Well, I have returned from Denver Colorado where my mother and I flew to help my grandfather settle his younger brother's estate. 1 two hour bus ride, 45 minutes waiting in the rain for enterprise to "pick us up," 1000 cell phone minutes, 1 kind coroner, 1 angry neighbor, 1 antelope named Cantalope, 2 retired FBI agents, 1 retired Army intelligence officer, 1 probate office that would not accept faxes, 1 battery so coroded it had eaten through the positive connecting wires, 4 accidental car alarm incidents, 1 person's ear shut in the door (how do you even do that?), 1 locking gas cap to which we did not have the key, 3 hours of sleep in a 40 hour period, so much fast food I never want to eat it again, and enough cafeine to keep the State of Alabama awake.
I have some great stories. First, I have to help my clients, go to Court and try to get some sleep.
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Thank you for giving me the perfect name for my new pet antelope!
Yes, I thought it was a pretty awesome name- with the use of Lope and all...except this one will be hanging above my fireplace... Somehow, I have started a collection of dead animals that formerly belonged to now dead relatives... my grandmother's red fox, a reindeer hide that belonged to my former spouse's grandmother, and now Cantalope.
I think this is what I will request when I am the beneficary of other people's estates... Do you happen to have a dead animal I could have to remember dear so-and-so? I love it.
That is too funny. Hmmm, now there is a collection that thieves wouldn't be aiming for. Very unlike the family silver and all that kind of stuff.
And they're certainly low-maintenance, as opposed to live animals.
You got to keep your ex's grandmother's reindeer hide? How did that happen? My ex wanted to argue over bed pillows, for pete's sake, lol.
Glad you're back.
Southern Magnolia
They are low maintence...LOL As for the hide, it worked this way: We had two hides aquired together, a sheep skin I PERSONALLY SKINNED and his mom had tanned for me; and the kind of dodgy old reigndeer hide from his gradnmother. He wanted the lovely nice sheepskin and well, he used man logic to take it when I wasn't there and leave for me the reindeer hide on the theory that "it looked better by the fireplace and his mother gave it to us anyway...." So, while it sounds good, it still kind of irks me when I look at it and think about that sheep skin. Which was really cool. And did I mention I PERSONALLY SKINNED IT?
On that note Dumbest thing my Former fought over: MadDog gave us two anit splatter screens for frying. We used one and one was still in the plastic in the cabinet. He insisted on having the unused one. He was very angry I had assigned him the used one. He DEMANDS the unused one. I say, Fine, whatever. He goes to the cabinet and pulls out the new one, only water had condensed on it and had rusted the metal screen. He now pitches a fit to have the used one. I refused to switch back.
My word, isn't it (ahem) funny how ugly things can get over the trivial items? (Although I know it is not really about the trivial items.) Good for you for not switching again!
That does stink about you not getting to keep the sheepskin you personally skinned. You're right, Grandma's reindeer hide doesn't sound that great now.
Maybe I'm telling too much, but it sooo belongs in the 'can you believe...' theme. My ex apparently thought highly of the stuffed animals he had given me during the years we were together. (Personally, they represented to me the child he wanted me to remain so I didn't care about them.) He got his atty to claim that they were worth $1000 in an attempt to get me to pay him $500 in order to get them back.
Do I need to say that he got to keep them? They were a good bargaining chip, though. My atty requested "real" items instead, like the washer and dryer. I no longer remember what items I actually got in that exchange, but I kid you not--the fact that he got to keep the stuffed animals was explicitly listed in our agreement filed with the court. Proof of his immaturity was filed with the court. I hope he was proud.
Southern Magnolia
Amazing what people will fight about... stuffed animals. Way to keep your head in that situation! Hmm, washer and drier or stuffed animals....
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