Weird, bizarre, strange...wow. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Funerals (was: Dim Sum)
> re: strange thread - agreed > we're weaving the technicolor dreamcoat or something > > let me add a strange story re: the funerals in 1990: > > one Friday night, I come home from Kol Nidre services > (the beginning of Yom Kippur) to learn that my father's > father had just passed away in Miami. His funeral was > going to be Monday in NY. I had to get tickets to fly to > NY on Sunday. > > On Saturday, my aunt (his daughter) passed away in > Houston. The funeral was also going to be in NY on > Monday. > > My son (age 10 at the time) insisted on going with me. > > We stayed with my other aunt and uncle in Woodmere, Long > Island not far from JFK airport. Drove to the Bronx for > Grandpa's graveside Orthodox funeral. Then to a funeral > home on Coney Island Ave. in Brooklyn for my aunt's > service, then to a cemetary about 50 miles away in > Westchester County for her burial. Then back to Long > Island. I won't forget that day for a while... > > Son was offended that because he wasn't 13 yet they > wouldn't let him toss a shovelfull of earth into his > great-grandpa's grave. :-( > > what makes it even wierder: my dad's brother and his > wife had moved to Florida. But they were in NY that > weekend for their 50th Wedding Anniv. party on Sunday. > Instead of the party, my uncle had to plan his father's > and sister's funerals. > > and my aunt was muttering about how grandpa had ruined > her wedding day 50 years before, and now from death he > was managing to ruin her anniversary - as if he planned > it or something. > > can you say w-i-e-r-d ?? > > -Ben > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
