On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:41:09 -0500, "Dee.Dee" >
wrote:

>
>"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
.. .
>> 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
>
>On the sad/serious scale, they both probably register about the same. The
>needle stops at: lost opportunity.
>Dee Dee
>

Yep. I've had more than one of those.

Lou