitting there discussing major matters and
he suddenly stood up and said "That's Stamford...hold on" and got a
box of Go-cat out of his desk.....they did give him some funny looks!

I love this guy!!

Everybody loved him - when the place closed down we all said "If they
had kept Dilo this wouldn't have happened"

Unfortunately long before that the boss decided he needed a scapegoat
to cover some things which weren't strictly legal and used Dilo..I
really can't go into details but the poor guy got completely screwed

To me I'll always remember his kindness when my mother died- I called
him and he told me in no uncertain terms that if I even came back to
work before the funeral he would personally "kick your a** outta
there"

And the next morning a HUGE bunch of flowers arrived from him and
everyone else

Wow, he really sounds like a very decent human being. Apparently too
decent to get along in certain business environments. That's really
awful what happened to him. I wonder where he ended up? Do you keep in
touch with him?

I just totally love the fact that he paused an important meeting with
a bunch of bigwigs to give a kitty her treats. Wouldn't the world be a
much better place if everyone did that? We need to get our priorities
straight.

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

Anyway, back to my own funeral/memorial. There are some things that I
would like folks to do for me. (I don't think it's so unreasonable to
ask people to do something for me at my funeral - funerals might be for
the living, but I'm still living now, and there are some ways I'd like
to be remembered.) What I'd really like is for people to sit around in
someone's living room or some other very comfy place, eating yummy food
prepared by or obtained by people who are not deeply grieving, and sing
songs and other stuff I've written. If there are no musically inclined
people in that group, maybe they could play a tape or CD of my songs/
words. (I don't have a professional CD, but I could make a homemade one.
Naturally, I would need to do this prior to death. )

Why do I want this? I want to be remembered as a creative person. And
I think that my writing expresses who I am better than anything else.

I haven't the faintest idea how it could ever be organized, but count me
in for playing a backing on that (flute/clarinet/sax/recorder/whistle/
washboard).

==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ====
Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557
CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts

Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

What I'd really like is for people to sit around in
someone's living room or some other very comfy place, eating yummy food
prepared by or obtained by people who are not deeply grieving, and sing
songs and other stuff I've written. If there are no musically inclined
people in that group, maybe they could play a tape or CD of my songs/
words. (I don't have a professional CD, but I could make a homemade one.
Naturally, I would need to do this prior to death. )

Why do I want this? I want to be remembered as a creative person. And
I think that my writing expresses who I am better than anything else.

I haven't the faintest idea how it could ever be organized, but count me
in for playing a backing on that (flute/clarinet/sax/recorder/whistle/
washboard).

If I live to an old enough age, maybe there will be conference funerals
over the internet by then. (Would love to have you play!)

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

wrote in message
...
Lesley wrote:

On Aug 25, 3:13?pm, wrote:

Lesley wrote:

I remember Dilo the best business manager in the World ever
(no contest from anyone) used to keep a box of Go-Cat in
his office
and once broke off an important meeting because Stamford
was
scratching the outside door to his office for her treat! As
he told it
there were all these people sitting there discussing major
matters and
he suddenly stood up and said "That's Stamford...hold on"
and got a
box of Go-cat out of his desk.....they did give him some
funny looks!
...
I just totally love the fact that he paused an important
meeting with
a bunch of bigwigs to give a kitty her treats. Wouldn't the
world be a
much better place if everyone did that? We need to get our
priorities
straight.

Indeed. Where I work, http://www.npl.co.uk , there used to be
Herbie (RB). A Divisional Superintendent decided that the
presence of a cat within the (old) buildings wasn't conducive to
the precise measurements performed, so an edict was issued that
cats were not to be allowed into the buildings. Of course, we all
know that a cat will always find a new way in and out, whatever
restrictions are put in place - but my boss thought differently
to the Superintendent. When he read the "command", he immediately
raised a work order to install a cat flap into our building :-)
Herbie was an estimated 28 years old when he went to the Bridge!

--
MatSav

On Sep 13, 12:56*pm, wrote:
.. That's really
awful what happened to him. I wonder where he ended up? Do you keep in
touch with him?

