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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 26 2007, 09:24 AM (148 Views) | |
| musicasacra | Dec 26 2007, 09:24 AM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Cards From Heaven Have Dead Man Talking Dec 25, 11:17 AM (ET) ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - Even in death, Chet Fitch is a card. Fitch, known for his sense of humor, died in October at age 88 but gave his friends and family a start recently: Christmas cards, 34 of them, began arriving - written in his hand with a return address of "Heaven." The greeting read: "I asked Big Guy if I could sneak back and send some cards. At first he said no; but at my insistence he finally said, 'Oh well, what the heaven, go ahead but don't (tarry) there.' Wish I could tell you about things here but words cannot explain. "Better get back as Big Guy said he stretched a point to let me in the first time, so I had better not press my luck. I'll probably be seeing you (some sooner than you think). Wishing you a very Merry Christmas. Chet Fitch" A friend for nearly 25 years, Debbie Hansen Bernard said, "All I could think was, 'You little stinker.'" "It was amazing," she said. "Just so Chet, always wanting to get the last laugh." The mailing was a joke Fitch worked on for two decades with his barber, Patty Dean, 57. She told the Ashland Daily Tidings this week that he kept updating the mailing list and giving her extra money when postal rates went up. This fall, she said, Fitch looked up to her from the chair. "You must be getting tired of waiting to mail those cards," he told her. "I think you'll probably be able to mail them this year." He died a week later. |
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| DivaDeb | Dec 26 2007, 09:33 AM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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My dad left letters for my mom, my brother, my sister and me to be opened after he died. He gave them to a friend who delivered them to us before his memorial service. My letter is a treasure. Many times over the years, his thoughtfulness in making sure he left nothing unsaid has been something that has made life's difficulties much easier to bear. |
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| big al | Dec 26 2007, 09:33 AM Post #3 |
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Bull-Carp
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I heard that story on the radio this morning. I thought there's one guy who was ready to go. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Dec 26 2007, 11:15 AM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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You're right, Al, I mean if the man thinks he's checkin' out in a week, but still getting his hair cut.... |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| ivorythumper | Dec 26 2007, 12:13 PM Post #5 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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It reminded of that funeral scene in "Man on the Moon". Wonderful! |
| The dogma lives loudly within me. | |
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