Hello Rod

 RTL>             Very sorry to hear of your recent loss.

 RG> She didn't lose Ray - she had him cremated and knows exactly where
 RG> his remains are. ;-)

Umm, not quite yet at the moment. I am still waiting for the phone call to
come and collect his remains. Once that happens, yes I will know exactly
where his remains are. With me. Am planting him in the front yard
overlooking the water/coorong for the view.

 RG> Luckily for Ray he was dead at the time.

Very much so unfortunately.

 RTL> I hope you have friends and family capable of seeing you through the

 RG> At a guess, the funeral was attended by 70-80 people.  Other than
 RG> all the family members it was quite the sysop meeting.

Come on it was better attended than that. 3 independant counts came up with
approx 115 people. And yes I did organise a sysop meeting in the middle of
it when I realised how many sysops were actually there. I collected them
and put them into one corner and introduced them to each other and left
them to get on with their sysop meeting. Even had a nice message in
SA_SYSOP from one farewelling Ray as an ex-sysop of 680/838 after the
meeting.

 RTL> early tough times and eager to show you the prospects of a happy
 RTL> future.

 RG> I reckon the really tough times are over -  The last 12 months,
 RG> watching Ray die, must surely have been one of the toughest times
 RG> of her life.

Not something that I want to repeat in a hurry. Unfortunately I expect to
do it all again in years to come with my youngest son. He will not outlive
me barring unforeseen accidents.

 RG> Other than living without one of the nicest men I've known, things
 RG> can only improve for her now.

He does make it a hard act to follow. 

 RG> Vicki has some very good and close friends.
 RG> Ray is resting in peace.
 RG> No one was lost.

Amen.


Vicki


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