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  1. Living Wills

    While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    wills.

    During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    fluids from a bottle.

    She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.

    -anon-

    Sheldon

  2. Sheldon said:

    Living Wills

    While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    wills.

    During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    fluids from a bottle.

    She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.

    LOL

    Personally, I think that it should be a reverse onus, that heroic measures
    should not be made to save a person's life unless they have signed a form
    to acknowledge that they could end up in a chronic vegetative state.

    I had an aunt who was living in a home. She had Alzheimer's and had had
    several strokes. She had signed a living will so there was a DNR order on
    her file. My father was her Power of Attorney after my uncle died, and my
    father made arrangements for me to take over the PoA when he was dying.
    About 4 months after my father died I got a phone call at about 3:30 on a
    Sunday morning. It was a doctor calling from a hospital to tell me that my
    aunt had had another stroke and he wanted to know if the DNR order still
    stood. I was feeling a little groggy, had to ask for a moment to clear my
    head. It was a heck of a time to make a life and death decision. But she
    had signed it when she was healthy and I figured that I had no option but
    to abide by her wishes. She died a week later.

  3. Sheldon said:

    Living Wills

    While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    wills.

    During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    fluids from a bottle.

    She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.

    -anon-

    Sheldon

    Cute. ;-)

    So how come your wife never posts here?

    Om

  4. "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Sheldon said:

    Living Wills

    While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    wills.

    During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    fluids from a bottle.

    She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.

    -anon-

    Sheldon

    Cute. ;-)

    So how come your wife never posts here?

    Om

    He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.

  5. Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Sheldon said:

    Living Wills

    While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    wills.

    During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    fluids from a bottle.

    She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.

    -anon-

    Sheldon

    Cute. ;-)

    So how come your wife never posts here?

    Om

    He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.

    Kinky....... ;-)

  6. "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Sheldon wrote:

    >Living Wills
    >
    >
    >While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    >got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    >wills.
    >
    >During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    >exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    >fluids from a bottle.
    >
    >She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.
    >
    >-anon-
    >
    >
    >
    >Sheldon
    >

    Cute. ;-)

    So how come your wife never posts here?

    Om

    He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.

    Kinky....... ;-)

    Not really. He's planning on cooking her.

  7. Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    > Sheldon wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Living Wills
    >>
    >>
    >> While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    >> got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    >> wills.
    >>
    >> During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    >> exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    >> fluids from a bottle.
    >>
    >> She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.
    >>
    >> -anon-
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Sheldon
    >>
    > Cute. ;-)
    >
    > So how come your wife never posts here?
    >
    > Om
    >
    >

    He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.


    Kinky....... ;-)

    Not really. He's planning on cooking her.


    ROTFLMAO...< after wiping the wine off the monitor>

    --
    Cheers
    Chatty Cathy

  8. Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    >Sheldon wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>Living Wills
    >>
    >>
    >>While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife and I
    >>got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for living
    >>wills.
    >>
    >>During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted to
    >>exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    >>fluids from a bottle.
    >>
    >>She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.
    >>
    >>-anon-
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>Sheldon
    >>
    >
    >Cute. ;-)
    >
    >So how come your wife never posts here?
    >
    >Om
    >
    >

    He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.

    Kinky....... ;-)

    Not really. He's planning on cooking her.

    Eek! You WOULD go there!

    In that case, the term is "trussed", not "hog tied".

    HTH?

    Om

  9. On Wed 26 Apr 2006 11:56:36a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
    OmManiPadmiOmelet?

    Quoted message said:
    Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Doug Kanter wrote:

    >"OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    >news:[email hidden]...
    >
    >
    >>Sheldon wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>Living Wills
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife
    >>>and I got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for
    >>>living wills.
    >>>
    >>>During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted
    >>>to exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    >>>fluids from a bottle.
    >>>
    >>>She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.
    >>>
    >>>-anon-
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>Sheldon
    >>>
    >>
    >>Cute. ;-)
    >>
    >>So how come your wife never posts here?
    >>
    >>Om
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.

    Kinky....... ;-)

    Not really. He's planning on cooking her.

    Eek! You WOULD go there!

    In that case, the term is "trussed", not "hog tied".

    HTH?

    Om

    I didn't think you trussed hogs, hence "hog tied".

    --
    Wayne Boatwright Õ¿Õ¬
    ________________________________________

    Okay, okay, I take it back! UnScrew you!

  10. Wayne Boatwright said:

    On Wed 26 Apr 2006 11:56:36a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it
    OmManiPadmiOmelet?

    Quoted message said:
    Doug Kanter said:

    "OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    >Doug Kanter wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>"OmManiPadmiOmelet" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    >>news:[email hidden]...
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>>Sheldon wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>Living Wills
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>While I was watching the NCAA playoff games last weekend, my wife
    >>>>and I got into a conversation about life and death, and the need for
    >>>>living wills.
    >>>>
    >>>>During the course of the conversation I told her that I never wanted
    >>>>to exist in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and taking
    >>>>fluids from a bottle.
    >>>>
    >>>>She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out all my beer.
    >>>>
    >>>>-anon-
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>Sheldon
    >>>>
    >>>
    >>>Cute. ;-)
    >>>
    >>>So how come your wife never posts here?
    >>>
    >>>Om
    >>>
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >>He's probably got her hog-tied in the cellar.
    >
    >Kinky....... ;-)
    >
    >

    Not really. He's planning on cooking her.

    Eek! You WOULD go there!

    In that case, the term is "trussed", not "hog tied".

    HTH?

    Om

    I didn't think you trussed hogs, hence "hog tied".

    Ew. ;-)

    Om

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