On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:15:18 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>It was uninspired. Deli potato salad (not bad), cole slaw (not too
>bad), chips, pickle spears, roast beast sandwiches with plastic packets
>of condiments; bars, cupcakes, and tasty carrot cake. Plastic flatware
>that looked like stainless steel, and paper plates and styro coffee
>cups. Lutherans are getting a bad name for their funeral luncheons, I
>fear. I'm thinking of converting to Judaism‹that was a nice spread.

I floundered around for awhile myself in the quest for a suitable
faith. 30 years ago I happened upon St. Mattress and I've attended
every Sunday since.

>"-) The deceased? In my heart he'll always be forever young.

My dad will be 80 in August. I'm lucky he's lived long enough for me
to see the youth we carry even as we age. Louise in Florida today
celebrating her Dad's 90th. He too has many youthful qualities. I
make caramel corn loaded with nuts and we send it to him. Talk about
a kid with a box of cracker-jack!! I made a 2 gallon bag for her to
take with and used 3 different kinds of nuts. When I talked to her
earlier he was singing like a canary about how good it was. It seems
the worst part of getting old is you're gonna die. <sigh> My dad
still works 6 days a week for 9 months of the year. As much as he
makes me nuts sometimes, I admire him.

Lou