Re: What will happen to your pins when you suddenly pass away ?

In article <2790fbe5-7ee1-4a40-bd0f-7381ee9ae8a4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Toolguy <rochestersheep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mine can be given away for all I care. I know their worth or what the
going rate is and I would hate to have a loved one try and stick to
the worth I thought my pins were worth and not be able to move them.
Sell them cheaply or give them away, I do not care and get them out of
the house if no one wants them. Chances are good owners value them
higher then they are actually worth when it comes down to a sell.

When I die, if it is before my wife, I told her someone needs to drive
my sports car 100MPH (or within legal reason) and throw my ashes out
the targa top. That is how I want to be remembered, in my car and
doing something he liked to do. Throw the damn pinball machines off
the back of a truck for all I care too!


I agree with you. Pins? No way will I be able to care about them at that time.

I have recently added the following to my will:

I have had considerable opportunity to ponder the imponderables of my death. I
understand that it is part of life. Everyone's life. Whether you like it or
not, life is a terminal disease. We all will go there someday. I have been
blessed to lead a full rich life and been granted rewards by God that far
exceded my wildest expectations. I have few regrets, none of any consequence.
I have come to the conclusion when my time comes I want no monument to mark
my passing. If I am to be remembered at all, I would like to be remembered by
those who knew me and not by some obscure obelisk of marble or granite. I would
rather not have strangers wander by, read the two dates and then be free to
speculate upon the dash in between. I certainly do not want to be confined for
eternity to a cold, dark, silent tomb.
I would prefer that my Earthly remains be cremated and my ashes scattered
into the Mississippi river. I would like my atoms and elements returned to
Mother Nature's ecosphere from whence they came. This seems appropriate to me
since, although I had the misfortune not to be born in Mississippi, all of the
other significant events of my life, except this last one, have occured there.
I fell in love, married my soul mate, completed my education, started my career,
and helped bring forth two wonderful children while living there. 
If this is done for me I will never be far from anyone who ever cared about
me. On a foggy Autumn morning my fingers will be the feathery wisps that play
through your hair. On a snowy Winter day I will be the gentle white blanket
that covers the barren ground and flocks the evergreens. When you lift your
head to the sky during a Spring rain it will be me that caresses your face and
lips. On a warm Summer's day when the children and grandchildren are playing in
a puddle, I will be there to share in their laughter. Whenever you travel I
will be the soft fluffly clouds that support your wings. But; I will not, I
can not be everywhere always. When the ice storms strip the branches from the
trees and darken the neighborhoods I won't be there. When the hurricanes again
smash the coast, and flood waters inundate the homes and shops, It won't be me.
For those times, and just those times, I will be spraying surfers off Oahu's
North Shore, splashing with the whales off Diamonhead, or sprinkling topless
sunbathers on Aruba's baby beach.
I also would prefer that I not have a funeral. I have never been
comfortable during such events and don't know anyone who ever was. I would
rather not be placed on display. Anyone who really cares enough to see me will
make the effort to do so while I am still alive. I will not be affected, one
way or the other, and do not want any of you to be subjected to un-necessary
sorrow or stress. If, however, you decide having a wake of some sort will give
you comfort or closure you have my permission. I will be better prepared to go
forth gently into that good night if you grant me this wish and will be waiting
with open arms to greet you on the other side when that time comes. 

--
David Gray

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