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07 May 04 - 11:10 AM (#1180318) Subject: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Ellenpoly Death? And if so, why and how would you live differently? |
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07 May 04 - 11:19 AM (#1180332) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: gnomad Absolutely not, it would spoil the surprise. |
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07 May 04 - 11:19 AM (#1180334) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Amos I'd probably be better not. I'd spend too much time trying to organize it. A |
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07 May 04 - 11:22 AM (#1180346) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Little Hawk I think not. It would interfere with the game. Anyway, my higher soul does know, so it's taken care of. |
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07 May 04 - 11:27 AM (#1180351) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: GUEST,MMario and spoil the surprise? |
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07 May 04 - 11:29 AM (#1180352) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Rapparee My lower soul is already deceased and my middle one is ailing. I suspect I'd best not know, because the lower one might come back to life just to annoy the upper and middle souls and then where would I be? As for doing things differently, well, no, probably not. Doing it differently can also mean screwing it up worse than I have already. |
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07 May 04 - 01:53 PM (#1180527) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Allan C. If you live each moment as fully as you can, then it really doesn't matter when you die. |
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07 May 04 - 01:55 PM (#1180528) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: jacqui.c Definitely not- I'd be organising things round it. |
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07 May 04 - 01:58 PM (#1180529) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Mr Happy if i knew - i guess the shock'd kill me! |
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07 May 04 - 02:21 PM (#1180538) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Clinton Hammond It's a small matter... |
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07 May 04 - 02:50 PM (#1180556) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: rumanci I wouldn't mind knowing just where it was going to happen ......... because I'd make damned sure I never went near the place *grin* |
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07 May 04 - 03:02 PM (#1180563) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Bill D entire sci-fi stories have been written about 'knowing', and trying to avoid the circumstance.... naww...I don't wanna know in advance excatly....but I 'might' like to know IF I only have a "short time", so I could tie up some loose ends. I will always have loose ends, even with a will. "Honey, make sure Uncle Hiram doesn't get any of my records....and I have $40 hidden in my copy of RUS (I knew you'd never look there)." |
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07 May 04 - 03:36 PM (#1180581) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Big Mick Seems to me one should live each moment in the certainty that they will die, and they don't know when that time will come. It also seems that the "mystery" surrounding the when of death is a great motivator to make ones life have meaning. Or it can be a motivator of other things as well. Isn't the maturation process all about the knowing that ones life is passing? I guess I am taking the long way around to saying that I find the passing of one's life to be an incredibly interesting experience, and I find the certainty that the end is closer than the beginning to be an incredible stimulus to seek to understand as much as I can. Add to that the uncertainty of "when?", and it almost lends a zest to the quest. Do I want to know when? Nope. Do I care? This is less and less important as time goes on. All the best, Mick |
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07 May 04 - 04:05 PM (#1180604) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: GUEST,Bill Kennedy W. S. Merwin wrote this poem many years ago called For the Anniversary of My Death Every year without knowing it I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me ANd the silence will set out Tireless traveller Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth ANd the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing not knowing to what |
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07 May 04 - 04:26 PM (#1180613) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Clinton Hammond I'm hoping my last words can be... "Now I know why I never liked my birthday...." Heh |
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07 May 04 - 05:22 PM (#1180633) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Allan C. Clinton, that beats the hell out of "Hey you guys, watch this!" |
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07 May 04 - 05:56 PM (#1180655) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Leadfingers I dont know about WHEN but I do know HOW . I am going to die of thirst standing at a bar and being totally ignored by the barman!!!! |
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07 May 04 - 06:20 PM (#1180667) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Bobert Hour?... Well, sure... Date, however, is a different story... Bobert |
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07 May 04 - 08:15 PM (#1180760) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Richard Atkins Must buy Leadfingers a pint if he survives till our next meeting.Bought him one last time we met and he gave me two back.I must have looked ill!! My Headstone should read "I told you i was not well & Please dont walk on the grass! |
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07 May 04 - 09:09 PM (#1180796) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Ebbie A friend of mine died on a mountain when he fell at least 400 feet. He was 29 years old. From his front window he must have seen that mountain a thousand times- do you suppose most of us have seen the place where we will die? |
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07 May 04 - 09:22 PM (#1180804) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: beardedbruce well, mine was back in '96... but I got better. |
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07 May 04 - 09:22 PM (#1180805) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: mack/misophist Yes. It would be nice to know all the loose ends were taken care of. |
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07 May 04 - 10:08 PM (#1180818) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Jerry Rasmussen Don't care to know. I would like to know what my forwarding address is goin to be, though. Jerry |
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08 May 04 - 05:58 AM (#1180965) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Ellenpoly Good one, Jerry! I think I'd like to know. In fact, I'd like to pick it. And if not, I'd certainly like my last words to be "Wow! That was the BEST..." ..xx..E |
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08 May 04 - 10:50 AM (#1181089) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Cluin No. But I'd like to choose it. |
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08 May 04 - 03:55 PM (#1181283) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Hollowfox Just got back from seeing "Big Fish", eh, Ellenpoly? |
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09 May 04 - 06:52 AM (#1181641) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Ellenpoly No, Hollowfox. But I guess I should?..xx..e |
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09 May 04 - 12:57 PM (#1181666) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Sorcha NO! Not where, whnn, hour or anything. I'll just be moving on, thank you very much. |
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09 May 04 - 01:42 PM (#1181694) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Ebbie Personally, I'm not planning to go. I'm aware that no one has lived forever but someone's got to be first. (I forget who said that- but obviously s/he is a contemporary.) |
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09 May 04 - 02:39 PM (#1181723) Subject: RE: BS: Would you like to know the hour of your From: Art Thieme Doctor told my uncle that he was going to die at 8:00 AM the next sunday morning. He and friends went out Saturday night. Got drunk and did lots they always wanted to do. At 2:00 AM one guy passed out. At 2:30 one guy was done in so he went home. Same thing at 3:00 and 4:00 AM. The guy who was going to pass away got really angry and raised the roof about everyone leaving him alone. The remaining few said, "It's easy for you to talk; you don't have to get up in the morning." I told that one for years---and a few times here at Mudcat as well. That and lots of never before issued in-concert songs will be on it too. Art |