Death!
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From: Waterloo, Iowa
Her expression is great - "Thanks Honey! I think.. Your *** Is On The Couch For The Duration"
My dad tried giving an electric frying pan or something like that as a birthday or Christmas gift to mom (back in the 50's or 60's). "Well we needed a new one" he said. Oops. Men learn soon enough, that this is a Big, Huge No-Go.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest that Funeral Arrangements as a Valentine's Day gift fall into this category.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
I have always dreamt of trying to climb Mt Everest. Perhaps if I get diagnosed with a life threatening illness, I will go ahead and go for it. I always wanted my ashes to be spread on a mountain, and I can't think of a more majestic mountain to be part of.
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Everest isn't all that bad, as far as mountains go. Don't get me wrong, it's a hell of a slog and will kick yer *** three ways to Sunday but technically it's pretty lame overall. Fixed ropes everywhere, ladders, Sherpa guides to carry all yer Pringles and Newports, etc.
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Could set up a trekking vacation deal and spend time hiking the area and up to base camp, for a lot less than $70 large. Even the valleys are 15k feet, the whole area is spectacular. If you die up high enough on the mountain, they'll use your body as a navigation aid, it's impractical to try and remove the dead, as it's dangerous and expensive, etc. Researchers just a few years ago found the body of George Mallory, who disappeared in the 1920s after one of the first attempts on Everest. He had a camera with him, but has not been found, this would answer the question whether the expedition made it to the top before Hillary! did.
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They would have life insurance to pay for it :-) 1 thing I always wanted to do was build a cabin and try and live off the land for a few weeks---Just a big knofe and my teddy bear - It would be hard but I think the sense of accomplishment afterward would be pretty high.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
It would take at least a year to get a garden established, food canned for winter, getting to know your surroundings, etc..
However I would love to have a secluded cabin in the forest with a place to just clear my head, maybe go for three weeks and turn off all communications, just reset my internal computer and get right with my thoughts.
However I would love to have a secluded cabin in the forest with a place to just clear my head, maybe go for three weeks and turn off all communications, just reset my internal computer and get right with my thoughts.
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Having first-hand experience, I'll chime in, here (my first wife was killed in a traffic accident in 2008). Having already been traumatized, the last thing I needed was to have to make decisions on what to do (we were in our mid-50s and hadn't done any pre-planning). The pain of having to go to the funeral home, make arrangements, select a casket or urn, and decide what to do with the remains was only exceeded by loosing her in the first place. Had a good friend and bandmate not taken my firearms that first afternoon, friends and family might have had two funerals to attend.
Despite all the fun had joking about the topic above, pre-planning is a wonderful thing to do - and not just as we age. My wife was as healthy as a 30 year old and no one expects a tragedy like this to happen. When I remarried, my (new) wife insisted that we pre-plan so neither of us is caught in that situation in the future.
Rob
Despite all the fun had joking about the topic above, pre-planning is a wonderful thing to do - and not just as we age. My wife was as healthy as a 30 year old and no one expects a tragedy like this to happen. When I remarried, my (new) wife insisted that we pre-plan so neither of us is caught in that situation in the future.
Rob
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They would have life insurance to pay for it :-) 1 thing I always wanted to do was build a cabin and try and live off the land for a few weeks---Just a big knife and my teddy bear - It would be hard but I think the sense of accomplishment afterward would be pretty high.
Anyway, you'd be one hungry sob in about 4 days. Wild game has a knack of disappearing when needed most.
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From: Manhattan Kansas
wow! that just looks like total chaos!!