On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:47:44 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:23:53 GMT, (Little
>> Malice) wrote:
>>
>>>One time on Usenet, Lou Decruss > said:
>>
>>>> You're lucky to have anything of your grandmothers!
>>>
>>>Well, when she passed away, she left her house and belongings to
>>>me, my sister, and our father, equally. DH & I wanted the house, so
>>>I bought out their shares and even after they took what they wanted
>>>of her stuff, I got the rest. I still have a lot of her cookware,
>>>china, glassware, etc. and I do realize I'm lucky. :-)
>>
>> My great grandmother gave the house, the contents, and the bank
>> account to my mother. GG had been a midwestern farmer that moved to
>> the city when they were to old to farm anymore. She had an awesome
>> gas stove/range in the basement that she used daily. It was a compact
>> cast iron beauty! I was in my early 20's and had no interest in it,
>> and neither did anyone else. I shouldn't need to finish the sad
>> story. <sigh>
>>
>> Lou
>
>
>DH has a sad story about a 300+ acre farm in Vermont.
>Dee Dee

That sounds more serious than an old stove.

Lou