Zany Mouse: You are so right on there. As the horizon gets closer I, too, realize that very few feel any concern about my life---but attending ,for show or obligation, a funeral is right up many alleys.   Which is why I posted my earlier note---tongue in cheek, yet deep down true.

               By the way, to show I am not hypocritical in this---I have not attended funerals of people I did not have involvement with in life---for whatever reasons. Relatives and acquaintences (I use that word because if they were friends we would have had social contact) because I thought it hypocritical to atttend. Let people think what they will.   

               This thread is becoming a group therapy session---I hope no one will be sending a bill to Bill.

BH