He walked into a much better job with a manager who could see talent
coming...he's been promoted a couple of times since then. I email him/
see him very occasionally but this has reminded me that maybe I should
give him a call!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley wrote:

On Sep 13, 12:56?pm, wrote:
. That's really
awful what happened to him. I wonder where he ended up? Do you keep in
touch with him?

He walked into a much better job with a manager who could see talent
coming...he's been promoted a couple of times since then. I email him/
see him very occasionally but this has reminded me that maybe I should
give him a call!

Well, tell him he has a fan in the States. (And that he's now
world-famous. )

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something
Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety
Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and "Don't Worry, Be
Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be trashy
80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can play
Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal beat
and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the only
religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots of
clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed.

Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too.

Yowie

I like this one. We sang it at my mother's memorial service. That's one
thing I'm adamant about - no funerals; just a memorial service and
celebration of my life.

Some glad morning when this life is o'er,
I'll fly away.
To a home on God's celestial shore,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away. (In the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.

When the shadows of this life are gone,
I'll fly away.
Like a bird from prison bars has flown
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory, I'll fly away. (In the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye,
I'll fly away.

Just a few more weary days and then,
I'll fly away.
To a land where joy shall never end,
I'll fly away.

I'll fly away, O Glory,
I'll fly away. (In the morning)
When I die, Hallelujah, bye and bye

According to the website where I found the lyrics, Johnny Cash wrote it.
I've loved the song for years, but didn't know that.

Joy

"Sherry" wrote in message
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On Sep 11, 6:21?am, Yowie wrote:
Adrian wrote:
Lesley wrote:
On Aug 17, 3:15 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Ummm..... Not to nit-pick, but I suspect you mean the Pachabel
"Canon" which is quite popular for such occasions. (Bach had nothing
to do with it - although the composer is more or less from the same
period.)
Well that;s what my brother called it- over here part of it used to be
used as an advert for "Hamlet" cigars, which one of my brothers smokes
and it came on just as they were bringing the coffin in and I looked
at him and mouthed "You dare!"

Dave knows my choice of funeral music

Coming in anything by Frank Zappa that;s instrumental

As the coffin goes behind the curtain the middle part of Marillion's
"Forgotten Sons"- anyone who knows the song will know the bit I mean-
it's suitably dramatic

And at the end Warren Zevon's "Keep me in your heart for a while"

My family are all under firm instructions that if they play anything
soppy, sentimental and above all not rock I will come back and haunt
them

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

The Hamlet advert used, Bach: Air on the G String. I still think of that
advert everytime I hear it.

I want "Don't Fear The Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult, something
Quintessentially 80s (If I've died via an accident, make it "Safety
Dance", but Duran Duran or Soft Cell are also good) and ?"Don't Worry,
Be Happy". If there's time or a place for more songs, it has to be
trashy 80's hair music, and absolutely nothing sad or maudlin. They can
play Pachabel's Canon if they have to, but it has to have a heavy metal
beat and be on guitar. If whoever has to make it religious, then the
only religious songs I want played are Black Gospel Choir ones with lots
of clapping and Hallelejas. Anyone who gets sad and maudlin gets slimed.

Celebrate my life, dammit. I enjoyed it, please enjoy it too.

Yowie- Hide quoted text -

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Write this down for someone. Or better yet, collect the music also,
and store it with
the rest of your wishes. (I'm all about making things as easy as
posssible for the family)
It's ironic that five days after I posted on this discussion I was
sitting in the funeral home
making purchases and decisions with my sister for Dad.

I went to a funeral once where at the closing, at graveside just
before everyone left, a lone
violinist played "Brahm's Lullaby". I thought that was beautiful.
Dad had everything as "in order" as could possibly be, and it's still
a difficult task just to
execute a will, go through probate, get all the bills paid, and just
get the house cleaned out.
I can't imagine how difficult it would all be if the decedent hadn't
done any preparations.
I guess we all manage to muddle through, though.

***

I'm so sorry about the loss of your father. Yes, it is difficult to take
care of all the business afterward. I've tried to make everything as simple
as I can for my kids.

Joy